Chess
The Second-Move Bet: Elephant Gambit's Advertising and the Evidence Nobody Sent2026-11-07The Second Move Eleven-thirty at night, a club room in Delhi. Only two moves...
Chess Analysis Needs Evidence: The Entire Report Stops at a Zero-Information Input2026-11-07Hook: An Empty File Before the Board The source contains no result from a che...
Two Clubs, Zero Scoreline: Where the Crown Was Announced and the Explanation Was Not2026-10-25There was only one reason the headline caught my eye: it was a result, and th...
The Trap and the Gap in 5.e5: Inside an Opening Line Sold Under Bodhana's Name2026-10-20The column was headlined “Endgame Magic #340: Three recent pearls with Bodhan...
Knight on the Rim: A Practical Black Repertoire Against Seven Popular Chess OpeningsA knight on the rim is usually considered a misplaced piece. The familiar che...
Chess Analysis Faces an Evidence Gap: Why Professional Assessment Requires the Original ReportThe submitted analytical document identifies eight professional dimensions of...
Beyond Equality in the Petroff Defence: The Real Story Behind Fabien Libiszewski's Chess CourseThe promise of learning a new chess opening in 60 minutes is attractive,...
The Second-Move Bet: Elephant Gambit's Advertising and the Evidence Nobody SentThe Second Move Eleven-thirty at night, a club room in Delhi. Only two moves...
Chess Analysis Needs Evidence: The Entire Report Stops at a Zero-Information InputHook: An Empty File Before the Board The source contains no result from a che...
Chigorin or Italian? Serious Inconsistency in Chess Opening Course Promotion Raises Questions About the Evidentiary BasisChess is no longer only a board game; it is a substantial training market in...
Club Cup in the Headline, Prague on the Page: The Promotional Architecture of ChessBase Magazine #225Eleven at night. I opened a promotional page expecting European Club Cup boar...
A Saint Louis Headline and a Six-Video Course: Chess News or Chess Advertising?From my Mymensingh bedroom I keep learning the same lesson: a screen is...
Two Clubs, Zero Scoreline: Where the Crown Was Announced and the Explanation Was NotThere was only one reason the headline caught my eye: it was a result, and th...
The Trap and the Gap in 5.e5: Inside an Opening Line Sold Under Bodhana's NameThe column was headlined “Endgame Magic #340: Three recent pearls with Bodhan...
Facing the Bayonet with 9...a5: The Ledger, the Market and the Gap in a SidelineA DVD. One sales pitch: against White's Bayonet Attack (9.b4) in the King's...
The King's Indian Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Antidote: A Chess DVD's Claim, the Engine's Verdict, and the Economics of PreparationIn the Mar del Plata Variation, a single move changes the character of the...
Chess News or Advertisement? Caruana's 'Fifth Title' and the Story Inside a Course PageHook: The Page That Was Really Two Articles Last week, from my home in Delhi,...
The Scotch's Revival, Mikhalchishin's Antidote, and a Headline That Cannot Recognise Its Own BodyLast week, scrolling through a chess-content feed, I stopped at a listing. Th...
Not the FIDE General Assembly 2026: The Hidden Headline Crisis Inside a 60-Minute Najdorf UpdateNot the FIDE General Assembly 2026: The Hidden Headline Crisis Inside a...
One Headline, Two Drafts: Tsaghkadzor's Schools Championship and the 9...a5 DVDFebruary 11, 2026, Tuesday, a quarter past nine in the morning. I set down th...
5.e5! and the Seventeen-Year Silence: A Club Player's Weapon and Bangladesh's Empty Chess RoomsHook Last winter, on a table in a Khulna club room where I sat watching for...
From the Quiet Board to the Podium: The Story of Chess's Silver and BronzeBefore the last move was made on the Samarkand board, I did not look at the...
Chess Analysis Faces an Evidence Gap: Why Professional Assessment Requires the Original ReportThe submitted analytical document identifies eight professional dimensions of...
Beyond Equality in the Petroff Defence: The Real Story Behind Fabien Libiszewski's Chess CourseThe promise of learning a new chess opening in 60 minutes is attractive,...
The Second-Move Bet: Elephant Gambit's Advertising and the Evidence Nobody SentThe Second Move Eleven-thirty at night, a club room in Delhi. Only two moves...
Chess Analysis Needs Evidence: The Entire Report Stops at a Zero-Information InputHook: An Empty File Before the Board The source contains no result from a che...
Chigorin or Italian? Serious Inconsistency in Chess Opening Course Promotion Raises Questions About the Evidentiary BasisChess is no longer only a board game; it is a substantial training market in...
Club Cup in the Headline, Prague on the Page: The Promotional Architecture of ChessBase Magazine #225Eleven at night. I opened a promotional page expecting European Club Cup boar...
A Saint Louis Headline and a Six-Video Course: Chess News or Chess Advertising?From my Mymensingh bedroom I keep learning the same lesson: a screen is...
Two Clubs, Zero Scoreline: Where the Crown Was Announced and the Explanation Was NotThere was only one reason the headline caught my eye: it was a result, and th...
The Trap and the Gap in 5.e5: Inside an Opening Line Sold Under Bodhana's NameThe column was headlined “Endgame Magic #340: Three recent pearls with Bodhan...
Facing the Bayonet with 9...a5: The Ledger, the Market and the Gap in a SidelineA DVD. One sales pitch: against White's Bayonet Attack (9.b4) in the King's...
The King's Indian Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Antidote: A Chess DVD's Claim, the Engine's Verdict, and the Economics of PreparationIn the Mar del Plata Variation, a single move changes the character of the...
Chess News or Advertisement? Caruana's 'Fifth Title' and the Story Inside a Course PageHook: The Page That Was Really Two Articles Last week, from my home in Delhi,...
The Scotch's Revival, Mikhalchishin's Antidote, and a Headline That Cannot Recognise Its Own BodyLast week, scrolling through a chess-content feed, I stopped at a listing. Th...
Not the FIDE General Assembly 2026: The Hidden Headline Crisis Inside a 60-Minute Najdorf UpdateNot the FIDE General Assembly 2026: The Hidden Headline Crisis Inside a...
One Headline, Two Drafts: Tsaghkadzor's Schools Championship and the 9...a5 DVDFebruary 11, 2026, Tuesday, a quarter past nine in the morning. I set down th...
5.e5! and the Seventeen-Year Silence: A Club Player's Weapon and Bangladesh's Empty Chess RoomsHook Last winter, on a table in a Khulna club room where I sat watching for...
From the Quiet Board to the Podium: The Story of Chess's Silver and BronzeBefore the last move was made on the Samarkand board, I did not look at the...