Chess
Bundesliga Rules Dispute: The 2026/87 Replay, Appeals and Relegation Turmoil
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: Accounting for 9...a5 Against the Bayonet
Transformation of the Chess Content Economy: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Struggle of Traditional Publishers in the Era of Free Platforms
Najdorf's Sixty Minutes and the False Shadow of FIDE 2026
The Blank Chart of Paltan: Bangladeshi Chess's Deepest Injury Is the Data Nobody Wrote DownOn 5 July 2026, a league match was running in Dhaka. Clock hands, the sound o...
Fifteen Years of the Steel Cupboard and Forty Squares of Bavaria: The Scoresheet That Never Became a ProtocolThe steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still holds the red ledger. On Niaz...
In the Shadow of the Keymer System: Wei Yi's 'Model Game' and the Invisible Labor of ChessRound 8, Olympiad. That vast chess hall where more than 180 federations sit...
Bundesliga Rules Dispute: The 2026/87 Replay, Appeals and Relegation TurmoilThe 2026/87 German Chess Bundesliga rules dispute remains a useful case study...
The Empty Square Behind a Perfect Score: The Result Missing From the European Club Cup HeadlineChennai, 2026. The team round of the Olympiad had just ended and I was in the...
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: Accounting for 9...a5 Against the BayonetAt the BCF hall in Purana Paltan, midway through round four, a club player...
In the Shadow of the Benko Gambit: The Book That Was Never Written and the Quiet Ledger of Chess CommerceThat evening I was staring at a line of play, and a purchase button floated a...
Budva in the Headline, Elephant Gambit in the Body: The Question a 60-Minute Repertoire AvoidsThe headline makes you stop. "The European Club Cup kicks off in Budva." Then...
An Upset With No Name, a Curriculum With a Price: ChessBase #225 and the Quiet Arithmetic of TrainingIn the opening rounds of the Atyrau Masters, the top two seeds lost. That is...
Transformation of the Chess Content Economy: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Struggle of Traditional Publishers in the Era of Free PlatformsIn the world of chess, the market for digital content is rapidly changing. At...
Najdorf's Sixty Minutes and the False Shadow of FIDE 2026A file was titled "Main decisions of the FIDE General Assembly 2026." I opene...
A FIDE Assembly in the Headline, a 60-Minute Najdorf Inside: An Autopsy of the Knowledge EconomyLast night, scrolling through a feed, I stopped at a headline: “Main decision...
A Schools Championship in the Headline, a DVD Ad in the Body: The Ledger Behind 9...a5 Against the Bayonet AttackLast night the clock in my Dublin room struck two. Dhaka was five hours ahead...
Auditing the Chess Education Market: IM Valeri Lilov's Anti-System Repertoire and the 'Undervalued' NarrativeFrom my comparative ledger between Moscow and Dhaka, I often see how a...
Is Chess Really Undervalued? Seven System Openings, Six Videos, and the Real Market SignalA chess course page put a quote from Turlov in its headline — "Chess is...
From Board Four, In Reverse: Gukesh's Five Hours in Samarkand and the Ledger India KeepsThe board remembers what the camera missed. Board hall, Samarkand, round nine...
The Headline Declared a German Win; the Body Taught 1.e4 d5It was two in the morning in Mymensingh, and I was scrolling a feed on my...
A World-Class Weapon in 60 Minutes? The Scandinavian Defense, the Queen's Tempo, and the Gap in the Course MarketAugust 2026, London Stadium. In the companion broadcast of the World...
Samarkand in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body — An Audit of a News FileTwo in the morning in Penang. Rain writes its own lines on the glass. On the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Samarkand in the Title, Prague on the Pages — The Same Gap Runs Through Bangladesh's Chess LedgerI opened a file. The title said Samarkand, round eight, women's section, Chin...
Fifteen Years of the Steel Cupboard and Forty Squares of Bavaria: The Scoresheet That Never Became a ProtocolThe steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still holds the red ledger. On Niaz...
In the Shadow of the Keymer System: Wei Yi's 'Model Game' and the Invisible Labor of ChessRound 8, Olympiad. That vast chess hall where more than 180 federations sit...
Bundesliga Rules Dispute: The 2026/87 Replay, Appeals and Relegation TurmoilThe 2026/87 German Chess Bundesliga rules dispute remains a useful case study...
The Empty Square Behind a Perfect Score: The Result Missing From the European Club Cup HeadlineChennai, 2026. The team round of the Olympiad had just ended and I was in the...
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: Accounting for 9...a5 Against the BayonetAt the BCF hall in Purana Paltan, midway through round four, a club player...
In the Shadow of the Benko Gambit: The Book That Was Never Written and the Quiet Ledger of Chess CommerceThat evening I was staring at a line of play, and a purchase button floated a...
Budva in the Headline, Elephant Gambit in the Body: The Question a 60-Minute Repertoire AvoidsThe headline makes you stop. "The European Club Cup kicks off in Budva." Then...
An Upset With No Name, a Curriculum With a Price: ChessBase #225 and the Quiet Arithmetic of TrainingIn the opening rounds of the Atyrau Masters, the top two seeds lost. That is...
Transformation of the Chess Content Economy: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Struggle of Traditional Publishers in the Era of Free PlatformsIn the world of chess, the market for digital content is rapidly changing. At...
Najdorf's Sixty Minutes and the False Shadow of FIDE 2026A file was titled "Main decisions of the FIDE General Assembly 2026." I opene...
A FIDE Assembly in the Headline, a 60-Minute Najdorf Inside: An Autopsy of the Knowledge EconomyLast night, scrolling through a feed, I stopped at a headline: “Main decision...
A Schools Championship in the Headline, a DVD Ad in the Body: The Ledger Behind 9...a5 Against the Bayonet AttackLast night the clock in my Dublin room struck two. Dhaka was five hours ahead...
Auditing the Chess Education Market: IM Valeri Lilov's Anti-System Repertoire and the 'Undervalued' NarrativeFrom my comparative ledger between Moscow and Dhaka, I often see how a...
Is Chess Really Undervalued? Seven System Openings, Six Videos, and the Real Market SignalA chess course page put a quote from Turlov in its headline — "Chess is...
From Board Four, In Reverse: Gukesh's Five Hours in Samarkand and the Ledger India KeepsThe board remembers what the camera missed. Board hall, Samarkand, round nine...
The Headline Declared a German Win; the Body Taught 1.e4 d5It was two in the morning in Mymensingh, and I was scrolling a feed on my...
A World-Class Weapon in 60 Minutes? The Scandinavian Defense, the Queen's Tempo, and the Gap in the Course MarketAugust 2026, London Stadium. In the companion broadcast of the World...
Samarkand in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body — An Audit of a News FileTwo in the morning in Penang. Rain writes its own lines on the glass. On the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Samarkand in the Title, Prague on the Pages — The Same Gap Runs Through Bangladesh's Chess LedgerI opened a file. The title said Samarkand, round eight, women's section, Chin...