Chess
Chess77 Teams, Five Continents, and the Scoresheet That Was Never Published2026-10-24Every assignment comes with a spreadsheet. That habit predates the afternoon ...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Course, a Najdorf Label, and a Claim Nobody Counted2026-10-24I opened the landing page three times. The first time I read the headline —...
ChessWesley So's Fourth US Title: Caruana Beaten in Tiebreaks, but Who Saw the Scoresheet?2026-10-24I learned to count chairs in Kolkata. In November 2026, from the third row of...
ChessNot Najdorf, Elephant Gambit: How a 60-Minute Course Sold Chess's 'Underrated' Pitch2026-10-24Read the headline — Najdorf, Poisoned Queen. The Sicilian Defence line where...
77 Teams, Five Continents, and the Scoresheet That Was Never PublishedEvery assignment comes with a spreadsheet. That habit predates the afternoon ...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: Caruana Beaten in Tiebreaks, but Who Saw the Scoresheet?I learned to count chairs in Kolkata. In November 2026, from the third row of...
Not Najdorf, Elephant Gambit: How a 60-Minute Course Sold Chess's 'Underrated' PitchRead the headline — Najdorf, Poisoned Queen. The Sicilian Defence line where...
The Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Course, a Najdorf Label, and a Claim Nobody CountedI opened the landing page three times. The first time I read the headline —...
European Club Cup: The Headline Says Three Co-Leaders, the Standings Say ElevenOctober 20, 2026, a Tuesday. I opened the standings after round three of the...
The European Club Cup Story Where the Crosstable Turned Out to Be an Ad for the ScotchAt 1:04 a.m. I opened the European Club Cup scoreboard. The headline was clea...
Wrong FIDE President, Right Product Ad: Auditing a Headline That Never ExistedThe headline landed on my desk on a Tuesday morning: "FIDE President Timur...
The Story That Made Timur Turlov FIDE President: A Wrong Headline, an Advertorial Body, and an Empty Grid in BetweenAt two in the morning the only thing awake in my Delhi flat was one screen, a...
Carlsen's Open Gambit: 'Humans Are Not That Excellent', the Five-Hour Ceiling and Budapest's 24-Player CrownIn October 2026, in Kolkata, I was paid to call chess for the first time — ni...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, Giri–Abdusattorov Projected on Board One in Round Four20 October 2026, a Tuesday. The pairing sheet was on the wall and I did not...
Carlsen’s October 21 Statement: ‘Humans Are Not That Good at Chess’ — the Real Story Is Not the Accuracy Ceiling but the 5–6 Hour Endurance DropOn October 21, Marca published an interview with Magnus Carlsen; the original...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian Defense, a Borrowed Carlsen Name, and a Headline With No Recorded MatchA file has sat on my desk for several days in which the headline and the body...
Rachel Li in the Headline, the Scandinavian in the Body: Twelve Claims, Zero Sources — Auditing a 60-Minute Advertisement's LedgerHOOK Before I open a file, I have a habit I have not broken in forty-eight...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: Caruana Beaten in Tiebreaks, but Who Saw the Scoresheet?I learned to count chairs in Kolkata. In November 2026, from the third row of...
Not Najdorf, Elephant Gambit: How a 60-Minute Course Sold Chess's 'Underrated' PitchRead the headline — Najdorf, Poisoned Queen. The Sicilian Defence line where...
The Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Course, a Najdorf Label, and a Claim Nobody CountedI opened the landing page three times. The first time I read the headline —...
European Club Cup: The Headline Says Three Co-Leaders, the Standings Say ElevenOctober 20, 2026, a Tuesday. I opened the standings after round three of the...
The European Club Cup Story Where the Crosstable Turned Out to Be an Ad for the ScotchAt 1:04 a.m. I opened the European Club Cup scoreboard. The headline was clea...
Wrong FIDE President, Right Product Ad: Auditing a Headline That Never ExistedThe headline landed on my desk on a Tuesday morning: "FIDE President Timur...
The Story That Made Timur Turlov FIDE President: A Wrong Headline, an Advertorial Body, and an Empty Grid in BetweenAt two in the morning the only thing awake in my Delhi flat was one screen, a...
Carlsen's Open Gambit: 'Humans Are Not That Excellent', the Five-Hour Ceiling and Budapest's 24-Player CrownIn October 2026, in Kolkata, I was paid to call chess for the first time — ni...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, Giri–Abdusattorov Projected on Board One in Round Four20 October 2026, a Tuesday. The pairing sheet was on the wall and I did not...
Carlsen’s October 21 Statement: ‘Humans Are Not That Good at Chess’ — the Real Story Is Not the Accuracy Ceiling but the 5–6 Hour Endurance DropOn October 21, Marca published an interview with Magnus Carlsen; the original...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian Defense, a Borrowed Carlsen Name, and a Headline With No Recorded MatchA file has sat on my desk for several days in which the headline and the body...
Rachel Li in the Headline, the Scandinavian in the Body: Twelve Claims, Zero Sources — Auditing a 60-Minute Advertisement's LedgerHOOK Before I open a file, I have a habit I have not broken in forty-eight...