Chess
Round 9 in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape, and the Cracks in India's Depth
When the Label and the Contents Disagree: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Arithmetic of the Training Market
A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian, Carlsen's Name, and a Club Board in Mymensingh
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, One Wrong Headline: Inside ChessBase Magazine #225
The Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Promise, Carlsen's Name, and Three Empty Cells
The Fifth Board at Samarkand: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Savings Account That Ran Out in Three Years
Round 9 in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape, and the Cracks in India's DepthIn Samarkand, the clock did more talking than the board. The engine verdict o...
ChessBase Magazine #225: A Samarkand Headline, a Prague File, and the Silent Crisis of the Training MarketHook A few weeks ago, at half past three in the morning, a file came down the...
Samarkand in the Headline, ChessBase in the File: Auditing a Metadata FailureA file landed on my desk last week. The headline stopped my finger: “Samarkan...
No Samarkand in the File, Only a Training Market: ChessBase Magazine #225Late at night, a headline promised a Samarkand women's team score of 15/16. T...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague's Moves Become a Training LedgerI was not in Prague. In the spring of 2026, I did not watch Chess Festival...
When the Label and the Contents Disagree: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Arithmetic of the Training MarketNovember 2026, the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana Paltan....
A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian, Carlsen's Name, and a Club Board in MymensinghAt three in the morning, a sixty-minute video sits paused on a second-hand...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, One Wrong Headline: Inside ChessBase Magazine #225Hook A search result stopped me last week. The headline said: “Samarkand Roun...
The Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Promise, Carlsen's Name, and Three Empty CellsA video, 60 minutes long. A promise attached to it: learn it today, play it...
The Fifth Board at Samarkand: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Savings Account That Ran Out in Three YearsIn the tournament hall at Samarkand, the clock on board five is closing on fi...
ChessBase Magazine #225: A Samarkand Headline, a Prague File, and the Silent Crisis of the Training MarketHook A few weeks ago, at half past three in the morning, a file came down the...
Samarkand in the Headline, ChessBase in the File: Auditing a Metadata FailureA file landed on my desk last week. The headline stopped my finger: “Samarkan...
No Samarkand in the File, Only a Training Market: ChessBase Magazine #225Late at night, a headline promised a Samarkand women's team score of 15/16. T...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague's Moves Become a Training LedgerI was not in Prague. In the spring of 2026, I did not watch Chess Festival...
When the Label and the Contents Disagree: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Arithmetic of the Training MarketNovember 2026, the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana Paltan....
A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian, Carlsen's Name, and a Club Board in MymensinghAt three in the morning, a sixty-minute video sits paused on a second-hand...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, One Wrong Headline: Inside ChessBase Magazine #225Hook A search result stopped me last week. The headline said: “Samarkand Roun...
The Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Promise, Carlsen's Name, and Three Empty CellsA video, 60 minutes long. A promise attached to it: learn it today, play it...
The Fifth Board at Samarkand: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Savings Account That Ran Out in Three YearsIn the tournament hall at Samarkand, the clock on board five is closing on fi...