Chess
The Sword of Damocles: Scandinavian in Sixty Minutes, and the Chess Economy Nobody Watches
9...a5: The Business of Saving Memory and the Folder of South Asia's First Grandmaster
5.e5: A Grandmaster Weapon Whose Olympiad Game Is Still Missing
The 5.e5! Sharp Weapon in the Modern Italian: Erigaisi vs Laohawirapap Analysis
9...a5: The Business of Saving Memory and the Folder of South Asia's First GrandmasterThe tape on the folder said: Samarkand, Round 10, women's section — Kazakhsta...
5.e5: A Grandmaster Weapon Whose Olympiad Game Is Still MissingSeptember 2026. Ninth night of the online blitz league run by Leonine Chess...
The 5.e5! Sharp Weapon in the Modern Italian: Erigaisi vs Laohawirapap AnalysisBlock 1 — A Game, Many Questions: In 'Game of the Week #740', Arjun Erigaisi...
No King Walk Anywhere, But the Line Is ThereAugust 13, 2026. A colleague forwarded me the headline of a column — Alexei...
Round 9 in Samarkand: Gukesh's Comeback and the Gap in India's LedgerHook Five hours and twelve minutes. Once the result flipped, my desk held...
5.e5: The Market Price of a Trap and the Ledger Left on the Table1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5. Five moves, and White's e-pawn...
The Fifth Hour in Samarkand: Gukesh's 54 Moves and India's Single-Point DependenceThe clock in the Samarkand playing hall was nudging the sixth hour. On board...
Samarkand Round 8, Germany's Stunner, and Sixty Minutes of ScandinavianHook The corridor on the fifth floor of the team hotel in Samarkand read 11:4...
The Sword of Damocles: Scandinavian in Sixty Minutes, and the Chess Economy Nobody WatchesLast winter, in a club room in Delhi, I watched a sixteen-year-old play 1...d...
Samarkand Headline Says Germany, the Body Says Scandinavian: The Real Ledger of Round 8I opened the file on the second-floor veranda of the team hotel in Samarkand ...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Course: The Advertisement Wearing a News BodyKhulna, seven in the morning. The coffee ring on the desk has dried; the 2026...
Title Says Samarkand, Board Says Empty: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Metadata Gap in Chess ContentLate on a Tuesday night I opened a file. The slug read: Samarkand Round 8...