Chess
From the Steel Cupboard to the Download Key: The Chess Knowledge That Never Became a Norm
A Father's Resigned Job and 7/7: The Ledger Truth Rising from Samarkand's Reserve Board
From Seed 47 to Group B Gold: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's 'Olympiad Gold' Headline
The notebook says one thing, the tape says another: the Najdorf update and the gap in the FIDE headline
5.e5: Buying a Square, Three Answers, and a Headline's Debt
The Sixth Hour in Samarkand: Gukesh's Great Escape and India's Unpaid Nervous-System Bill
ChessFrom Seed 47 to Group B Gold: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's 'Olympiad Gold' Headline"Olympiad gold." When that headline reached me, I did not go looking at the...
ChessThe notebook says one thing, the tape says another: the Najdorf update and the gap in the FIDE headlineTwo things sit side by side on the same screen, and they do not recognise eac...
Chess5.e5: Buying a Square, Three Answers, and a Headline's Debt1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5. What happens on the board after...
ChessThe Sixth Hour in Samarkand: Gukesh's Great Escape and India's Unpaid Nervous-System BillThe crowd in Samarkand gathered thickest around board four. The clock had...
ChessFrom the Steel Cupboard to the Download Key: The Chess Knowledge That Never Became a NormThe steel cupboard in Purana Paltan still holds the echo of a crowd that neve...
ChessWrong Headline, Right Arithmetic: ChessBase #225 and the Gap Behind Bangladesh's Five GrandmastersLast week, between two rounds in the Purana Paltan hall, I opened a laptop an...
ChessA Father's Resigned Job and 7/7: The Ledger Truth Rising from Samarkand's Reserve BoardThe fifth hour has passed in a hall in Samarkand. The neighbouring boards are...
ChessThe notebook says one thing, the tape says another: the Najdorf update and the gap in the FIDE headlineTwo things sit side by side on the same screen, and they do not recognise eac...
Chess5.e5: Buying a Square, Three Answers, and a Headline's Debt1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5. What happens on the board after...
ChessThe Sixth Hour in Samarkand: Gukesh's Great Escape and India's Unpaid Nervous-System BillThe crowd in Samarkand gathered thickest around board four. The clock had...
ChessFrom the Steel Cupboard to the Download Key: The Chess Knowledge That Never Became a NormThe steel cupboard in Purana Paltan still holds the echo of a crowd that neve...
ChessWrong Headline, Right Arithmetic: ChessBase #225 and the Gap Behind Bangladesh's Five GrandmastersLast week, between two rounds in the Purana Paltan hall, I opened a laptop an...
ChessA Father's Resigned Job and 7/7: The Ledger Truth Rising from Samarkand's Reserve BoardThe fifth hour has passed in a hall in Samarkand. The neighbouring boards are...