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15-Year-Old Hussain Besou Leads Bavarian Championship: What Lies Behind the Headline
No Score in Carlsen's Interview, Only the Trace of a Shift in Preparation Architecture
The Ledger Nobody Kept: Seventeen Silent Years in Bangladeshi Chess and the Testimony of a Steel Cupboard
Four Stars in the Headline, a Six-Video Course in the Body: One Sum That Does Not Add Up in Chess Media
One Headline, Two Boards: Samarkand Round 8 and a Sixty-Minute Scandinavian Lesson
ChessSourceless Chess Analysis: Evidence, Not Speculation, Comes FirstA sports report must begin with verifiable information. A recent Stage-2 deep...
ChessPetroff or Scandinavian: The 60-Minute Chess Opening Promise and the Problem of Marketing CredibilityPetroff or Scandinavian? The 60-Minute Opening Course and the Credibility...
Chess15-Year-Old Hussain Besou Leads Bavarian Championship: What Lies Behind the HeadlineI was scanning the crosstable after the sixth round of the Bavarian...
ChessReport cannot be produced: the source text contains no factsThe supplied text is not a sports news item or analysis. It is a process repo...
ChessFujairah to Host WFCC Grand Prix Final — Yet the Announcement Carries No Date, No Names and No Prize FundThe emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates is set to host the WFCC...
ChessNo Score in Carlsen's Interview, Only the Trace of a Shift in Preparation ArchitectureMy ledger entry for 21 October is short. Magnus Carlsen sat down with AS in...
ChessThe Data Crisis in Chess Journalism: When Data Is Lost, the Story Stops TooThe results of international chess competitions now spread across the world...
ChessThe Ledger Nobody Kept: Seventeen Silent Years in Bangladeshi Chess and the Testimony of a Steel CupboardThere is a steel cupboard in the back room of the Bangladesh Chess Federation...
ChessFour Stars in the Headline, a Six-Video Course in the Body: One Sum That Does Not Add Up in Chess MediaA new column has appeared in my ledger: headline-body. Last Tuesday I opened ...
ChessYou Can Buy Club Champions, Not a Chess RoomLate September, at my Bangalore desk, I opened the ChessBase page with tea on...
Chess27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Engine Evaluations: The Data ChessBase Magazine #225 Left OutThe September issue arrived and the first thing I did was count. Out came 27,...
ChessThe Meeting in Nicosia Nobody Filed: Turlov, Cyprus, and Chess Journalism's Empty SquaresIn the press room, I always count what nobody asked. When a Nicosia dateline...
ChessBodhana in the Headline, a Scotch Gambit on the Board: When a Chess Column Breaks Its Own PromiseThe headline read: "Endgame Magic #340: Three Recent Pearls with Bodhana...
ChessA Norm Is a Block, a Title Is a Chain: Merijn van Delft and Bangladesh's Unfinished Chess LedgerWednesday night, close to half past nine. In my room in Mymensingh the intern...
ChessThe Immutable Ledger: Why One Block Stays Permanently Empty in Bangladesh's Chess DataThe scanner issues no warning. In December 2026, feeding the games of 41...
Chess8/10, 2731, and a Threshold: The Ledger Behind Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş's 'Historic' RecordLet me start with a number, because this story is a number. Yağız Kaan Erdoğm...
ChessHeartbeats in Paltan's Empty Hall: Is a Promotional Chess-Education Article Masking Bangladesh's Structural Crisis?In the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana Paltan last April, I sat wi...
ChessSarana's King Walk: A Hidden Olympiad Weapon or a Club Player's Illusion?On July 5, 2026, at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall in Purana Paltan, GM...