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The Gap Between a Filename and a Headline: An Inquiry from a Najdorf Update to the FIDE Presidency2026-09-27Late on an August night in Delhi, I opened a chess news feed and found a larg...
The 5.e5 Ledger: From the Scotch Gambit to Sarana's King Walk — The Game Nobody Printed2026-09-26The opening-theory column reached my desk with a headline: behind the Olympia...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Samarkand on the Label, 27 Miniatures Inside2026-09-26A file landed on my desk early this week. The label said the women's field at...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Seven Names, and a Metadata Fracture2026-09-26I watched one game from the 2026 Chess Festival Prague three times. First on...
ChessThe 5.e5 Trap: From Erigaisi–Laohawirapap to the Club BoardThe move travels one square. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4, and then...
ChessThe World Champion on Board Four: Gukesh's 54 Moves, India's Gold Bid and a Ledger Left OpenI put my cup of tea down midway through Round 9. In the playing hall in...
ChessThe Gap Between a Filename and a Headline: An Inquiry from a Najdorf Update to the FIDE PresidencyLate on an August night in Delhi, I opened a chess news feed and found a larg...
ChessThe King's Walk and 5.e5: Sarana's Olympiad Game, Sveshnikov's Testimony, and What the Line Is Really Worth on a Club BoardThe Folder I Opened That Would Not Open It was nearly half past midnight in a...
ChessThe 5.e5 Ledger: From the Scotch Gambit to Sarana's King Walk — The Game Nobody PrintedThe opening-theory column reached my desk with a headline: behind the Olympia...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Prague Board: Auditing ChessBase Magazine #225The headline said Samarkand. Round eight. Women's team event. China 15/16. Wh...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: Samarkand on the Label, 27 Miniatures InsideA file landed on my desk early this week. The label said the women's field at...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Seven Names, and a Metadata FractureI watched one game from the 2026 Chess Festival Prague three times. First on...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Prague Catalogue: What One Metadata Error Leaks About Chess's Paid Training EconomyThe headline arrived first: Samarkand, round eight, women's section, China on...
ChessThe Sword Hangs Over the Scandinavian's Own Queen: A Sixty-Minute Course and a Missing GameLast month, in the final round of an evening at a club hall in Rangpur, a...