Chess
ChessThe Headline Says Germany, the Body Sells a Knight: Samarkand Round 8 and a Story Stitched to the Wrong Page2026-09-26It was 1:45 in the morning in Penang. A laptop by the window, a cup of tea...
ChessThe Stain on the Label: A Folder Named Samarkand, A Pamphlet Inside2026-09-26The steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still stands somewhere in my imagination....
ChessFrom Reserve Board to 7/7: Savitha Shri, a Father's Savings, and the Real Cost of Chess Development2026-09-26The clock in Samarkand reads half past nine in the evening, and the game has...
Chess5.e5!: The Club Player's Sharp Italian — and the Evidence Gap Behind It2026-09-27At my desk in Mymensingh last year I began replaying an old line. 1.e4 e5 2.N...
5.e5!: The Club Player's Sharp Italian — and the Evidence Gap Behind ItAt my desk in Mymensingh last year I began replaying an old line. 1.e4 e5 2.N...
The Headline Says Germany, the Body Sells a Knight: Samarkand Round 8 and a Story Stitched to the Wrong PageIt was 1:45 in the morning in Penang. A laptop by the window, a cup of tea...
The Stain on the Label: A Folder Named Samarkand, A Pamphlet InsideThe steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still stands somewhere in my imagination....
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Curriculum of Annotation, and the Gap Between a Headline and Its ContentIt is half past three in the morning. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, a cloud fee...
From Reserve Board to 7/7: Savitha Shri, a Father's Savings, and the Real Cost of Chess DevelopmentThe clock in Samarkand reads half past nine in the evening, and the game has...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: A Source-Integrity AuditLast week at half past three in the morning I was scrolling a feed, logging t...
A Samarkand Headline with a Scandinavian Body: The Broken Mirror of Chess NewsLate last night I opened a file labelled Samarkand, Round Eight. The first li...
7/7 Is a Receipt, Not a Prophecy: Savitha Shri in Samarkand and the Ledger of a Chess PipelineSeven games. Seven wins. Zero draws. The scoreline Savitha Shri has left on t...
Three Queen Moves, Sixty Minutes: Who Stands Under the Scandinavian’s Sword of DamoclesHook An opening’s price never sits in its name; it sits in the move count. In...
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Page Said Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Lesson of a Wrong BoardIn the winter of 2026, in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana...
A Samarkand Headline, a 60-Minute Course: The Wrong Box in the Chess News FeedHalf past two in the morning. On the screen of a second-hand laptop in a...
Seven Openings, Six Videos: The Ratio Nobody Counts in the Black-Repertoire MarketSeven openings, six videos. The ratio is 1.17. When I opened the promotional...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Sources: The Balance Sheet of a Black Repertoire CourseI opened the page. The headline read: "Chess is something magic": An intervie...
The Headline Says Germany, the Body Sells a Knight: Samarkand Round 8 and a Story Stitched to the Wrong PageIt was 1:45 in the morning in Penang. A laptop by the window, a cup of tea...
The Stain on the Label: A Folder Named Samarkand, A Pamphlet InsideThe steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still stands somewhere in my imagination....
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Curriculum of Annotation, and the Gap Between a Headline and Its ContentIt is half past three in the morning. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, a cloud fee...
From Reserve Board to 7/7: Savitha Shri, a Father's Savings, and the Real Cost of Chess DevelopmentThe clock in Samarkand reads half past nine in the evening, and the game has...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: A Source-Integrity AuditLast week at half past three in the morning I was scrolling a feed, logging t...
A Samarkand Headline with a Scandinavian Body: The Broken Mirror of Chess NewsLate last night I opened a file labelled Samarkand, Round Eight. The first li...
7/7 Is a Receipt, Not a Prophecy: Savitha Shri in Samarkand and the Ledger of a Chess PipelineSeven games. Seven wins. Zero draws. The scoreline Savitha Shri has left on t...
Three Queen Moves, Sixty Minutes: Who Stands Under the Scandinavian’s Sword of DamoclesHook An opening’s price never sits in its name; it sits in the move count. In...
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Page Said Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Lesson of a Wrong BoardIn the winter of 2026, in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana...
A Samarkand Headline, a 60-Minute Course: The Wrong Box in the Chess News FeedHalf past two in the morning. On the screen of a second-hand laptop in a...
Seven Openings, Six Videos: The Ratio Nobody Counts in the Black-Repertoire MarketSeven openings, six videos. The ratio is 1.17. When I opened the promotional...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Sources: The Balance Sheet of a Black Repertoire CourseI opened the page. The headline read: "Chess is something magic": An intervie...