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A Paper Key for a Digital Door: ChessBase #225 and the Factory Bangladesh Never Built
The Revival of the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's 2026 to Mikhalchishin's Training Video
From the Scotch Opening to Munich 2026: One Headline, Two Documents, and the Silent Fracture in Chess's Knowledge Economy
One Result, One Advertisement, and Chess Watched From the Far Side of a Screen
From Saint Louis to Prague: The Chess Magazine Headline Disconnect and the New Map of the Training Business
Game of the Week #740: Erigaisi's 5.e5! — A Club Player's Weapon or Just a Name's Halo?
Libiszewski in ChessBase's 60 Minutes Series: The Chigorin Defence vs Italian 5.e5 Contradiction That Confuses BuyersA product entry in ChessBase's short-form video series '60 Minutes', attribut...
A Paper Key for a Digital Door: ChessBase #225 and the Factory Bangladesh Never BuiltIn September's release list, one box caught my eye. It promised a printed...
Three Languages, Two Translations, One Sentence: What the Real Story in Carlsen's Interview Actually IsOctober 21. Magnus Carlsen sat down with Spain's sports daily AS. Marca picke...
The Revival of the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's 2026 to Mikhalchishin's Training VideoWhen Garry Kasparov used the Scotch Opening in the World Chess Championship...
From the Scotch Opening to Munich 2026: One Headline, Two Documents, and the Silent Fracture in Chess's Knowledge EconomyFor years of watching matches, I have built one habit: measuring the distance...
One Result, One Advertisement, and Chess Watched From the Far Side of a ScreenAround three in the morning in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the laptop screen...
9...a5: The Quiet Antidote in the King's Indian — and the Question Nobody AsksHook — A Quiet Move at Two in the Morning It is ten past two at night. Outsid...
From Prague's Dusk to Dhaka's Dawn: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Training Economy of ChessChessBase Magazine #225, titled 'From Dusk till Dawn', is a product...
5.e5: From Scotch to Italian — The Practical Value of One Move and Black's Three DoorsThe hall was humid. On an afternoon during the 2026 Premier Division League, ...
ChessBase Magazine #225 Review: A Bent Larsen Headline, But Where Is Larsen on the BoardLast week, sitting in my Mumbai flat, I downloaded ChessBase Magazine #225. B...
From Saint Louis to Prague: The Chess Magazine Headline Disconnect and the New Map of the Training BusinessWhen the content sheet for ChessBase Magazine #225 landed in my hands last...
Samarkand's 2-2: India's Two Medals, and the 2629 Nobody Will RememberIn the final hour of the last round in Samarkand, the loudest sound in the...
Game of the Week #740: Erigaisi's 5.e5! — A Club Player's Weapon or Just a Name's Halo?Game of the Week #740. In the headline: Arjun Erigaisi. One game per week, a...
Erigaisi's 5.e5!: A Sharp Line, Two Pitches, and the Lesson Bangladesh Never Learned5.e5! — this small move is not a word; it is a declaration. In the Modern...
Samarkand in the Title, Prague Inside: Auditing the Receipts of ChessBase Magazine #225Hook A line arrived in my feed last week: ‘Samarkand R8 (women): China lead...
The Queen in Sixty Minutes: The Scandinavian Course, an Unverified Carlsen Badge, and the Structure of the Chess Course Economy1. Thirteen Bullets, Two Columns In the last week of January 2026, past eleve...