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The Elephant Gambit Ledger: One Headline, One Course, and the Data Nobody Kept2026-11-07The Elephant Gambit Ledger: One Headline, One Course, and the Data Nobody Kep...
Budva’s 2715: The Rating Gap Is the Real Match at the European Club Cup2026-10-30The team-hall score sheet in Budva on October 19, 2026 carried twenty-five...
The Board Has Squares, Not Numbers: Accounting for Bangladesh Chess's Data Void2026-10-27Last week an analysis sheet came back to my desk. Eleven columns, and in ever...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President: The Fracture Between a Nicosia Headline and Its Body2026-10-21Last week a headline landed beside my notebook: “FIDE President Timur Turlov...
Column 340: Bodhana's Name on the Cover, One Line on the Board2026-10-20Column 340 stops you at the headline. The title promises endgame magic and...
The Elephant Gambit Ledger: One Headline, One Course, and the Data Nobody KeptThe Elephant Gambit Ledger: One Headline, One Course, and the Data Nobody Kep...
Elephant Gambit: A Surprise Weapon or a Theoretical Trap?After tagging 640 games in a small Mymensingh bedroom, I understood one thing...
Where the Clock Never Stops: China's Double Team Triumph in Hong Kong and the Anatomy of a Contradictory HeadlineWhen the final move was made in the Hong Kong hall, the scoreboard read 5-1....
Hong Kong Team Chess Report Contains Conflicting Claims, No Verdict Yet on Ding Liren's FormA chess report from Hong Kong appears to combine two separate competitions an...
Who Is Liable at the Chennai Board? What Wei Yi's 'Model Game' Actually TeachesThe board from the eighth round of the Chennai Olympiad is sketched separatel...
SCHACH Launches English Edition 'CHESS INSIGHT' as U.S. Championships Take Shape in Saint LouisThe long-established German chess magazine SCHACH has announced its first...
Budva’s 2715: The Rating Gap Is the Real Match at the European Club CupThe team-hall score sheet in Budva on October 19, 2026 carried twenty-five...
The Board Has Squares, Not Numbers: Accounting for Bangladesh Chess's Data VoidLast week an analysis sheet came back to my desk. Eleven columns, and in ever...
Capablanca's 2026 Buenos Aires Gold and a King's Indian DVD: An Analytical Sports ReportIntroduction One of the fundamental duties of sports journalism is to clarify...
The Empty File, the Full Cupboard: Chess's Unwritten History at Purana PaltanThe steel cupboard still stands in the corner of the Bangladesh Chess...
Eleven Teams Level, and a Board-One Duel That Is Only a PossibilityThe registration sheet is a single page. In the board-one slot, two names sit...
Between Two Translations, Carlsen: The Real Story Sits in Preparation Architecture, Not the HeadlineOctober 21, Spain. The interview runs in AS. From there to Marca, then to a...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President: The Fracture Between a Nicosia Headline and Its BodyLast week a headline landed beside my notebook: “FIDE President Timur Turlov...
Column 340: Bodhana's Name on the Cover, One Line on the BoardColumn 340 stops you at the headline. The title promises endgame magic and...
Neiksans in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body: A 60-Minute Repertoire Under AuditLast week a file landed on my desk with a promise in its headline: from...
One Rating, Three Clocks, Zero Rules: Total Chess in BudapestIn a folder in my St Petersburg flat sit four decades of rating lists, printe...
The Hour of the Seconds, the Silence of the Engine: Why 9...a5 Is Not an AntidoteLast month, in a room beside the league hall in Purana Paltan, a club player...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: One Move, One DVD, and the Anti-Engine Myth That Refuses to DieIt was nearly two in the morning. In a Mymensingh bedroom a second-hand lapto...
Atyrau's Unfinished Headline: When Chess Training Becomes ProductThe contents line of ChessBase Magazine #225 carries one sentence: "Atyrau...
Not a Bundesliga Dispute, but an Elephant Gambit Ad: The Title-Content Mismatch PuzzleThe article's title declares 'a dispute in the Bundesliga,' but reading the...
Yu Yangyi Beat Ding Liren in Shenzhen — and Nobody Published the ScoreThe tea had gone cold on my Dublin desk, and I was scrolling the product page...
A Pawn Before the Knight: The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line, the Reality of Club Chess, and an Uncomfortable ShadowA club room in Penang, a little past nine-thirty at night. On the table, the...
