Chess
Karsten Müller and the Empty Rating Cell: A Ledger Audit of Endgame Knowledge
Samarkand in the Headline, a Catalogue Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Ledger of a Chess Newsroom
The Sword Hangs on Black's Neck: The Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Course, and the Truth at Club Level
One Headline, Another Text: The Samarkand Result and a 60-Minute Scandinavian Course
Bundesliga 2026/87: A Late Start, and How That Match Changed the League's Fate
Bundesliga 2026/87: A Late Start, and How That Match Changed the League's FateI have been watching sports for many years. Cricket, football, chess — each h...
Karsten Müller and the Empty Rating Cell: A Ledger Audit of Endgame KnowledgeWhen I first opened my ledger with the name Karsten Müller, the spreadsheet...
The Handshake Beyond the Board: The 9...a5 Antidote, the Kazakhstan Meeting, and the Invisible Crack in Chess EconomicsThe black king still sits on g8, calm as a cabinet meeting. The clock shows 3...
Samarkand in the Headline, a Catalogue Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Ledger of a Chess NewsroomSeven in the evening in Saint Petersburg. The kettle is on, and a headline is...
The Sword Hangs on Black's Neck: The Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Course, and the Truth at Club LevelAt half past three in the morning, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, an old laptop...
One Headline, Another Text: The Samarkand Result and a 60-Minute Scandinavian CourseTuesday morning on the Bangalore desk. The tea was going cold. A headline...
Samarkand R8: Germany–Uzbekistan in the Headline, a Sixty-Minute Scandinavian Course in the BodyAt two in the morning in a Mumbai flat I open a file and, before reading a...
The Thread Above the Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, Sixty Minutes, and Carlsen's NameThe promotional page carried thirteen points. I counted all of them, because...
Savitha Shri: The 7/7 Reserve Comeback and the Questions the Father's Sacrifice Story AvoidsSavitha Shri's 7/7 run as India's women's reserve at the 2026 Samarkand Chess...
A Samarkand Headline, a Khulna Screen: The News That Wasn't, the Course That WasAt 2:22 in the morning in a Khulna flat, the 2026 laptop is still alive and t...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Carlsen's Name and the Ledger Nobody KeepsThe air on the first floor of the club room in old Paltan does not move. Last...