Chess
FRITZ 20: A 'Training Revolution' or Just a Marketing Strategy?
A Country of Five Grandmasters: Bangladesh's Chess Problem Is Not a Talent Drought but a Patron Drought
Giri and Abdusattorov in the Title, Six Videos in the Body: The Architecture of a Chess Course Pitch
Two Champions, Zero Scoreboard: How a European Club Cup Headline Became Sales Copy
Sold as Najdorf, Played as Elephant: A 60-Minute Repertoire and the Hole in Its Ledger
ChessFRITZ 20: A 'Training Revolution' or Just a Marketing Strategy?Indian Grandmaster Sasikiran won the Bavarian Championship on tiebreaks. The...
ChessA Country of Five Grandmasters: Bangladesh's Chess Problem Is Not a Talent Drought but a Patron DroughtA December night in 2026. A tournament hall in Dhaka, the clock still running...
ChessSixty Minutes, Two Names: A Ledger from the Chess Opening MarketI stopped the video at the thirty-minute mark. The evaluation bar sat in the...
ChessThe Mislabeled File: A Scandinavian Inside the Petroff Box, and the Sixty-Minute PromiseOn a December evening in 2026 I opened the steel cupboard in the federation...
ChessFujairah to Host WFCC Grand Prix Final, But the Headline Conceals a Sales PitchFujairah, one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, will host the Gran...
ChessGiri and Abdusattorov in the Title, Six Videos in the Body: The Architecture of a Chess Course PitchThe title on the screen was unambiguous: “Game of the Week #745 — Giri vs...
ChessCaruana's Name, Lilov's Course: Chess Media's Headline Fracture and the Market for TeachingA reader in Chennai sent me a link. The headline was grand: Clutch Chess,...
ChessTwo Champions, Zero Scoreboard: How a European Club Cup Headline Became Sales CopyI read the ChessBase Magazine #225 release note and sat down with a pen to...
ChessSold as Najdorf, Played as Elephant: A 60-Minute Repertoire and the Hole in Its LedgerThe product page carried a headline: Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation. I open...
Chess2715 on the Budva Sheet, Barcelona in the Headline: The Real Ledger of the Club CupMy notebook's first line reads “MOVE Cup, Barcelona.” Directly beneath it, on...
ChessThe Club Cup Ledger: What 'Perfect' Is Worth, and How Old the Scotch Note IsEleven at night in Bangalore, two pages open side by side. One is a news repo...
ChessForty Squares, No Scoreline: ChessBase #225's Promo Page and Club Chess's Invisible Wage MarketThe page took forty seconds to load on my 2026 laptop — the same number of...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: One DVD, One Antidote, and an Outdated Story About Computers9...a5 Against the Bayonet: One DVD, One Antidote, and an Outdated Story Abou...
Chess9...a5: An Antidote to the Bayonet, and the Empty Ledger Behind ItHook: The Cup Went Cold The ceiling fan in that Purana Paltan tea stall was...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit, Caruana's Loss, and the Black-and-White Ledger of the Course Market1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? — the Elephant Gambit on the board. The report from the US...
ChessTitle Versus Payload: The Italian Game's 5.e5 and a Missing ColumnWhen I opened this packet last night, my first act was to place the title...
ChessCaruana in the Headline, a Course in the Body: Chess Media's Clickbait Economy and a Reader's Credibility FilterThe headline caught my eye first, around half past midnight, while I was...
ChessA Decade of Wednesdays: Merijn van Delft's Ledger and Dhaka's Empty EveningsThere is a column in my ledger titled "What Can Be Counted." Date on the left...
ChessA Country of Five Grandmasters: Bangladesh's Chess Problem Is Not a Talent Drought but a Patron DroughtA December night in 2026. A tournament hall in Dhaka, the clock still running...
ChessSixty Minutes, Two Names: A Ledger from the Chess Opening MarketI stopped the video at the thirty-minute mark. The evaluation bar sat in the...
ChessThe Mislabeled File: A Scandinavian Inside the Petroff Box, and the Sixty-Minute PromiseOn a December evening in 2026 I opened the steel cupboard in the federation...
ChessFujairah to Host WFCC Grand Prix Final, But the Headline Conceals a Sales PitchFujairah, one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, will host the Gran...
ChessGiri and Abdusattorov in the Title, Six Videos in the Body: The Architecture of a Chess Course PitchThe title on the screen was unambiguous: “Game of the Week #745 — Giri vs...
ChessCaruana's Name, Lilov's Course: Chess Media's Headline Fracture and the Market for TeachingA reader in Chennai sent me a link. The headline was grand: Clutch Chess,...
ChessTwo Champions, Zero Scoreboard: How a European Club Cup Headline Became Sales CopyI read the ChessBase Magazine #225 release note and sat down with a pen to...
ChessSold as Najdorf, Played as Elephant: A 60-Minute Repertoire and the Hole in Its LedgerThe product page carried a headline: Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation. I open...
Chess2715 on the Budva Sheet, Barcelona in the Headline: The Real Ledger of the Club CupMy notebook's first line reads “MOVE Cup, Barcelona.” Directly beneath it, on...
ChessThe Club Cup Ledger: What 'Perfect' Is Worth, and How Old the Scotch Note IsEleven at night in Bangalore, two pages open side by side. One is a news repo...
ChessForty Squares, No Scoreline: ChessBase #225's Promo Page and Club Chess's Invisible Wage MarketThe page took forty seconds to load on my 2026 laptop — the same number of...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: One DVD, One Antidote, and an Outdated Story About Computers9...a5 Against the Bayonet: One DVD, One Antidote, and an Outdated Story Abou...
Chess9...a5: An Antidote to the Bayonet, and the Empty Ledger Behind ItHook: The Cup Went Cold The ceiling fan in that Purana Paltan tea stall was...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit, Caruana's Loss, and the Black-and-White Ledger of the Course Market1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? — the Elephant Gambit on the board. The report from the US...
ChessTitle Versus Payload: The Italian Game's 5.e5 and a Missing ColumnWhen I opened this packet last night, my first act was to place the title...
ChessCaruana in the Headline, a Course in the Body: Chess Media's Clickbait Economy and a Reader's Credibility FilterThe headline caught my eye first, around half past midnight, while I was...
ChessA Decade of Wednesdays: Merijn van Delft's Ledger and Dhaka's Empty EveningsThere is a column in my ledger titled "What Can Be Counted." Date on the left...