Chess
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched Holster
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified Carlsen
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Samarkand Cameo, a Father's Depleted Savings, and the Ledger of a Reserve Board
Samarkand's 15/16 and Prague 2026: Why Chess News Became a Catalogue
Where the Headline Stops and the Board Begins: Samarkand Round 8, a Club Player's Scandinavian, and a Broken Feed
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, Thirteen Claims, and an Unverified Ledger
Where the Headline Stops and the Board Begins: Samarkand Round 8, a Club Player's Scandinavian, and a Broken FeedIt is a quarter to two in the morning. The tea on the kitchen table in Saint...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched HolsterOne January afternoon. A laptop on the Khulna veranda table, a cup of tea goi...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, Thirteen Claims, and an Unverified LedgerA fifteen-line product blurb. Title: "Sword of Damocles." Subject: an...
The Headline Said 15/16. The Body Said 27 Miniatures.Half past midnight. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, by the light of a secondhand...
Board Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished LedgerBoard Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified CarlsenHook: A Banker's Fourteenth Move Last month, in a club hall in Rangpur, a...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: Samarkand's Reserve Board, the Family Bill, and an Incomplete Data SetThe Thursday round took nearly five hours. In Samarkand, India's open team wa...
The Scandinavian Defense Ledger: One Hour of Course, Three Unverified Claims, and a Missing Game1. A Sample of Thirteen Sentences I sat down with a thirteen-bullet...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Auditing a Marketing ClaimSixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Auditing a Marketing Claim The fir...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Samarkand Cameo, a Father's Depleted Savings, and the Ledger of a Reserve BoardThe clock in the Samarkand hall had already run past five hours last Thursday...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Board: Two Games in One ReportI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. The headline was clea...
Samarkand's 15/16 and Prague 2026: Why Chess News Became a Catalogue"Samarkand Round 8 (women): China lead with 15/16" — I put the cup of tea dow...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: Chess Media's Mismatched HolsterOne January afternoon. A laptop on the Khulna veranda table, a cup of tea goi...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, Thirteen Claims, and an Unverified LedgerA fifteen-line product blurb. Title: "Sword of Damocles." Subject: an...
The Headline Said 15/16. The Body Said 27 Miniatures.Half past midnight. In a bedroom in Mymensingh, by the light of a secondhand...
Board Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished LedgerBoard Five in Samarkand: Seven Wins, a Three-Year Balance, and One Unfinished...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Scandinavian and an Unverified CarlsenHook: A Banker's Fourteenth Move Last month, in a club hall in Rangpur, a...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: Samarkand's Reserve Board, the Family Bill, and an Incomplete Data SetThe Thursday round took nearly five hours. In Samarkand, India's open team wa...
The Scandinavian Defense Ledger: One Hour of Course, Three Unverified Claims, and a Missing Game1. A Sample of Thirteen Sentences I sat down with a thirteen-bullet...
Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Auditing a Marketing ClaimSixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense: Auditing a Marketing Claim The fir...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Samarkand Cameo, a Father's Depleted Savings, and the Ledger of a Reserve BoardThe clock in the Samarkand hall had already run past five hours last Thursday...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Board: Two Games in One ReportI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. The headline was clea...
Samarkand's 15/16 and Prague 2026: Why Chess News Became a Catalogue"Samarkand Round 8 (women): China lead with 15/16" — I put the cup of tea dow...