Chess
What Is Lost Before the First Move: The Bayonet Attack, 9...a5, and a Headline Out of Samarkand
Seven Openings, Six Videos, One Promise: A Black Repertoire for the London Age
Praggnanandhaa's refusal, Gukesh's board-four tactic: India's fifth straight win at Chess Olympiad
Samarkand in the Headline, 9...a5 in the Body: A Source Audit of Chess Information
Samarkand Round 7: The Story That Got Buried Behind a Single Match Point
A Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet Board: How One DVD Covers the Federation's Vacuum
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, 9...a5 in the Body: A Source Audit of Chess InformationA headline made me open a scoresheet last week. It said that at the Samarkand...
ChessSamarkand Round 7: The Story That Got Buried Behind a Single Match PointHook Start with a ratio, then the story. A headline surfaced: Samarkand, Roun...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet Board: How One DVD Covers the Federation's VacuumOn the third floor of the federation hall in Purana Paltan, the steel cupboar...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: One 9...a5 and an Incomplete LedgerLast week a round-report headline landed on my desk, and the text sitting...
ChessSamarkand R7: Where the Headline Reports a Result and the Body Sells an AdHook: One Headline, One Empty Scoresheet You have to read the headline twice....
ChessSamarkand R7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, Lead Cut to One Match Point — and the Advertisement Sitting Behind the HeadlineThe headline stopped me cold. Samarkand, Round 7, women's section,...
ChessWhat Is Lost Before the First Move: The Bayonet Attack, 9...a5, and a Headline Out of SamarkandHook: A Paused Screen and a Detached Headline Two screens glow almost...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Data: Black's Repertoire and the Gap in the LedgerIt was a Wednesday club night, board four. White played 1.d4, Black answered...
ChessSeven Openings, Six Videos, One Promise: A Black Repertoire for the London AgeThis is an English rendering of the Bengali analysis, slightly condensed for...
ChessA Samarkand Headline Attached to a Bayonet Attack Ad: The Integrity Gap in Chess NewsLast month a chess news portal ran this headline: “Samarkand Round 7 (Open):...
ChessNot a Single Move in Round Six: The Samarkand Forfeit and the Empty Cell in FIDE's RulebookThe boards for Round Five were carried into the ballroom of the Savitsky Hote...
ChessEight Players Tied in Samarkand and a Magazine's Unfinished ReceiptAfter four rounds in Samarkand, eight players stood on exactly the same score...
ChessPraggnanandhaa's refusal, Gukesh's board-four tactic: India's fifth straight win at Chess OlympiadThe defining moment of Round 5 at the Chess Olympiad wasn't a move — it was a...
ChessNihal's Three Moves: How a Winning Position Broke India's Olympiad Title DefenceThe number that matters first is three moves. In chess, every legal move is...