Chess
Fifty-Four Moves in Samarkand: India's Gold Defence Rests on Gukesh's Shoulder
Thirteen Bullets, Zero Moves: Where the Scandinavian Defense Promotion Is Empty
Samarkand's Headline, the Scandinavian File: When a Chess Story Forgets Its Own Address
When Germany Stopped Uzbekistan: Samarkand Round 8 and the Uncomfortable Pairing With a Scandinavian Course
Savitha Shri: How Father's Career Gamble and a 7/7 Scoreline Built an Olympiad Hero
Fifty-Four Moves in Samarkand: India's Gold Defence Rests on Gukesh's ShoulderFifty-Four Moves in Samarkand: India's Gold Defence Rests on Gukesh's Shoulde...
When Germany Stopped Uzbekistan: Samarkand Round 8 and the Uncomfortable Pairing With a Scandinavian CourseThe result from Samarkand's eighth round arrived first as a single line:...
Savitha Shri: How Father's Career Gamble and a 7/7 Scoreline Built an Olympiad HeroThe lights of the fifth round at the Samarkand Olympiad were fading after...
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: A Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225's 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and One Mislabelled FileI opened the file on a Wednesday night at my Bangalore desk. The label said...
A Samarkand Headline, A Prague File: The Ledger Where the Result Is Missing and the Price Is NotMy ledger from Purana Paltan is still handwritten — a line for each date, nam...
Samarkand Round 8, the Scandinavian Defense, and the Economics of a Mismatched HeadlineAt two in the morning in Delhi I opened my laptop and did something that was...
Thirteen Bullets, Zero Moves: Where the Scandinavian Defense Promotion Is EmptyIn the week the 2026 Dhaka Premier Division Chess League ended, I annotated...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Pipeline From Prague's Analysis to a Postal Download Key That Never Reaches the Bangla BeltLate last night I opened the secondhand laptop in my Mymensingh bedroom, read...
Savitha Shri: The Fifth Board, Seven Wins, and a Father's LedgerIn Samarkand the Thursday afternoon slid into evening, and the clock showed...
Samarkand's Headline, the Scandinavian File: When a Chess Story Forgets Its Own AddressI opened the file and the headline caught first: Samarkand R8 (open) — German...
Seven Wins from the Reserve Board — and the Bill Nobody AuditedSamarkand, Thursday. The board clock passed five hours, and the women's team...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Data from Prague 2026, Not the Samarkand StoryA headline read: “Samarkand R8 (women): China lead with 15/16.” The content...
Sixty Minutes Under the Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, the Marketing Halo, and the Ledger Nobody ReadsLast Thursday I set the board up on the work table in my Dublin flat with a...
When Germany Stopped Uzbekistan: Samarkand Round 8 and the Uncomfortable Pairing With a Scandinavian CourseThe result from Samarkand's eighth round arrived first as a single line:...
Savitha Shri: How Father's Career Gamble and a 7/7 Scoreline Built an Olympiad HeroThe lights of the fifth round at the Samarkand Olympiad were fading after...
The Notebook Says One Thing, the Tape Says Another: A Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225's 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and One Mislabelled FileI opened the file on a Wednesday night at my Bangalore desk. The label said...
A Samarkand Headline, A Prague File: The Ledger Where the Result Is Missing and the Price Is NotMy ledger from Purana Paltan is still handwritten — a line for each date, nam...
Samarkand Round 8, the Scandinavian Defense, and the Economics of a Mismatched HeadlineAt two in the morning in Delhi I opened my laptop and did something that was...
Thirteen Bullets, Zero Moves: Where the Scandinavian Defense Promotion Is EmptyIn the week the 2026 Dhaka Premier Division Chess League ended, I annotated...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Pipeline From Prague's Analysis to a Postal Download Key That Never Reaches the Bangla BeltLate last night I opened the secondhand laptop in my Mymensingh bedroom, read...
Savitha Shri: The Fifth Board, Seven Wins, and a Father's LedgerIn Samarkand the Thursday afternoon slid into evening, and the clock showed...
Samarkand's Headline, the Scandinavian File: When a Chess Story Forgets Its Own AddressI opened the file and the headline caught first: Samarkand R8 (open) — German...
Seven Wins from the Reserve Board — and the Bill Nobody AuditedSamarkand, Thursday. The board clock passed five hours, and the women's team...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Data from Prague 2026, Not the Samarkand StoryA headline read: “Samarkand R8 (women): China lead with 15/16.” The content...
Sixty Minutes Under the Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, the Marketing Halo, and the Ledger Nobody ReadsLast Thursday I set the board up on the work table in my Dublin flat with a...