Chess
Conflicting Opening Identity in a Chess Training Product Review: Chigorin or Italian?
Six Videos and a Missing Game: The Real Arithmetic of Black's Preparation Against 1.d4
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Training Material That Never Reaches Bangladesh's Boards
The Empty Atyrau Masters Headline, ChessBase Magazine #225, and the Quiet Ledger of Chess Training Material
Kavutskiy's FritzTrainer Debut: A New Block in the Chess Training Blockchain
When the Board Stays Silent: What Bangladesh's Chess Information Gap Is SayingI put the phone down after sending the fifth email. That afternoon of 6 July,...
The Report With No Chess In It: The Bavarian Championship, Sasikiran, and the Ledger Behind FRITZ 20's Training ClaimsThere is a moment after the final round of a Bavarian state championship when...
India Take Silver as Olympiad Crown Slips Away in Final-Round Draw Against Hungary; Uzbekistan Claim GoldIndia had to settle for silver at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand after ...
The Sixty-Minute Chess Course With a Big Question: Petroff or Scandinavian?A brown coffee ring once dried over the black queen’s square in a steel...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: What Does an Unaccounted Promise Cost?In March 2026, when I was annotating every round of the National Championship...
From Moscow to Dhaka: The Silent Board Where the Camera Never RecordedTitle: From Moscow to Dhaka: The Silent Board Where the Camera Never Recorded...
Chigorin or Italian: Which Colour a 60-Minute Video Actually Sells to a Bangladeshi Club BoardThe move stops you at the board: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5! ...
Contradiction in a Chess Opening Course: Chigorin in the Title, Italian Game in the BodyA fresh debate has surfaced in the market for chess training material. A newl...
Conflicting Opening Identity in a Chess Training Product Review: Chigorin or Italian?The market for digital chess training products is expanding quickly, and with...
Two Openings, One Cover: The Ledger of a 60-Minute Chigorin LessonAt 11:40 last Tuesday night, in a Mumbai flat with the laptop open, I was...
Domain Correct, Data Empty: The Chess Pipeline That Passes the Classifier and Fails the ExtractorMumbai, 2:17 a.m. Two lines sit on a screen. The upper line reads Domain Labe...
Gukesh's Miracle Escape Keeps India Alive in the Gold RaceSamarkand, Uzbekistan — The clock in the Bukhara Resort chess hall was tickin...
Erigaisi's 5.e5: A Trap, a Mismatched Opponent, and the Unresolved CentipawnTwo in the morning in a Colombo flat, the laptop screen is on and the 2026...
Dortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian Inside: Chess Sells Its Memory, Not Its MethodDortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian Inside One. The tournament that existe...
Six Videos and a Missing Game: The Real Arithmetic of Black's Preparation Against 1.d4Saint Petersburg, club night, nine o'clock. The clock has not yet passed twen...
Rachael Li’s Title, First IM Norm and a Misleading HeadlineRachael Li, aged 16, won the 2026 US Women’s Championship in St. Louis. She...
Giri-Abdusattorov at the European Club Cup: A Potential Epic in the Shadow of Board OrderOctober 20, 2026. Round four of the European Club Cup. SuperChess face Bayega...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Training Material That Never Reaches Bangladesh's BoardsThere is an old steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at...
The Misattributed FIDE Presidency and the Credibility Crisis in Chess MediaLast week I saw a headline circulating in chess media: 'FIDE President Timur...
Sixty Minutes of 1...d5: The Scandinavian Defence, Carlsen's Name, and the Trail of a Mislabelled HeadlineThe headline read: "From quitting chess to becoming a Grandmaster — interview...
2715 in Budva: Where the Rating Gap in the European Club Cup Translates Into FatigueBudva, Montenegro, 19 October 2026. The European Club Cup open section carrie...
Neiksans in the Headline, Martin in the Body: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and an Empty Data CellThe first thing I did with the file was count. The headline carried a...
The Benko Gambit Market: When Chess Knowledge Is Sold on Blockchain, Who Is Accountable?The Benko Gambit market sits in a strange place today. A product's promotiona...
