Chess
Bavarian Championship Tiebreak Win: Sasikiran and FRITZ 20 Leave Open QuestionsThe Bavarian Chess Championship ended in a closely contested situation....
A Revolution Sold on a Tiebreak: FRITZ 20, the Bavarian Championship and the Board That Never AppearedA product page is open on the screen. In a Mymensingh bedroom there is a...
Woodward Stuns Caruana as Lee Extends Her Lead; Elephant Gambit Course Takes the SpotlightWoodward's victory over Fabiano Caruana and Lee's expanding lead in the women...
The Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand: The Board That Keeps the Coffee Ring, Nobody Counts Its ChessOn Saturday night, in a Samarkand hall after Round 4, the scoreboard showed...
Fujairah to host the WFCC Grand Prix Final — but the body of the story belongs to ChessBase Magazine #225A familiar but irritating structural pattern in chess journalism resurfaced i...
Capablanca's Gold, an 'Antidote' Claim, and the Missing Verification Layer in the Coaching RoomLast month in a coaching room in Rangpur, a student turned his phone screen...
2715 on the Budva Board: A Paper Favourite and an Unbalanced LedgerIt was 1:40 in the morning in Penang. The wind had stopped outside, and the...
Neiksans in the Headline, Martin in the Body: How the Chess Market Turns a Career Story into a 60-Minute CourseAt 11:40 pm I opened the link. The headline read ‘From quitting chess to...
A Club Cup Headline, a Prague Product: The Ledger Behind ChessBase Magazine #22510. 3. 4. Four numbers in a row read like a tournament scoreboard. They are, ...
The Silent Board of Chess: Why the Game Looks 'Least Expressive' to Spectators, and Why That Charge Does Not Survive the LedgerThe Silent Board of Chess: Why the Game Looks 'Least Expressive' to Spectator...
45.Rd1: A Teenager's Gamble in Samarkand, India's Fatigue Ledger and the Hard Arithmetic of GoldIn Samarkand's playing hall the clock is brushing five hours. On board three,...
9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet: The Market for Strategy, the War of MemorizationLate last week, at nearly three in the morning in my Delhi apartment, I sat i...
From a 2026 Folder to Budapest Gold: The Real Date of India's Olympiad WinBudapest, 22 September 2026. The boards had been folded away and the hall...
One Headline, One File: How Chess Loses the Truth Between Two DocumentsLate one night last month, at the desk in Rangpur, I opened an aggregated che...
Samarkand's Fourth Board: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and India's Leaking Gold DefenceAt three in the morning in a Mymensingh bedroom, the only thing lit is a boar...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Deep Analysis of Prague 2026, Opening Revolution, or Marketing Veil?The headline says Samarkand Round 8 women's event with China leading 15/16, b...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, 3 Videos: What the Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225 Never RecordsAt two in the afternoon I opened the file. The headline said Samarkand, round...
A Revolution Sold on a Tiebreak: FRITZ 20, the Bavarian Championship and the Board That Never AppearedA product page is open on the screen. In a Mymensingh bedroom there is a...
Woodward Stuns Caruana as Lee Extends Her Lead; Elephant Gambit Course Takes the SpotlightWoodward's victory over Fabiano Caruana and Lee's expanding lead in the women...
The Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand: The Board That Keeps the Coffee Ring, Nobody Counts Its ChessOn Saturday night, in a Samarkand hall after Round 4, the scoreboard showed...
Fujairah to host the WFCC Grand Prix Final — but the body of the story belongs to ChessBase Magazine #225A familiar but irritating structural pattern in chess journalism resurfaced i...
Capablanca's Gold, an 'Antidote' Claim, and the Missing Verification Layer in the Coaching RoomLast month in a coaching room in Rangpur, a student turned his phone screen...
2715 on the Budva Board: A Paper Favourite and an Unbalanced LedgerIt was 1:40 in the morning in Penang. The wind had stopped outside, and the...
Neiksans in the Headline, Martin in the Body: How the Chess Market Turns a Career Story into a 60-Minute CourseAt 11:40 pm I opened the link. The headline read ‘From quitting chess to...
A Club Cup Headline, a Prague Product: The Ledger Behind ChessBase Magazine #22510. 3. 4. Four numbers in a row read like a tournament scoreboard. They are, ...
The Silent Board of Chess: Why the Game Looks 'Least Expressive' to Spectators, and Why That Charge Does Not Survive the LedgerThe Silent Board of Chess: Why the Game Looks 'Least Expressive' to Spectator...
45.Rd1: A Teenager's Gamble in Samarkand, India's Fatigue Ledger and the Hard Arithmetic of GoldIn Samarkand's playing hall the clock is brushing five hours. On board three,...
9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet: The Market for Strategy, the War of MemorizationLate last week, at nearly three in the morning in my Delhi apartment, I sat i...
From a 2026 Folder to Budapest Gold: The Real Date of India's Olympiad WinBudapest, 22 September 2026. The boards had been folded away and the hall...
One Headline, One File: How Chess Loses the Truth Between Two DocumentsLate one night last month, at the desk in Rangpur, I opened an aggregated che...
Samarkand's Fourth Board: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and India's Leaking Gold DefenceAt three in the morning in a Mymensingh bedroom, the only thing lit is a boar...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Deep Analysis of Prague 2026, Opening Revolution, or Marketing Veil?The headline says Samarkand Round 8 women's event with China leading 15/16, b...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, 3 Videos: What the Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225 Never RecordsAt two in the afternoon I opened the file. The headline said Samarkand, round...