Two Courses and One Trainer: The Chess-Knowledge Supply Ledger Nobody ReadsA club-level player, a regular buyer of the FritzTrainer series, writes a...
3.Bc4, the Sicilian, and an Eleven-Year-Old Hand on Board One: What Samarkand's Position Says, and What It Does NotIt is three in the morning in Mymensingh. A live stream is paused on a laptop...
The Economics of a Trap: 5.e5!, the Italian Game's Modern Variation, and the Accounting of an Uncited ClaimIn August 2026, sitting in the anchor chair at London Stadium, I learned my...
Elephant Gambit: A Surprise Weapon or a Theoretical Trap?After tagging 640 games in a small Mymensingh bedroom, I understood one thing...
Where the Clock Never Stops: China's Double Team Triumph in Hong Kong and the Anatomy of a Contradictory HeadlineWhen the final move was made in the Hong Kong hall, the scoreboard read 5-1....
Hong Kong Team Chess Report Contains Conflicting Claims, No Verdict Yet on Ding Liren's FormA chess report from Hong Kong appears to combine two separate competitions an...
Who Is Liable at the Chennai Board? What Wei Yi's 'Model Game' Actually TeachesThe board from the eighth round of the Chennai Olympiad is sketched separatel...
SCHACH Launches English Edition 'CHESS INSIGHT' as U.S. Championships Take Shape in Saint LouisThe long-established German chess magazine SCHACH has announced its first...
Budva’s 2715: The Rating Gap Is the Real Match at the European Club CupThe team-hall score sheet in Budva on October 19, 2026 carried twenty-five...
The Board Has Squares, Not Numbers: Accounting for Bangladesh Chess's Data VoidLast week an analysis sheet came back to my desk. Eleven columns, and in ever...
Capablanca's 2026 Buenos Aires Gold and a King's Indian DVD: An Analytical Sports ReportIntroduction One of the fundamental duties of sports journalism is to clarify...
The Empty File, the Full Cupboard: Chess's Unwritten History at Purana PaltanThe steel cupboard still stands in the corner of the Bangladesh Chess...
Eleven Teams Level, and a Board-One Duel That Is Only a PossibilityThe registration sheet is a single page. In the board-one slot, two names sit...
Between Two Translations, Carlsen: The Real Story Sits in Preparation Architecture, Not the HeadlineOctober 21, Spain. The interview runs in AS. From there to Marca, then to a...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President: The Fracture Between a Nicosia Headline and Its BodyLast week a headline landed beside my notebook: “FIDE President Timur Turlov...
Column 340: Bodhana's Name on the Cover, One Line on the BoardColumn 340 stops you at the headline. The title promises endgame magic and...
Neiksans in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body: A 60-Minute Repertoire Under AuditLast week a file landed on my desk with a promise in its headline: from...
One Rating, Three Clocks, Zero Rules: Total Chess in BudapestIn a folder in my St Petersburg flat sit four decades of rating lists, printe...
The Hour of the Seconds, the Silence of the Engine: Why 9...a5 Is Not an AntidoteLast month, in a room beside the league hall in Purana Paltan, a club player...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: One Move, One DVD, and the Anti-Engine Myth That Refuses to DieIt was nearly two in the morning. In a Mymensingh bedroom a second-hand lapto...
Atyrau's Unfinished Headline: When Chess Training Becomes ProductThe contents line of ChessBase Magazine #225 carries one sentence: "Atyrau...
Not a Bundesliga Dispute, but an Elephant Gambit Ad: The Title-Content Mismatch PuzzleThe article's title declares 'a dispute in the Bundesliga,' but reading the...
Yu Yangyi Beat Ding Liren in Shenzhen — and Nobody Published the ScoreThe tea had gone cold on my Dublin desk, and I was scrolling the product page...
A Pawn Before the Knight: The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line, the Reality of Club Chess, and an Uncomfortable ShadowA club room in Penang, a little past nine-thirty at night. On the table, the...
Two Courses and One Trainer: The Chess-Knowledge Supply Ledger Nobody ReadsA club-level player, a regular buyer of the FritzTrainer series, writes a...
3.Bc4, the Sicilian, and an Eleven-Year-Old Hand on Board One: What Samarkand's Position Says, and What It Does NotIt is three in the morning in Mymensingh. A live stream is paused on a laptop...
The Economics of a Trap: 5.e5!, the Italian Game's Modern Variation, and the Accounting of an Uncited ClaimIn August 2026, sitting in the anchor chair at London Stadium, I learned my...