Chess
Seven Games, Seven Wins, Zero Draws: Savitha Shri's Score Is a Question, Not a Proof
A Result in the Headline, a DVD on the Page: The Chess-News Gap Nobody Counts
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Savings Account Emptied in Three Years: What the Samarkand Scoreboard Doesn't Say
The 60-Minute Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Uncited Game, and Bangladesh's Tk 11-Lakh Board
ChessThe 60-Minute Sword: The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Uncited Game, and Bangladesh's Tk 11-Lakh BoardWithin the first three moves, Black's queen has moved twice and Black's d-paw...
ChessSeven From Seven on a Reserve Board: The Ledger Nobody Is Reconciling in Savitha Shri's Olympiad StoryLast Thursday in Samarkand, the decisive tension before the clock stopped cam...
ChessWhose Head Hangs Under the Sword: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Course and the Arithmetic Beneath the Club BoardIn a transfer window, the first move on a rumour is simple: follow the money,...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, a 60-Minute Course in the Body: A News LedgerRound eight. Samarkand. The headline says Germany stunned Uzbekistan and join...
ChessSamarkand’s Headline, a Scandinavian Course’s Body: The Broken Hash in Chess NewsBefore I tagged 640 games in my Mymensingh room, I thought the hardest part o...
ChessTwenty-Seven Miniatures, Ten Opening Articles, and One Wrong Label: What Is Really Inside ChessBase Magazine #225The file was labelled ‘Samarkand R8’. Before opening it I assumed that, at...
ChessSeven Games, Seven Wins, Zero Draws: Savitha Shri's Score Is a Question, Not a ProofHook Nearly five hours had gone by in the Samarkand playing hall. Two Indian...
ChessThe 'Sword' in Sixty Minutes: A Ledger on a Scandinavian Defense Course and One Unverified NamePLACEHOLDER
ChessA Result in the Headline, a DVD on the Page: The Chess-News Gap Nobody CountsLate last week I opened a page and stopped at the headline. Germany had stunn...
ChessA Headline the Board Never Approved: Samarkand, the Scandinavian Defence, and the Confession of a Broken FeedIt was almost two in the morning in a Penang flat when I scrolled into a ches...
ChessA Samarkand Result, a 60-Minute Course: The Page Where Headline and Body DisagreeThe headline belongs to a result. At Round 8 in Samarkand, Germany beat...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings: The Empty Column in the Ledger of a Black RepertoireSix videos. Seven openings. The line is an old entry in my ledger, carried ov...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Savings Account Emptied in Three Years: What the Samarkand Scoreboard Doesn't SayIn my kitchen in Saint Petersburg, at three in the morning, the number on the...