Chess
The Title Says 15/16, the File Says 225 — Inside the Chess Training Economy
A Samarkand 15/16 Headline, 27 Miniatures Inside: Auditing a Metadata Failure
A Samarkand Headline, a Prague Product: What a Coach Learned From ChessBase Magazine #225
The 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Chess's Course Market, the Tempo Debt, and the Learner's Nervous System
Samarkand Round 8: Germany's Upset, and the Product Ad Hiding Inside the News
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Five-Hour Counterpunch and the Ledger of India's Single-Point Dependence
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Five-Hour Counterpunch and the Ledger of India's Single-Point DependenceThe first thing I registered in Round 9 at Samarkand was not a move. It was a...
The Title Says 15/16, the File Says 225 — Inside the Chess Training EconomyThe cover said Samarkand. Round eight, women's team section, China leading...
A Samarkand 15/16 Headline, 27 Miniatures Inside: Auditing a Metadata FailureLast night I opened the file and sat still for two minutes. The headline said...
The Label and the Letter: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and Our Empty CupboardThe envelope opened first, not the magazine. The label on it said one place —...
A Samarkand Headline, a Prague Product: What a Coach Learned From ChessBase Magazine #225Suppose someone forwarded you a headline: "Samarkand, Round 8 (women): China...
A Samarkand Headline, a Dhaka Ledger: How a 60-Minute Video Wore the Costume of NewsI began tagging headlines, and the headlines began to sort themselves. The...
The 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Chess's Course Market, the Tempo Debt, and the Learner's Nervous SystemLast month an advertisement surfaced in my feed. The sentence was plain and...
Samarkand Round 8: Germany's Upset, and the Product Ad Hiding Inside the NewsThe noise of the final hour of Round 8 still lingers in Samarkand's chess hal...
The Title Says 15/16, the File Says 225 — Inside the Chess Training EconomyThe cover said Samarkand. Round eight, women's team section, China leading...
A Samarkand 15/16 Headline, 27 Miniatures Inside: Auditing a Metadata FailureLast night I opened the file and sat still for two minutes. The headline said...
The Label and the Letter: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and Our Empty CupboardThe envelope opened first, not the magazine. The label on it said one place —...
A Samarkand Headline, a Prague Product: What a Coach Learned From ChessBase Magazine #225Suppose someone forwarded you a headline: "Samarkand, Round 8 (women): China...
A Samarkand Headline, a Dhaka Ledger: How a 60-Minute Video Wore the Costume of NewsI began tagging headlines, and the headlines began to sort themselves. The...
The 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Chess's Course Market, the Tempo Debt, and the Learner's Nervous SystemLast month an advertisement surfaced in my feed. The sentence was plain and...
Samarkand Round 8: Germany's Upset, and the Product Ad Hiding Inside the NewsThe noise of the final hour of Round 8 still lingers in Samarkand's chess hal...