Chess
Beyond Equality with the Petroff Defence: Fabien Libiszewski's New Course Examines the Tactical Route to WinningPetroff Defence: Searching for Victory Beyond Equality Some chess openings ea...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Auditing a Product Catalogue as a LedgerI open the September release notice and the first thing I do is not a review ...
9...a5: Not an Engine Blind Spot, but a Gap in the Opponent's PreparationIn a Premier Division chess league match in Dhaka I sat at board two and spen...
Roar in the Headline, Silence in the Ledger: The Elephant Gambit, the US Championship, and a Lesson in Chess AdvertisingLast week, at my desk in Dublin, a headline crossed my screen: Woodward had...
That Night in the Bundesliga: A Late Start, a Grandmaster's Punctuality, and the Strangest Relegation in HistoryThe 2026-87 season of the German Chess Bundesliga. The match that remains a...
Is Chess Really "Inexpressive"? One Eval Bar, One Empty Hall, and a Spectator Who Cannot Read the BoardThe spectator sitting beside the board did not know who was winning. No eval...
FIDE Ratings in the Headline, Scotch Defense in the Body: A Lesson in Information IntegrityAt seven in the evening in Dublin I open my laptop; the clock in Dhaka reads...
The Budapest Golden Ledger: India's First Team Title and Bangladesh's Unfinished PageSeptember 2026, Budapest. Before the last round began, two Indian teams — ope...
Back from the Brink: Gukesh's Fifty-Four Moves and India's Glass CrownBack from the Brink: Gukesh's Fifty-Four Moves and India's Glass Crown Before...
A President in the Headline, a Najdorf in the Body: Ledger of a Bad MatchA President in the Headline, a Najdorf in the Body: Ledger of a Bad Match 2:0...
Game of the Week #740: The 5.e5 Trap and the Accounting GapIt was one in the morning. Board on the table, spreadsheet open beside it,...
The Najdorf File and the FIDE Chair: How One Headline Becomes History Without a Single DocumentIt was 2:27 in the morning. Rain was falling steadily in Rangpur, the...
Scoresheet vs Board: ChessBase 225, Prague 2026, and the Lesson of a Mislabeled FileI opened the file and looked for the scoresheet first. The title said...
A Samarkand Label, a Prague File: The Broken Chain in Chess RecordsThere is a folder on my laptop. I named it “Samarkand R8 (women) — China...
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Pages Held 27 Miniatures: Bangladesh's Ledger in the Chess Training MarketRound eight in Samarkand, women's section, China leading 15/16 — that is all...
Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Club Player's Real ArithmeticIn 2026, tagging Premier Division Chess League games in a Mymensingh bedroom,...
A German Win in the Headline, a Course Ad in the Body: Samarkand Round 8 and the Ledger of a 60-Minute VideoLast week I stopped dead on a single feed item. The headline announced that...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the File: Who Keeps Chess Media's LedgerSamarkand in the Headline, Prague in the File: Who Keeps Chess Media's Ledger...