Chess
One Line From Nicosia, and the Question Buried Beneath It: Who Is Sitting on the FIDE Chair?
One Headline, Two Stories: A NATO Chess Title and a Sixty-Minute Najdorf Video on the Same Page
The Headline Said 'Endgame Magic.' The File Was an Opening Survey.
Turkey's Victory at NATO Chess Championship: Vahap Sanal's Success or Just a Headline?
Two Facts, Zero Sources: A One-Line Claim on the FIDE Presidency and a FRITZ 20 Advertisement
A NATO Headline, a Najdorf Video: Two Objects in One File, Priced SeparatelyThe headline reads: Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye triumph at the NATO Chess...
One Line From Nicosia, and the Question Buried Beneath It: Who Is Sitting on the FIDE Chair?"Before the scoreboard, there was a bedsheet and a bad signal." September 202...
Chess Power and Cypriot Diplomacy: Auditing an Unsourced HeadlineIn the report on the meeting with the President of Cyprus, the biggest claim ...
A NATO Title and Sixty Minutes of Najdorf: Two Ledgers in One Wrong FolderLast week an old habit stopped me on a page where the headline said one thing...
9...a5: An 'Antidote' to the Bayonet Attack or Just Slow Poison?In the Mar del Plata branch of the King's Indian Defense, a new 'antidote' to...
One Headline, Two Stories: A NATO Chess Title and a Sixty-Minute Najdorf Video on the Same PageLast week a link arrived on my phone. The headline was clean: “Vahap Sanal an...
The Headline Said 'Endgame Magic.' The File Was an Opening Survey.I read the headline before I opened the file: "Endgame Magic #340: Three rece...
Turkey's Victory at NATO Chess Championship: Vahap Sanal's Success or Just a Headline?Every title in the chess world has its own story. But some titles raise more...
Two Facts, Zero Sources: A One-Line Claim on the FIDE Presidency and a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementOn Monday morning my desk held five information points. Two came from the...
FIDE President Timur Turlov in Cyprus: One Meeting, Two Facts, and Three Unverifiable ClaimsRead the meeting in Nicosia only through its headline and you would think...
Budapest, 10–21 November: Four Players, Three Formats, and a 'Fast Classic' Whose Definition Is Still UnpublishedThe release dated 29 August 2026 carried one photograph credited to FIDE and...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: Three Formats, Four Players, and the Unanswered Rating QuestionBudapest, 10 to 21 November 2026. Eleven days, three time controls, four name...
Chess's 'Hour of the Seconds': In the Mar del Plata, Is 9...a5 a Real Antidote to the Bayonet Attack?In chess, some moves pass quietly. No clip goes viral, no engine bar jumps. B...
Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Real Weapon for Club Players or Just a Trap?A recent instructional video series on the Italian Game's 5.e5 line carries a...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average Is a Paper Lead; the Title Will Be Decided on Boards Four to SixEuropean Club Cup: The 2715 Average Is a Paper Lead; the Title Will Be Decide...
An Interview Headline, an Opening Ad: The Scandinavian Defence and an Audit of Chess's Coaching MarketOn an August 2026 afternoon, at my desk in Delhi, I opened a product page...
The Real Data Behind the European Club Cup's 'Comfortable Wins' Is Somewhere Else: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Annotator EconomyThe product page for ChessBase Magazine #225 carries a headline: European Clu...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: A Unified-Rating Claim, a Four-Player StructureFour players. Twelve days. Three time controls. And zero sentences about a...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Claim: Carlsen's Name, the Board's SilenceThere is a board on which only one move has been played — 1.e4. And from Blac...
Scandinavian Defense: Auditing the Chess Marketing That Sells a 'System' in 60 MinutesSixty minutes. That is the time budget IM Andrew Martin's new video claims it...
One Line From Nicosia, and the Question Buried Beneath It: Who Is Sitting on the FIDE Chair?"Before the scoreboard, there was a bedsheet and a bad signal." September 202...
Chess Power and Cypriot Diplomacy: Auditing an Unsourced HeadlineIn the report on the meeting with the President of Cyprus, the biggest claim ...
A NATO Title and Sixty Minutes of Najdorf: Two Ledgers in One Wrong FolderLast week an old habit stopped me on a page where the headline said one thing...
9...a5: An 'Antidote' to the Bayonet Attack or Just Slow Poison?In the Mar del Plata branch of the King's Indian Defense, a new 'antidote' to...
One Headline, Two Stories: A NATO Chess Title and a Sixty-Minute Najdorf Video on the Same PageLast week a link arrived on my phone. The headline was clean: “Vahap Sanal an...
The Headline Said 'Endgame Magic.' The File Was an Opening Survey.I read the headline before I opened the file: "Endgame Magic #340: Three rece...
Turkey's Victory at NATO Chess Championship: Vahap Sanal's Success or Just a Headline?Every title in the chess world has its own story. But some titles raise more...
Two Facts, Zero Sources: A One-Line Claim on the FIDE Presidency and a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementOn Monday morning my desk held five information points. Two came from the...
FIDE President Timur Turlov in Cyprus: One Meeting, Two Facts, and Three Unverifiable ClaimsRead the meeting in Nicosia only through its headline and you would think...
Budapest, 10–21 November: Four Players, Three Formats, and a 'Fast Classic' Whose Definition Is Still UnpublishedThe release dated 29 August 2026 carried one photograph credited to FIDE and...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: Three Formats, Four Players, and the Unanswered Rating QuestionBudapest, 10 to 21 November 2026. Eleven days, three time controls, four name...
Chess's 'Hour of the Seconds': In the Mar del Plata, Is 9...a5 a Real Antidote to the Bayonet Attack?In chess, some moves pass quietly. No clip goes viral, no engine bar jumps. B...
Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Real Weapon for Club Players or Just a Trap?A recent instructional video series on the Italian Game's 5.e5 line carries a...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average Is a Paper Lead; the Title Will Be Decided on Boards Four to SixEuropean Club Cup: The 2715 Average Is a Paper Lead; the Title Will Be Decide...
An Interview Headline, an Opening Ad: The Scandinavian Defence and an Audit of Chess's Coaching MarketOn an August 2026 afternoon, at my desk in Delhi, I opened a product page...
The Real Data Behind the European Club Cup's 'Comfortable Wins' Is Somewhere Else: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Annotator EconomyThe product page for ChessBase Magazine #225 carries a headline: European Clu...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: A Unified-Rating Claim, a Four-Player StructureFour players. Twelve days. Three time controls. And zero sentences about a...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Claim: Carlsen's Name, the Board's SilenceThere is a board on which only one move has been played — 1.e4. And from Blac...
Scandinavian Defense: Auditing the Chess Marketing That Sells a 'System' in 60 MinutesSixty minutes. That is the time budget IM Andrew Martin's new video claims it...