Chess
Dragon Chilling's 5-1 Double in Hong Kong and Ding Liren's Quarterfinal Exit at the Chinese Rapid: Two Different Events, One Uncomfortable Headline
Capablanca's Gold, a King's Indian DVD and 9...a5: When an Advertisement Occupies the Chair of Theory
Najdorf on the Label, Elephant in the Box: What Chess's 60-Minute Course Market Is Really Selling
Türkiye's 'Triumph' at the NATO Chess Championship: A Headline With No Report Beneath It
A Move Sold on Disc: What the 9...a5 King's Indian Claim Actually Promises
One Video, Two Openings: The Credibility Gap in the Chess Course MarketAround eleven on Monday night, in a Delhi flat, I opened a laptop and read a...
Dragon Chilling's 5-1 Double in Hong Kong and Ding Liren's Quarterfinal Exit at the Chinese Rapid: Two Different Events, One Uncomfortable HeadlineAt the Hong Kong Team Rapid and Blitz Championships final, Dragon Chilling...
Four Moves, One Empty Ad: Auditing the 1.d4 Sideline IndustryLast week, during a tournament preparation session, a paid course advertiseme...
The European Club Cup in Budva: The Board-Level Reality Behind the 2715 AverageThe number that jumps off the Budva table after two rounds is 2715. It is not...
Capablanca's Gold, a King's Indian DVD and 9...a5: When an Advertisement Occupies the Chair of TheoryThe headline said Buenos Aires, 2026. Capablanca, board one, gold. The body,...
Najdorf on the Label, Elephant in the Box: What Chess's 60-Minute Course Market Is Really SellingLate last night in Saint Petersburg I opened a product page. At the top, in...
Türkiye's 'Triumph' at the NATO Chess Championship: A Headline With No Report Beneath ItThe headline, in large type, says Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye have won the...
The Receipt of 27 Miniatures: A Page That Named the European Club Cup and Showed Not a Single MoveI read the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotional page three times. The first ti...
A Move Sold on Disc: What the 9...a5 King's Indian Claim Actually PromisesSelling chess, in the engine age, is hardest when you are selling a small mov...
The Scotch Opening: Kasparov's 2026, Mikhalchishin's 60 Minutes, and a Headline's False PromiseHook I opened a page. The headline promised a story about young British...
A Result Folded Inside a Product Page: Ding Liren's Loss to Yu Yangyi in Shenzhen, and the Headline Economy of ChessThe biggest chess story of the month is buried inside an advertisement. In th...