Chess
The Najdorf Refresher and the Unfinished FIDE Story
The Board's Silence, the Clock's Scream: Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive' for Spectators?
Cyber-Shepherd's Paradox: A Critical Analysis of the Economic and Governance Challenges of a Decoupled Agro-Ecological Ecosystem
Samarkand's 15/16, Prague's 27 Miniatures — And the Empty Square in Between
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: The Ledger of One Source Audit
Aqil, Tulegenov and Osadchuk Lead After Round 6 of the FIDE World Amateur Chess ChampionshipsThe clearest lead after Round 6 of the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships...
The Najdorf Refresher and the Unfinished FIDE StoryFrom a Mymensingh bedroom, I learned the stadium is only a screen. In March...
The Question Nobody Asked in the Dhaka Press Room: The Emptiness of Bangladesh Chess's Stage-1 ReportIn a 2026 match report from the BCF hall in Purana Paltan, I was the only wom...
A Twenty-Minute Phone Call: How Bangladesh Chess Is Losing Board-Hours, and Who Pays the BillThere is a column on the Premier Division Chess League scoresheet that nobody...
Wesley So's Fourth US Crown: Tiebreak Chess, the London System and an Incomplete RecordIt is nearly half past eleven at night in Rangpur. The laptop is open on the...
The Hour of the Seconds: What the 9...a5 Ledger Does Not RecordTwo sentences sit side by side on the cover of a DVD, and they cancel each...
3.Bc4 Is Decor; the Real Story Is 2504: Bodhana Sivanandan's Seven-Block ChainSamarkand, Uzbekistan — 24 September 2026. Walking out of the Olympiad hall, ...
From Dusk till Dawn: A Training Magazine and the Ledger Behind the BoardRain on a Penang balcony always pulls me back to a tea stall in Purana Paltan...
The Board's Silence, the Clock's Scream: Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive' for Spectators?The Board's Silence, the Clock's Scream: Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive' for...
From SCHACH to CHESS INSIGHT: The New Geography of Chess Publishing and the Patron Economy of Saint LouisThe date line of the announcement can be read two ways: 10/2/2026 — October 2...
Before Samarkand's Last Night: One Move, One Gamble, and the Ledger of India's Gold DreamThere were only a few pieces left on the board. Her hand paused once, because...
5.e5! — Where the Promise Outweighs the ProofLast Tuesday, half past nine at night. On the second floor of a Mumbai club a...
Cyber-Shepherd's Paradox: A Critical Analysis of the Economic and Governance Challenges of a Decoupled Agro-Ecological EcosystemThe green city's new 'Cyber-Shepherd' protocol, while initially adopted by...
India's First Chess Olympiad Gold, 2026: What the Ledger Records and What It Refuses ToOn 22 September 2026 I was pulling the electronic score-sheet of the Simpa...
The Headline That Counted No Votes: FIDE, the Najdorf, and a Ledger Missing Its DateHook In a Bangalore flat at 2:47 a.m., two sentences lit up on the phone scre...
Erigaisi vs Laohawirapap: The Market Price of 5.e5! and the Empty Engine ColumnI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. Installment number 74...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, 3 Videos and One Wrong Headline: The Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225Empty stadiums taught me which noises were ever real. In August 2026, watchin...