andrew martin
Scandinavian 1.e4 d5 in 60 Minutes: The Comfortable Promise and the Middlegame GapA Saturday morning, a small chess club in Nha Trang, round three of a 15-minu...
The Scandinavian Defense: Sixty Minutes and the Promise of a Single KnightExactly sixty minutes. That is the only verifiable figure in the entire...
A 60-Minute Video on the Scandinavian Defense: Real Value and Marketing HyperboleIn a rapid game in round seven of an open tournament in Hangzhou, I sat takin...
The Money Machine of Gaming and a Lesson for Sports BusinessTitle: The Money Machine of Gaming and a Lesson for Sports Business One eveni...
Rahm's 78-77 at Wentworth: What the Scorecard Doesn't Say About a Major ChampionThe late Surrey sun stretched along the pines lining the 18th, and Jon Rahm...
The Empty Data Junkyard: When an Analyst Must Learn to Say 'I Don't Know'There is a moment in basketball analysis that I call 'the empty room'. Three ...
50th Loss: Al-Hilal Reopens Wounds Against NeomNumbers never lie, but they know how to hide. Our job is to make them speak....
Nguyen Le Phat leaves U20 Vietnam after loss to North Korea: Tactical puzzle and V-League pressureJust 48 hours after the final whistle of Group C's opener in the 2027 AFC U20...
Vietnam Futsal: 20 Players, 4 Matches and an Unavoidable CullingIn a small office in District 3, Saigon, I open a notebook yellowed since the...
VCT 2026: 32 Partner Teams, Eight Cut Slots and Riot's New Privilege TierHook: 22:40 in Marseille At 22:40 in Marseille, I have two tabs open side by...
Vietnamese Badminton: When Data Whispers, Tactics SpeakIn the last three matches at the 2026 Indonesia Masters, Nguyen Thuy Linh won...
VCT 2027–2028: Riot Trims to 32 Partners, and Why a Partner Slot No Longer Guarantees a LAN BerthOn October 19, 2026, a list of 32 organizations was published. Most readers...
EWC 2027 Opens 400+ Qualifier Events: The Infrastructure Is Open, the Standards Are NotLast month I rewatched the recording of an online chess event and paused at a...
Pune 2032: When India Promises the 'Best Ever' Before Paving Its First RoadMontreal, late at night. I sat in my small apartment in Munich, watching the...
Vietnamese Wushu Taolu: 5.0 for Quality, 3.0 for Presentation, and the Gap Nobody Scores at HomeOn the wall of the wushu training hall at the Da Nang Sports Training Centre,...
Ashmita Chaliha and the Question of BWF's Double Standard: When the Badminton Court is HazyThe court at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 has no smoke, but the vision of...
NBA preseason injury crisis: Three Achilles ruptures and the lesson on sourcingThe NBA is entering the 2026-2027 preseason with a shocking report: three...
One Surname, Two Worlds: Aldo de Nigris and the Misclassification Between Football News and Entertainment NewsOne Surname, Two Worlds: Aldo de Nigris and the Misclassification Between...
When a Swimming Analysis Returns Empty: Data Gaps and Lessons for Vietnamese SportsWhen I opened the swimming analysis that had just been handed to me, my first...
Two Opposite Scorelines in Toyohashi: Reading Vietnam's Women's Team Kata GoldToyohashi. The name means nothing to most Vietnamese sports fans, and perhaps...
