Chess
Prague's Box, Samarkand's Headline: The Packaging of Chess News and the Ledger of an Empty CalendarWhere the Headline Stops, the Box Opens In September 2026 I covered the FIDE...
“Sword of Damocles”: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Quiet Ledger of Amateur ChessSixty minutes. That is the first number the sales copy puts in front of a...
One Headline, Two Bodies: The Samarkand Result and the Diagnostic Report on a 60-Minute Scandinavian CourseTwo Bodies on One Table Before opening the file I read the headline, because...
Savitha Shri: Seven Wins, Three Years, and the Quiet Truth of the Reserve BoardIn Saint Petersburg the clock said half past eleven at night. Samarkand was s...
Sword of Damocles or a Time-Saving Scalpel: What the 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course Actually SellsIn a Mymensingh academy room I tagged six hundred and forty league games, and...
A Training Product and a Headline Out of Place: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Arithmetic of the Coaching MarketThe download bar stopped at half past eleven at night, in a bedroom in...
The File That Didn't Say Samarkand: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and the Arithmetic of Training MaterialThe File That Didn't Say Samarkand: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and...
The Empty Chair at Board Five: Savitha's Seven Wins and the Runway That Ended in Three YearsThe Empty Chair at Board Five: Savitha's Seven Wins and the Runway That Ended...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Empty Ledger of Bangladesh's Chess EconomyIn the side hall of the 2026 national championship I watched a league game th...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: One Reserve Seat, Two Rating Explosions, and a Savings Fund That Died in Three YearsThe Thursday round at Samarkand ran close to five hours. On one Indian board ...
Samarkand in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body: The Verification Gap in Chess CoverageAt two in the morning Boston time I was scrolling a chess news feed when a...
