Chess
2026 Chess Olympiad: Vietnam women finish 9th after final-round loss, men take Group B goldOn September 27, 2026, at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Vietnam women...
Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad: India Retains the Gaprindashvili Cup for a Third Straight Time, Yet Loses Both Section TitlesHook 18 match points. 28.5 game points. Two figures identical to the decimal,...
Chess Olympiad Round 9 in Samarkand: Gukesh Escapes, India Lose Control of Their Own DestinyBoard 4 in Samarkand, Round 9 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad. The game ran 54 mov...
Magazine Issue 225 and China Women's 15/16 in Samarkand: A Chess Game Between News and MerchandiseA Scoreline Without Names On the third of June, I sat before a screen in a...
Israel Forfeits Twice at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: When the Clock Won't Wait for a Holy DayInside the playing hall of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,...
The FIDE Vote in Samarkand: The Carlsen Promise and the Power Vacuum Behind the BoardIn July 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat down in front of a microphone and stated...
Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: The Theoretical Gamble of the King's Indian DefenseOn the evening of July 6, 2026, at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium, I sat in the...
The King's Indian Defence: 9...a5 and the Unverified Promise Against the BayonetMy 22-year-old student opened his laptop in a chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu...
Chess Transfer Market: The Real Contract Lies Beneath the DataOn the night of 3 August 2026, at the national stadium in Tokyo, I counted...
The Game That Never Started: Pakistan, Israel and the Legal Vacuum at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadIn Samarkand, on opening day, a chessboard was set in its proper place. White...
A Night Unlike Any Other: The 9...a5 Detour in Mar del Plata and the Question Left OpenIn 2026, inside a tournament hall where only the ticking of clocks remained, ...
Chess Olympiad: Gukesh on Board 4, Humpy Leads India's Women — Board Order Is Never a Minor DetailIn the team hall of a Chess Olympiad, there is a moment almost nobody in the...
Coach Misra Says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Are 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad': What Stands Behind an Unbacked ClaimOn a late weekend evening, I reopened the link to an article headlined that...
Anatomy of an Empty Analysis: When Chess Gets Divined by Heat MapsLate in January this year, at an open chess tournament held in a university...
Coach Misra Says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Are Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad: The Data Still Isn't ThereI recorded a sentence, not a game. Coach Misra of the Indian women's chess te...
India and the women's chess revolution: Coach Misra's claim faces the data testIn a closed training session in Chennai in early March, coach Misra said...
Samarkand 2026: Empty Hotel Rooms and the First Test for India's Double ChampionI reopened my notebook at 21:40 local time in Samarkand. A short line in...
The 5.e5 move and the “60-minute” opening package: practical weapon or unverified promiseThe 5.e5 move and the “60-minute” opening package: practical weapon or...
Petroff, Two Positional Courses, and an Unanswered Question: Reading ChessBase's August ReleasePetroff, Two Positional Courses, and an Unanswered Question: Reading...
Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad: India Retains the Gaprindashvili Cup for a Third Straight Time, Yet Loses Both Section TitlesHook 18 match points. 28.5 game points. Two figures identical to the decimal,...
Chess Olympiad Round 9 in Samarkand: Gukesh Escapes, India Lose Control of Their Own DestinyBoard 4 in Samarkand, Round 9 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad. The game ran 54 mov...
Magazine Issue 225 and China Women's 15/16 in Samarkand: A Chess Game Between News and MerchandiseA Scoreline Without Names On the third of June, I sat before a screen in a...
Israel Forfeits Twice at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: When the Clock Won't Wait for a Holy DayInside the playing hall of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,...
The FIDE Vote in Samarkand: The Carlsen Promise and the Power Vacuum Behind the BoardIn July 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat down in front of a microphone and stated...
Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: The Theoretical Gamble of the King's Indian DefenseOn the evening of July 6, 2026, at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium, I sat in the...
The King's Indian Defence: 9...a5 and the Unverified Promise Against the BayonetMy 22-year-old student opened his laptop in a chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu...
Chess Transfer Market: The Real Contract Lies Beneath the DataOn the night of 3 August 2026, at the national stadium in Tokyo, I counted...
The Game That Never Started: Pakistan, Israel and the Legal Vacuum at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadIn Samarkand, on opening day, a chessboard was set in its proper place. White...
A Night Unlike Any Other: The 9...a5 Detour in Mar del Plata and the Question Left OpenIn 2026, inside a tournament hall where only the ticking of clocks remained, ...
Chess Olympiad: Gukesh on Board 4, Humpy Leads India's Women — Board Order Is Never a Minor DetailIn the team hall of a Chess Olympiad, there is a moment almost nobody in the...
Coach Misra Says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Are 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad': What Stands Behind an Unbacked ClaimOn a late weekend evening, I reopened the link to an article headlined that...
Anatomy of an Empty Analysis: When Chess Gets Divined by Heat MapsLate in January this year, at an open chess tournament held in a university...
Coach Misra Says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Are Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad: The Data Still Isn't ThereI recorded a sentence, not a game. Coach Misra of the Indian women's chess te...
India and the women's chess revolution: Coach Misra's claim faces the data testIn a closed training session in Chennai in early March, coach Misra said...
Samarkand 2026: Empty Hotel Rooms and the First Test for India's Double ChampionI reopened my notebook at 21:40 local time in Samarkand. A short line in...
The 5.e5 move and the “60-minute” opening package: practical weapon or unverified promiseThe 5.e5 move and the “60-minute” opening package: practical weapon or...
Petroff, Two Positional Courses, and an Unanswered Question: Reading ChessBase's August ReleasePetroff, Two Positional Courses, and an Unanswered Question: Reading...
