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ChessLarsen on the Cover, an Advert Inside: The Quiet War of Chess Publishing2026-10-06A name sits on the cover of the chess magazine; the reality inside is a...
ChessThe Headline Says FIDE Assembly, the File Says Najdorf: Reading a Corrupted Record2026-10-05A file landed on my desk in Saint Petersburg one evening. The top line, in...
ChessWhere the Headline Ends and the Ad Begins: Samarkand Round 7, Fritz 20, and the Ledger of Chess News2026-09-24Last week the rain came to Delhi in the evening. I sat by my flat window and...
ChessIndia's Weight on the Lower Boards: Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Arithmetic of Five Rounds2026-09-24It is nearly two in the morning in Mymensingh. The stream is paused on a sing...
The Quiet Board and the Unverified Headline: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet in the Mar del Plata King's IndianIt is past eleven at night. Under the table lamp on a Penang balcony, a Mar d...
Ten Opening Articles and Twenty-Seven Miniatures: Prague's Training Market and Dhaka's LedgerThe promotional page for the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine landed on my...
Larsen on the Cover, an Advert Inside: The Quiet War of Chess PublishingA name sits on the cover of the chess magazine; the reality inside is a...
The Headline Says FIDE Assembly, the File Says Najdorf: Reading a Corrupted RecordA file landed on my desk in Saint Petersburg one evening. The top line, in...
Patriotism on Forty Squares: The Inside Story of India's Silver and Bronze in SamarkandIn the hall in Samarkand, the air now holds only the smell of wood and the...
One Match Point, Zero Board Results: Auditing the Samarkand R7 HeadlineThe headline is seven words long, and the arithmetic is hiding inside it....
Samarkand Round 7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, Lead Down to a Single Match Point — and an Empty Board Behind the HeadlineThe headline is crisp. In Round 7 of the women's section at Samarkand, China...
Where the Headline Ends and the Ad Begins: Samarkand Round 7, Fritz 20, and the Ledger of Chess NewsLast week the rain came to Delhi in the evening. I sat by my flat window and...
The Empty Boards of Samarkand: Israel's Forfeit, FIDE's Rule, and the Economics of One Day's ConsentThe Empty Boards of Samarkand: Israel's Forfeit, FIDE's Rule, and the Economi...
Thirty Minutes and Three Moves: The Olympiad Arithmetic the Rating Table Never KeepsHook: The Draw Offer That Was Actually News Three moves. The draw offer came...
India's Weight on the Lower Boards: Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Arithmetic of Five RoundsIt is nearly two in the morning in Mymensingh. The stream is paused on a sing...
Blank Pages, Torn Ledgers: Why Bangladesh Chess Is Still Waiting for Its Sixth GrandmasterSeptember 2026, Tbilisi. A FIDE World Cup: 128 players, 25 days, and rest...
Five Names, Eighteen Empty Years: Opening Bangladesh Chess's LedgerThe Page Nobody Commissioned In December 2026, a Dhaka daily rejected a piece...
Ten Opening Articles and Twenty-Seven Miniatures: Prague's Training Market and Dhaka's LedgerThe promotional page for the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine landed on my...
Larsen on the Cover, an Advert Inside: The Quiet War of Chess PublishingA name sits on the cover of the chess magazine; the reality inside is a...
The Headline Says FIDE Assembly, the File Says Najdorf: Reading a Corrupted RecordA file landed on my desk in Saint Petersburg one evening. The top line, in...
Patriotism on Forty Squares: The Inside Story of India's Silver and Bronze in SamarkandIn the hall in Samarkand, the air now holds only the smell of wood and the...
One Match Point, Zero Board Results: Auditing the Samarkand R7 HeadlineThe headline is seven words long, and the arithmetic is hiding inside it....
Samarkand Round 7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, Lead Down to a Single Match Point — and an Empty Board Behind the HeadlineThe headline is crisp. In Round 7 of the women's section at Samarkand, China...
Where the Headline Ends and the Ad Begins: Samarkand Round 7, Fritz 20, and the Ledger of Chess NewsLast week the rain came to Delhi in the evening. I sat by my flat window and...
The Empty Boards of Samarkand: Israel's Forfeit, FIDE's Rule, and the Economics of One Day's ConsentThe Empty Boards of Samarkand: Israel's Forfeit, FIDE's Rule, and the Economi...
Thirty Minutes and Three Moves: The Olympiad Arithmetic the Rating Table Never KeepsHook: The Draw Offer That Was Actually News Three moves. The draw offer came...
India's Weight on the Lower Boards: Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Arithmetic of Five RoundsIt is nearly two in the morning in Mymensingh. The stream is paused on a sing...
Blank Pages, Torn Ledgers: Why Bangladesh Chess Is Still Waiting for Its Sixth GrandmasterSeptember 2026, Tbilisi. A FIDE World Cup: 128 players, 25 days, and rest...
Five Names, Eighteen Empty Years: Opening Bangladesh Chess's LedgerThe Page Nobody Commissioned In December 2026, a Dhaka daily rejected a piece...