Chess
Where the FIDE President's Name Changed: A Clinical Examination of a Chess News Page
3.Bc4, 2504, and an Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Where Nobody Looked for the Sicilian Answer
The Empty File: Why Bangladeshi Chess Cannot Archive Its Own History
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched Holster
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified Carlsen
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Samarkand Cameo, a Father's Depleted Savings, and the Ledger of a Reserve Board
Tsaghkadzor Schools Championship Headline Carries a King's Indian DVD PromotionHook A chess headline can take a reader to Tsaghkadzor and promise a report o...
Fujairah's Headline, Prague's Package: The Announcement That Names No CompetitorTwo stories rarely share one page. This one did. The headline said Fujairah...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian Inside: A 60-Minute Repertoire That Cannot Name Its Own ColourMonday night, Indiranagar, Bangalore. Fourth board at the club rapid, 10+5. T...
A Samarkand Headline on a King’s Indian Body: The Data Gap in a Chess ReportHook: The Round Report With No Board When I read the headline—“Samarkand R10...
Two Club Names, Zero Board Scores: The 2026 European Club Cup Headline and a Magazine's Sales CopyThe headline closes in two lines: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the 2026...
A Postal Key and 27 Miniatures: The Real Ledger of the Chess Training MarketA single line in the September issue announcement stops you. The new edition...
Where the FIDE President's Name Changed: A Clinical Examination of a Chess News PageIt was 2:47 a.m. in my Boston flat, and the page on my third monitor carried ...
The Quiet Commerce of Engine-Era Sidelines in the King's Indian DefenseI learned something sitting in the anchor chair at the London World...
3.Bc4, 2504, and an Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Where Nobody Looked for the Sicilian Answer7 rounds. 6 points. A performance rating of 2504. And the names of the player...
The Empty File: Why Bangladeshi Chess Cannot Archive Its Own HistoryHalf past eleven at night, in a room in Mymensingh. On the laptop screen I...
Where the Headline Stops and the Board Begins: Samarkand Round 8, a Club Player's Scandinavian, and a Broken FeedIt is a quarter to two in the morning. The tea on the kitchen table in Saint...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched HolsterOne January afternoon. A laptop on the Khulna veranda table, a cup of tea goi...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, Thirteen Claims, and an Unverified LedgerA fifteen-line product blurb. Title: "Sword of Damocles." Subject: an...
The Headline Said 15/16. The Body Said 27 Miniatures.Half past midnight. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, by the light of a secondhand...
Board Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished LedgerBoard Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified CarlsenHook: A Banker's Fourteenth Move Last month, in a club hall in Rangpur, a...
Fujairah's Headline, Prague's Package: The Announcement That Names No CompetitorTwo stories rarely share one page. This one did. The headline said Fujairah...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian Inside: A 60-Minute Repertoire That Cannot Name Its Own ColourMonday night, Indiranagar, Bangalore. Fourth board at the club rapid, 10+5. T...
A Samarkand Headline on a King’s Indian Body: The Data Gap in a Chess ReportHook: The Round Report With No Board When I read the headline—“Samarkand R10...
Two Club Names, Zero Board Scores: The 2026 European Club Cup Headline and a Magazine's Sales CopyThe headline closes in two lines: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the 2026...
A Postal Key and 27 Miniatures: The Real Ledger of the Chess Training MarketA single line in the September issue announcement stops you. The new edition...
Where the FIDE President's Name Changed: A Clinical Examination of a Chess News PageIt was 2:47 a.m. in my Boston flat, and the page on my third monitor carried ...
The Quiet Commerce of Engine-Era Sidelines in the King's Indian DefenseI learned something sitting in the anchor chair at the London World...
3.Bc4, 2504, and an Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Where Nobody Looked for the Sicilian Answer7 rounds. 6 points. A performance rating of 2504. And the names of the player...
The Empty File: Why Bangladeshi Chess Cannot Archive Its Own HistoryHalf past eleven at night, in a room in Mymensingh. On the laptop screen I...
Where the Headline Stops and the Board Begins: Samarkand Round 8, a Club Player's Scandinavian, and a Broken FeedIt is a quarter to two in the morning. The tea on the kitchen table in Saint...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched HolsterOne January afternoon. A laptop on the Khulna veranda table, a cup of tea goi...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, Thirteen Claims, and an Unverified LedgerA fifteen-line product blurb. Title: "Sword of Damocles." Subject: an...
The Headline Said 15/16. The Body Said 27 Miniatures.Half past midnight. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, by the light of a secondhand...
Board Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished LedgerBoard Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified CarlsenHook: A Banker's Fourteenth Move Last month, in a club hall in Rangpur, a...