A Dortmund 2027 Headline Wrapped Around a 60-Minute Video: Reading a Title Fracture in the Chess Instruction MarketI opened the file because of the headline: "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027."...
Championship in the Headline, a Sales Pitch in the Body: The Elephant Gambit TrapHalf past nine in the evening. Two lines surfaced on the phone screen. One:...
The Report With No Chess In It: The Bavarian Championship, Sasikiran, and the Ledger Behind FRITZ 20's Training ClaimsThere is a moment after the final round of a Bavarian state championship when...
India Take Silver as Olympiad Crown Slips Away in Final-Round Draw Against Hungary; Uzbekistan Claim GoldIndia had to settle for silver at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand after ...
The Sixty-Minute Chess Course With a Big Question: Petroff or Scandinavian?A brown coffee ring once dried over the black queen’s square in a steel...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: What Does an Unaccounted Promise Cost?In March 2026, when I was annotating every round of the National Championship...
From Moscow to Dhaka: The Silent Board Where the Camera Never RecordedTitle: From Moscow to Dhaka: The Silent Board Where the Camera Never Recorded...
Chigorin or Italian: Which Colour a 60-Minute Video Actually Sells to a Bangladeshi Club BoardThe move stops you at the board: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5! ...
Contradiction in a Chess Opening Course: Chigorin in the Title, Italian Game in the BodyA fresh debate has surfaced in the market for chess training material. A newl...
Conflicting Opening Identity in a Chess Training Product Review: Chigorin or Italian?The market for digital chess training products is expanding quickly, and with...
Two Openings, One Cover: The Ledger of a 60-Minute Chigorin LessonAt 11:40 last Tuesday night, in a Mumbai flat with the laptop open, I was...
Domain Correct, Data Empty: The Chess Pipeline That Passes the Classifier and Fails the ExtractorMumbai, 2:17 a.m. Two lines sit on a screen. The upper line reads Domain Labe...
Gukesh's Miracle Escape Keeps India Alive in the Gold RaceSamarkand, Uzbekistan — The clock in the Bukhara Resort chess hall was tickin...
Erigaisi's 5.e5: A Trap, a Mismatched Opponent, and the Unresolved CentipawnTwo in the morning in a Colombo flat, the laptop screen is on and the 2026...
Dortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian Inside: Chess Sells Its Memory, Not Its MethodDortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian Inside One. The tournament that existe...
Six Videos and a Missing Game: The Real Arithmetic of Black's Preparation Against 1.d4Saint Petersburg, club night, nine o'clock. The clock has not yet passed twen...
Rachael Li’s Title, First IM Norm and a Misleading HeadlineRachael Li, aged 16, won the 2026 US Women’s Championship in St. Louis. She...
Giri-Abdusattorov at the European Club Cup: A Potential Epic in the Shadow of Board OrderOctober 20, 2026. Round four of the European Club Cup. SuperChess face Bayega...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Training Material That Never Reaches Bangladesh's BoardsThere is an old steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at...
The Misattributed FIDE Presidency and the Credibility Crisis in Chess MediaLast week I saw a headline circulating in chess media: 'FIDE President Timur...
Sixty Minutes of 1...d5: The Scandinavian Defence, Carlsen's Name, and the Trail of a Mislabelled HeadlineThe headline read: "From quitting chess to becoming a Grandmaster — interview...
2715 in Budva: Where the Rating Gap in the European Club Cup Translates Into FatigueBudva, Montenegro, 19 October 2026. The European Club Cup open section carrie...
Neiksans in the Headline, Martin in the Body: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and an Empty Data CellThe first thing I did with the file was count. The headline carried a...
The Benko Gambit Market: When Chess Knowledge Is Sold on Blockchain, Who Is Accountable?The Benko Gambit market sits in a strange place today. A product's promotiona...
A Dortmund 2027 Headline Wrapped Around a 60-Minute Video: Reading a Title Fracture in the Chess Instruction MarketI opened the file because of the headline: "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027."...
Championship in the Headline, a Sales Pitch in the Body: The Elephant Gambit TrapHalf past nine in the evening. Two lines surfaced on the phone screen. One:...