Chess
ChessSavitha Shri's Seven Wins, Her Father's Three-Year Savings: Reading India's Chess Economy from the Fifth Board2026-09-26The fifth name on a team sheet is always printed a little smaller. On the Ind...
Chess"Sword of Damocles": Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense, and a Claim Still Waiting for Proof2026-09-25Last Wednesday, in a club room in Penang, I sat at the edge of a board and...
ChessThe Queen's Early Journey: The Scandinavian Defense, a One-Hour Promise, and the Ledger of an Empty Room2026-09-25I still keep a faded scoresheet in the iron cupboard of the Leonine Chess Clu...
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian and a Promise Left Hanging2026-09-26Last month at a club evening in Penang, the first move on the board was 1.e4....
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess Data-Provenance Ledger2026-09-26A file landed on my desk last week. The headline read: "Samarkand Round 8...
ChessThe Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family Capital2026-09-26The Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family...
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian and a Promise Left HangingLast month at a club evening in Penang, the first move on the board was 1.e4....
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess Data-Provenance LedgerA file landed on my desk last week. The headline read: "Samarkand Round 8...
ChessThe Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family CapitalThe Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, A Prague Body: The Ledger of a Metadata Error in the Chess Training MarketSix in the evening, Saint Petersburg. The tea went cold long ago. The file op...
ChessSavitha Shri's Seven Wins, Her Father's Three-Year Savings: Reading India's Chess Economy from the Fifth BoardThe fifth name on a team sheet is always printed a little smaller. On the Ind...
ChessThe Gap Between Label and Board: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and Dhaka's Empty HallsLate Wednesday night I opened a file labelled Samarkand, round eight, women's...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Scandinavia in the Body: A 60-Minute Course, One Unreliable Result, and a Single LedgerAt 2:45 a.m. in Dublin, five hours behind Dhaka, my feed served a headline:...
Chess"Sword of Damocles": Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense, and a Claim Still Waiting for ProofLast Wednesday, in a club room in Penang, I sat at the edge of a board and...
ChessSamarkand on the Cover, Prague Inside: Two Pages of a Single FileOn Wednesday morning a file landed on my desk. The title was clean: "Samarkan...
ChessThe Queen's Early Journey: The Scandinavian Defense, a One-Hour Promise, and the Ledger of an Empty RoomI still keep a faded scoresheet in the iron cupboard of the Leonine Chess Clu...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Family's Three-Year Savings RunwaySavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Family's Three-Year Savings Runway Samarkand, 2026....
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: A Queen Who Walks Out on Move Three and a Sixty-Minute PromiseThe queen leaves home on move three. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — and then she...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7: A Reserve's Win, A Family's Exhausted SavingsAt the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad, two opposite moments in the same round. India...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: A Chess Data-Provenance LedgerA file landed on my desk last week. The headline read: "Samarkand Round 8...
ChessThe Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family CapitalThe Fifth-Board Ledger: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Quiet Arithmetic of Family...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, A Prague Body: The Ledger of a Metadata Error in the Chess Training MarketSix in the evening, Saint Petersburg. The tea went cold long ago. The file op...
ChessSavitha Shri's Seven Wins, Her Father's Three-Year Savings: Reading India's Chess Economy from the Fifth BoardThe fifth name on a team sheet is always printed a little smaller. On the Ind...
ChessThe Gap Between Label and Board: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and Dhaka's Empty HallsLate Wednesday night I opened a file labelled Samarkand, round eight, women's...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Scandinavia in the Body: A 60-Minute Course, One Unreliable Result, and a Single LedgerAt 2:45 a.m. in Dublin, five hours behind Dhaka, my feed served a headline:...
Chess"Sword of Damocles": Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense, and a Claim Still Waiting for ProofLast Wednesday, in a club room in Penang, I sat at the edge of a board and...
ChessSamarkand on the Cover, Prague Inside: Two Pages of a Single FileOn Wednesday morning a file landed on my desk. The title was clean: "Samarkan...
ChessThe Queen's Early Journey: The Scandinavian Defense, a One-Hour Promise, and the Ledger of an Empty RoomI still keep a faded scoresheet in the iron cupboard of the Leonine Chess Clu...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Family's Three-Year Savings RunwaySavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Family's Three-Year Savings Runway Samarkand, 2026....
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: A Queen Who Walks Out on Move Three and a Sixty-Minute PromiseThe queen leaves home on move three. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — and then she...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7: A Reserve's Win, A Family's Exhausted SavingsAt the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad, two opposite moments in the same round. India...