Chess
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess News Metadata Error and the Ledger Behind It
Whose Neck Does the Sword Hang Over? A One-Hour Scandinavian and Our Seventeen Years
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Exhausted Savings: The Real Scoreboard at Samarkand
Seven Boards, Seven Wins, One Nineteen-Year-Old Body: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and the Three-Year Savings Clock
54 Moves in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape and the Crack Inside India's Gold RushIt was almost two in the morning. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, an old laptop...
5.e5! in the Modern Italian: A Sharp Line and an Unfinished LedgerBefore 5.e5! touched the board, the position looked harmless. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 N...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess News Metadata Error and the Ledger Behind ItAt three in the morning in Moscow my phone screen lit up with a headline:...
No Samarkand, Only Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the New Commerce of Chess TrainingA headline says Samarkand, Round 8, women’s section, China 15/16. The body te...
Whose Neck Does the Sword Hang Over? A One-Hour Scandinavian and Our Seventeen YearsLast Wednesday, while commentating an online club league, I had three boards...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Exhausted Savings: The Real Scoreboard at SamarkandThursday's round. Five hours had already passed by the time players walked ou...
Sword of Damocles: A Sword Bought in Sixty Minutes, and the Question Hanging Over the Club Player's Head1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — in three moves Black's queen has stepped twice an...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Ledger from Chess's Empty CupboardOn one evening in 2026, in a flat in Khulna, two objects sat open side by sid...
Seven Boards, Seven Wins, One Nineteen-Year-Old Body: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and the Three-Year Savings ClockSamarkand, 2026, Thursday. On the reserve board of India's women's team, a...
5.e5! in the Modern Italian: A Sharp Line and an Unfinished LedgerBefore 5.e5! touched the board, the position looked harmless. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 N...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess News Metadata Error and the Ledger Behind ItAt three in the morning in Moscow my phone screen lit up with a headline:...
No Samarkand, Only Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the New Commerce of Chess TrainingA headline says Samarkand, Round 8, women’s section, China 15/16. The body te...
Whose Neck Does the Sword Hang Over? A One-Hour Scandinavian and Our Seventeen YearsLast Wednesday, while commentating an online club league, I had three boards...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Exhausted Savings: The Real Scoreboard at SamarkandThursday's round. Five hours had already passed by the time players walked ou...
Sword of Damocles: A Sword Bought in Sixty Minutes, and the Question Hanging Over the Club Player's Head1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — in three moves Black's queen has stepped twice an...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Ledger from Chess's Empty CupboardOn one evening in 2026, in a flat in Khulna, two objects sat open side by sid...
Seven Boards, Seven Wins, One Nineteen-Year-Old Body: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and the Three-Year Savings ClockSamarkand, 2026, Thursday. On the reserve board of India's women's team, a...