Chess
Where the Champions Are Named but the Score Is Missing
Rachel Li in the Headline, Scandinavian Defense in the Body: Auditing an Editorial Gap
The Silent Signal from Shenzhen: Ding Liren's Fall, Yu Yangyi's Rise, and the Board Bangladesh Never Sees
King's Indian Under a ChessMom Wrapper: Not a Story of Mothers, but a 9...a5 Repertoire
Savitha Shri's Seven Wins and Her Father's Exhausted Three Years: In Chess, the Real Question Is Who Pays
Two Nights of Dragon Chilling in Hong Kong and a File Left UnopenedThe lights had gone out in the hall before the last move was played in Hong...
The Endless War of Sixty-Four Squares: Structure, Culture and Future of ChessSixty-four squares, thirty-two pieces, twenty legal first moves. From that...
One Hour Against the Scotch, and Bangladesh's Thirty Years With Five GrandmastersI opened the page to read an advertisement. The headline promised a debut at...
Sports News Analysis: Black's Preparation Against 1.d4 SidelinesIn the world of sports, chess holds a unique place, and discussions about...
Where the Champions Are Named but the Score Is MissingLast week a single sentence landed in my notebook and refused to grow. Two cl...
Rachel Li in the Headline, Scandinavian Defense in the Body: Auditing an Editorial GapThe headline reached my desk with a result attached. Eight words: Rachel Li...
From Budva to Paltan: The Elephant Gambit's Market Mark and the Account of Chess's Injured BodyI counted heartbeats in Paltan, and the numbers confessed more than the tackl...
The Silent Signal from Shenzhen: Ding Liren's Fall, Yu Yangyi's Rise, and the Board Bangladesh Never SeesI opened the ChessBase Magazine #225 product page in my Mymensingh bedroom, a...
Caruana in the Headline, Lilov's Course in the Body — The Clickbait Pattern in Chess MediaI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. The headline promised...
The Mar del Plata Bayonet, the 9...a5 Antidote, and Kazakhstan's Incomplete RecordThe wire from Astana carried a headline about a state courtesy meeting. The...
Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen: The Promotional Claims of ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Deep Structure of the Chess-Content EconomyChapter One: A Promotional Document, Not Competitive Reportage The article...
Bent Larsen on the Cover, a Manifest Inside: A Lesson in the Chess-Media EconomyBent Larsen's name sits on the cover. Inside, not one move of his appears. La...
A Tsaghkadzor Headline, a King's Indian Body: The Empty Square in Chess's Information EconomyThe Headline Stops, the Board Begins The name Tsaghkadzor arrived on my scree...
Sixty-Four Squares Behind the Scotch Gambit: Kasparov's 2026, a False Headline, and the Cracked Information Chain of Chess MediaOn the second floor of the Bangladesh Chess Federation building in Purana...
Six Videos, One Stain: How Fear Gets Sold in the System-Opening MarketSix thumbnails are arranged across a laptop screen. Beneath them, in large...
King's Indian Under a ChessMom Wrapper: Not a Story of Mothers, but a 9...a5 RepertoireLast night, in my bedroom in Mymensingh, I opened a file on a laptop screen....
Not Vincent Keymer, But the Scotch: A Headline Mismatch and the Barbed Wire of Chess Coaching EconomicsAt half past four in the morning in my Mumbai flat I was reading a cardiac...
Behind the 'Sicilian Brilliancy': The Quiet Defence System of the Chess Content MarketLate one night in the early months of last year, I opened a secondhand laptop...
Seven Wins, Three Years of Savings: The Reserve Board in Samarkand and the Family Ledger of Tamil NaduHook: Five Hours in a St. Petersburg Kitchen The clock on the laptop had pass...
Savitha Shri's Seven Wins and Her Father's Exhausted Three Years: In Chess, the Real Question Is Who PaysThe clock in the Samarkand hall has crossed five hours. Sitting at board five...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 in Samarkand: The Three-Year Ledger Behind the Hero StoryThe Thursday round in Samarkand stretched past five hours. Inside those same...
The Sixty-Minute Sword: Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Name, and the Physiology of a Marketing ClaimSixty minutes. That is the advertised length of an instructional video. The...