Chess
From Dusk till Dawn: Prague's 27 Miniatures and the Invisible Arithmetic of the Training Market
Pragg-Gukesh-Nihal Keep India in Gold Hunt with 3.5–0.5 Sweep: The Round 10 Reckoning
Board Physiology in Paltan: 138 Beats, Zero Defibrillators
Empty Boards in Samarkand: Israel's Two Matches Lost Without a Single Move
Why India named Nihal Sarin player of the day despite defeat to Uzbekistan
Thirty Minutes on the Clock, Yet Lost: Nihal Sarin's Board Blunder and the Cruel Arithmetic of Team Scoring at Samarkand
Chess5.e5! — The Club-Board Trap, and the Ledger of a Title That Doesn't Match5.e5! — The Club-Board Trap, and the Ledger of a Title That Doesn't Match One...
ChessThe Match That Was Never Reported: A US Championship Headline With a Course Ad InsideOn a July evening in 2026, from my flat in Khulna, I clicked a headline — “US...
ChessThe Scotch Opening and the Business of 'Panic': From Kasparov to MikhalchishinFrom a Mymensingh bedroom, the game always lives inside a screen. It is half...
ChessCaruana in the Headline, Lilov in the Body: The Clickbait Economy of Chess MediaKhulna flat. A 2026 laptop; the router drops every forty minutes. In one of...
Chess7.b3 or g3: The Real Lesson Hiding Behind a Model Game's Title MismatchBefore I pressed play on the commentary video, I read the title: "Fast and...
ChessFrom Dusk till Dawn: Prague's 27 Miniatures and the Invisible Arithmetic of the Training MarketLast week, at three in the morning, in a room in Mymensingh, I rewound a sing...
ChessVlastimil Hort Tournament 2026: A Tournament Headline With a Course in Its BodyA tournament in the headline, a hotel name, a 2026 date. In the body: six...
ChessPragg-Gukesh-Nihal Keep India in Gold Hunt with 3.5–0.5 Sweep: The Round 10 ReckoningThe scoreboard at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad's Round 10 says 3.5–0.5. India...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit Market: A Sixty-Minute Repertoire, a Selling Trope, and a Name Left Hanging in a HeadlineLast month, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, I opened a PGN file on a secondhand...
ChessSamarkand R7, 9...a5 and the Gap in the Headline: Two Games in One FileI opened the round-seven report from Samarkand for another reason. I wanted t...
ChessSamarkand R7 (Women): China–Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead — and the Game Missing From the HeadlineLast week a reader sent me a link. The headline: Samarkand R7 (women) — China...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, a Bayonet Attack in the Body: Auditing an Opening ProductHalf past midnight in Saint Petersburg. The Neva is asleep outside the window...
ChessSeven Openings, Six Videos, One Plan: The Ledger of Black's Preparation Against 1.d4The board was on move fourteen. Black's pieces were stacked inside his own ha...