Chess
Besou, 15, Co-Leads Bavarian Championship: How a Regional Result Becomes a 'Prodigy' Story
When the Headline and the Body Disagree: Bodhana Sivanandan's Endgame Promise and the Reality of 5.e5
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Low-Cost Weapon for Club Players, but the Evidence Gap Is Clear
Champions in the Headline, a DVD on the Page — Chess Content's Empty Record and the Arithmetic of 9...a5
A 'Review' With Not a Single Move: The Benko Gambit Page That Sells Fritz 20I put my teacup down when I read the page headline: “The Modern Benko Gambit ...
Why the Number Behind a 15-Year-Old's 'Lead' Is So SmallThe follower board at the Bavarian Championship put the name of 15-year-old...
Besou, 15, Co-Leads Bavarian Championship: How a Regional Result Becomes a 'Prodigy' StoryThe brief report from the Bavarian Championship last week could be compressed...
One Match Point, Four Boards of Discomfort: India's Gold Arithmetic in SamarkandI opened the scorecard not for the scoreline but to look at the board order. ...
Chess's Transfer Window: Bangladesh Is Missing a Sixth Salary, Not a Sixth GrandmasterOn the chess desk I have an old habit: I do not measure how rich a country is...
The Label Survives, the Ledger Does NotOn the back table of a chess hall in Purana Paltan sits a thick rubber-banded...
When the Headline and the Body Disagree: Bodhana Sivanandan's Endgame Promise and the Reality of 5.e5When I open an athlete's medical file, I follow an old habit: if the diagnosi...
Club Cup on the Cover, Catalogue Inside: Who Keeps the Ledger of Chess's Knowledge EconomyI laid the board out first. The cover announced the European Club Cup in larg...
A Championship in the Headline, an Ad in the Body — The Elephant Gambit and the Ledger of Unsupported ClaimsAn article landed on my desk. The headline carried two names — Woodward has...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Low-Cost Weapon for Club Players, but the Evidence Gap Is ClearA recent instructional piece on chess opening theory recommends a short,...
Champions in the Headline, a DVD on the Page — Chess Content's Empty Record and the Arithmetic of 9...a5The headline said Tsaghkadzor. European Schools Chess Championship, champions...
A Knight for October, a Prague Gambit: The 64 Squares Between the Headline and the BoardLast week I put a release on my desk. The headline read: "Knight to October 8...
A Chess Prodigy Missing from the Blockchain Ledger: From Niaz to Neer, the Echo of Empty RoomsThe steel cupboard in Purana Paltan still holds a dried coffee ring on the...
The Market of an 'Undervalued' Game: Six Videos, One Headline Gap, and the Quiet Tide of System OpeningsEleven at night. The teacup on my Penang balcony had gone cold long ago. On t...
5.e5!: The Sacrifice With a Blank Evidence SheetBefore I open a file, I write the column header first: ACPL. Average centipaw...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Strategic Treasure of Prague Festival, or a Luxury in the Age of Free Content?While scrolling through the PDF of the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine from...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When the Headline Says Samarkand and the File Says PragueLast week, between rounds in the Purana Paltan hall, I opened a file list on ...
Samarkand Round 7: One Match Point of Separation, and a Result Buried Under an AdvertisementSamarkand Round 7: One Match Point of Separation, and a Result Buried Under a...
Samarkand R7: A Match in the Headline, an Advertisement in the BodyA Match in the Headline, an Advertisement in the Body The headline read this:...
A Samarkand Headline, a DVD Inside: The Bayonet 'Antidote' and an Unverified Claim of EqualityOn the back cover of the DVD case was one printed line: engines often do not...