Chess
Seven Out of Seven: The Fifth Board in Samarkand and the Ledger of a Father's Spend
Samarkand in the Headline, a Course in the Body: An Autopsy of a Chess File
Seven Wins, Three Years, One Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Light and Chess's Unwritten Ledger
Seven Wins from the Reserve Board, and a Family Budget That Ran Out in Three Years
The Chair in the Headline, the File in the Body: Najdorf, FIDE and the Ledger of a Bad Join
The Chair in the Headline, the File in the Body: Najdorf, FIDE and the Ledger of a Bad JoinAt 2:47 a.m. I opened a page whose headline ran nine words: Timur Turlov...
The Headline Says Samarkand, the Payload Says Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Ledger of an Information TrapI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. Two in the morning in...
Seven Out of Seven: The Fifth Board in Samarkand and the Ledger of a Father's SpendSamarkand, the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Thursday's round has run past five hours....
Samarkand in the Headline, a Course in the Body: An Autopsy of a Chess FileLate in August I was scrolling a wire feed at my Bangalore desk when a headli...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and One Wrong Label: The Physiology of ChessBase Magazine #225My notebook has four words written beside the date 5 July 2026: defibrillator...
The Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Real Cost on Bangladesh's Club Boards1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 — the black queen lands on a5. In November 2026...
Samarkand in the Headline, Sixty Minutes Inside: An Undiagnosed Injury in Chess InformationA headline reached me last week: “Samarkand R8 (open): Germany stun Uzbekista...
Seven Wins, Three Years, One Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Light and Chess's Unwritten LedgerIn my Saint Petersburg kitchen it was half past midnight, and on the laptop...
Seven Wins from the Reserve Board, and a Family Budget That Ran Out in Three YearsOn a corner table in the women's hall at Samarkand my notebook had one phrase...
Seven Wins on the Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Score and Her Father's Three-Year RunwayLast Thursday, the clock in the Samarkand playing hall had already passed fiv...
The Headline Says Samarkand, the Payload Says Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Ledger of an Information TrapI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. Two in the morning in...
Seven Out of Seven: The Fifth Board in Samarkand and the Ledger of a Father's SpendSamarkand, the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Thursday's round has run past five hours....
Samarkand in the Headline, a Course in the Body: An Autopsy of a Chess FileLate in August I was scrolling a wire feed at my Bangalore desk when a headli...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and One Wrong Label: The Physiology of ChessBase Magazine #225My notebook has four words written beside the date 5 July 2026: defibrillator...
The Sword of Damocles: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Real Cost on Bangladesh's Club Boards1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 — the black queen lands on a5. In November 2026...
Samarkand in the Headline, Sixty Minutes Inside: An Undiagnosed Injury in Chess InformationA headline reached me last week: “Samarkand R8 (open): Germany stun Uzbekista...
Seven Wins, Three Years, One Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Light and Chess's Unwritten LedgerIn my Saint Petersburg kitchen it was half past midnight, and on the laptop...
Seven Wins from the Reserve Board, and a Family Budget That Ran Out in Three YearsOn a corner table in the women's hall at Samarkand my notebook had one phrase...
Seven Wins on the Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Score and Her Father's Three-Year RunwayLast Thursday, the clock in the Samarkand playing hall had already passed fiv...