Chess
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: How a Single Result Became a Product
Samarkand on the Label, Prague Inside: In Search of the Chess Archive's Wrong Name
The Yellowing Scoresheet: Why Bangladesh's Chess Keeps Losing Its Own History
Modern Chess: Silence, the Clock, and the Pull of the Market
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The Yellowing Scoresheet: Why Bangladesh's Chess Keeps Losing Its Own HistoryIt was a quarter past one in the morning. The tea had gone cold. On the lapto...
Modern Chess: Silence, the Clock, and the Pull of the MarketChess has long hovered between two identities. On one side it is a game of...
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8.5 in St. Louis: Rachael Li's First IM Norm, $45,000, and a File With the Wrong HeadlineOne point was all Rachael Li needed in the final round. Across the board sat...
Sixty Minutes of Opening, a Lifetime of Load: How True Is the Scandinavian Defence's 'Simple' PromiseThe video runs sixty minutes. The closing line promises that you can play it...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: One Sideline, One DVD, and the Quiet Budget of PreparationThe cover reads ‘The hour of the seconds.’ A second, in chess, is the assista...
The Scandinavian Defense: Sixty Minutes of Promise and a Headline That Doesn't Add UpIt was ten past two in the morning in Dublin, and the only light in the flat...
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: How a Single Result Became a ProductThe press note that landed in my inbox opened with a bare result — Awonder...
The Honesty of the Empty Column: How Null Results Become Data in Bangladesh's Chess RecordAugust 2026, Moscow. The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad final was in progress whe...
Two Golden Tables, One Unopened Folder: From Budapest to Dhaka's LedgerTwo rows of flags glowed on the standings screen in Budapest before the final...
Samarkand Silver, the Board-4 Puzzle: India's Two Lost Crowns Were Not Decided on Match PointsThe World Champion was sitting on Board 4. When the team sheet for India vers...
Samarkand on the Label, Prague Inside: In Search of the Chess Archive's Wrong NameLast night I opened a file on my desk. The file's name belonged to one place;...
The Headline Said Samarkand, the File Said Scandinavian: Anatomy of a Mismatched Chess StoryA file landed on my desk last week. The label read: “Samarkand R8 (open):...
Sword of Damocles, Empty Cell: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course and an Unverified Carlsen ClaimThe Empty Cell I open a promotional page and the first thing I do is count....
A 60-Minute Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Shadow, and the Micro-Course Economy of Club ChessLast December, at a club rapid tournament in Delhi, I stood beside a board...
Samarkand Round 8: The Headline Sold Germany's Win, the Page Sold a Scandinavian Course1. Hook — Two Games on One Page The round-eight result drifted up the feed...
Sixty Minutes of the Elephant Gambit: How a Headline Swallows a Teenager, and Why Nobody Reads the LedgerRain was tapping the glass in Penang a little past two in the morning when I...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: The Black-Side Defence Economy Against London, Colle and TrompowskyFourteen nights. Nine rounds a night. Leonine Chess Club's online blitz leagu...
The Elephant Gambit: A Sixty-Minute Repertoire, Zero Evidence, and One Wrong HeadlineIn the winter of 2026 I spent my nights in a small room in Mymensingh tagging...
Her Name Was in the Headline, Never in the Body: The Elephant Gambit Promotion Titled After Bodhana SivanandanLast week a promotional scroll landed on my desk. The headline said Bodhana...