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A World Champion on Board Four, an Invisible Crack on Board One: How Solid Is India's 5/5?2026-09-24Anish Giri offered a draw on board one in Round 5. The position was level, he...
A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian DVD — The Receipt That Does Not Match2026-09-25I opened the file at a quarter to two in the morning. Two pages sat in front ...
Samarkand Round Seven, a Single Match Point, and the Fritz 20 Wrapper2026-09-24I keep a file at my desk. I call it 'Round Seven'. Twenty-seven pages, one li...
A One-Match-Point Lead, Zero Game Scores: The Information Deficit of Samarkand R72026-09-24Hook Round seven. Women's section. China and Kazakhstan drew, and the lead no...
Samarkand R7: Chess in the Headline, an Advertisement in the Body — A Ledger Verification2026-09-24Two in the morning in Dublin, seven in the morning in Dhaka. I was hunting fo...
A Samarkand Headline and the Shadow of Mar del Plata: Is 9...a5 Really an Antidote to the Bayonet Attack?2026-09-24Two sheets of paper were on my desk that night. The top one, in heavy type:...
A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian DVD — The Receipt That Does Not MatchI opened the file at a quarter to two in the morning. Two pages sat in front ...
Samarkand Round Seven, a Single Match Point, and the Fritz 20 WrapperI keep a file at my desk. I call it 'Round Seven'. Twenty-seven pages, one li...
A One-Match-Point Lead, Zero Game Scores: The Information Deficit of Samarkand R7Hook Round seven. Women's section. China and Kazakhstan drew, and the lead no...
Samarkand R7: Chess in the Headline, an Advertisement in the Body — A Ledger VerificationTwo in the morning in Dublin, seven in the morning in Dhaka. I was hunting fo...
A Samarkand Headline and the Shadow of Mar del Plata: Is 9...a5 Really an Antidote to the Bayonet Attack?Two sheets of paper were on my desk that night. The top one, in heavy type:...
Samarkand Round Seven: The Shadow of a Single Match Point and the Ledger of Zero BoardsIt was 9:40 at night. In my Khulna flat the 2026 laptop was running hot again...
Savitha Shri and India's Women's Team Depth: Five Wins in Five Rounds and the Looming TestI opened the spreadsheet and arranged the round 6 individual board results in...
Samarkand's Headline, Bayonet's Board: The News That Was Not NewsThis article examines a deep data-integrity problem in a chess news piece. Th...
A World Champion on Board Four, an Invisible Crack on Board One: How Solid Is India's 5/5?Anish Giri offered a draw on board one in Round 5. The position was level, he...
Losing a +2 Position With 30 Minutes Left: The Physiology Behind India Naming Nihal Sarin Player of the DayThe clock still showed thirty minutes. On India's board, playing Black, the...
The Right King Road: Is Lilov's Six-Video Black Repertoire a Real Antidote to System Openings?The Right King Road: Is Lilov's Six-Video Black Repertoire a Real Antidote to...
The Club of Eight in Samarkand: What ChessBase Magazine No. 225 Is Trying to SayIn Samarkand, after Round 4, eight names stand side by side on the scoreboard...