Chess
Samarkand on September 26: When Private Money Knocks on FIDE's Door
The Blank Page in the Analysis Room: What Sports Writers Do When the Data Stays Silent
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Fourth Board and the Gap Before India's Crown
Knight Magic: The 5.e5 Move and the Trap of an Unmeasured Opening
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening Antidote Without Data
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Antidote and the Missing Data
Samarkand on September 26: When Private Money Knocks on FIDE's DoorIn Samarkand, a city that once sat on the old Silk Road, people still tell...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening Antidote Without DataIn the spreadsheet I opened at two in the morning Chengdu time, one cell is...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Antidote and the Missing DataOn my desk in Guangzhou sits a seven-page document. The first page carries a...
The gap before move 55: Gukesh and the endgame map in SingaporeIn game 14 of the 2026 World Chess Championship in Singapore, the position...
Samarkand: The Chess Game Never Played and the Move Off the BoardThe clock never ran. The board stayed empty. In a playing hall in Samarkand,...
The Blank Page in the Analysis Room: What Sports Writers Do When the Data Stays SilentSome mornings, this profession hands you a blank page and waits to see how yo...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defence: A Cure for the Bayonet Attack, or a Relocation Within Theory?The night in Mar del Plata has no date on the calendar. It is the default nig...
India's Golden Generation in Women's Chess: A Coach's Claim Awaiting the Board's AnswerThat afternoon in Nha Trang, I sat alone in my study, replaying a women's...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Fourth Board and the Gap Before India's CrownOn September 22, 2026, in Samarkand, no chess game will be played. It is the...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, the Board-Order Problem and the Limits of a Deep SquadChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, the Board-Order Problem and the Limi...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends Two Crowns and the Broadcast Gap"The question I asked did not sound like a woman's question, but the way they...
No Rooms Before Round 1: The Logistics Data Behind India's Samarkand Chess Olympiad CrisisThe Indian chess team landed in Samarkand. Roughly five hours later, captain...
ChessBase and the August Catalogue: Petroff, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Question of Who Grades WhomThe second move of Black in the Petroff system is one that any tournament...
Knight Magic: The 5.e5 Move and the Trap of an Unmeasured OpeningI still remember that evening in a small coffee shop tucked deep in an alley ...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand, India, and the Names Not Yet CalledI remember an afternoon in 2026, sitting behind the organizing table of a you...
Chess Books of October 2026: The Petrov Update and Two Volumes on Positional PlayHanoi, 12 October 2026. The reading room of the chess club on Hang Bai Street...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening Antidote Without DataIn the spreadsheet I opened at two in the morning Chengdu time, one cell is...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Antidote and the Missing DataOn my desk in Guangzhou sits a seven-page document. The first page carries a...
The gap before move 55: Gukesh and the endgame map in SingaporeIn game 14 of the 2026 World Chess Championship in Singapore, the position...
Samarkand: The Chess Game Never Played and the Move Off the BoardThe clock never ran. The board stayed empty. In a playing hall in Samarkand,...
The Blank Page in the Analysis Room: What Sports Writers Do When the Data Stays SilentSome mornings, this profession hands you a blank page and waits to see how yo...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defence: A Cure for the Bayonet Attack, or a Relocation Within Theory?The night in Mar del Plata has no date on the calendar. It is the default nig...
India's Golden Generation in Women's Chess: A Coach's Claim Awaiting the Board's AnswerThat afternoon in Nha Trang, I sat alone in my study, replaying a women's...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Fourth Board and the Gap Before India's CrownOn September 22, 2026, in Samarkand, no chess game will be played. It is the...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, the Board-Order Problem and the Limits of a Deep SquadChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, the Board-Order Problem and the Limi...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends Two Crowns and the Broadcast Gap"The question I asked did not sound like a woman's question, but the way they...
No Rooms Before Round 1: The Logistics Data Behind India's Samarkand Chess Olympiad CrisisThe Indian chess team landed in Samarkand. Roughly five hours later, captain...
ChessBase and the August Catalogue: Petroff, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Question of Who Grades WhomThe second move of Black in the Petroff system is one that any tournament...
Knight Magic: The 5.e5 Move and the Trap of an Unmeasured OpeningI still remember that evening in a small coffee shop tucked deep in an alley ...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand, India, and the Names Not Yet CalledI remember an afternoon in 2026, sitting behind the organizing table of a you...
Chess Books of October 2026: The Petrov Update and Two Volumes on Positional PlayHanoi, 12 October 2026. The reading room of the chess club on Hang Bai Street...