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ChessSamarkand R7: Four Boards in the Headline, an Advertisement on the Page2026-09-24Round seven, women's section, Samarkand. China and Kazakhstan drew 2–2, and t...
ChessWhen White Avoids 2.c4: Will IM Lilov's Six-Video Antidote Really Work?2026-09-24After tagging 640 games, I understood that the biggest battles don't happen o...
ChessSamarkand R7 and Fritz 20: An Eleven-Point Ledger, Three Tournament Facts and Eight Advertisements2026-09-24At 11:07 p.m., with a laptop open in a Mumbai flat, the headline stopped me:...
ChessSamarkand R7: A One-Match-Point Lead, Zero Boards, and the Ledger of an Advertisement2026-09-24Last week a headline crossed my feed. Samarkand, Round 7, women's section....
Chess9...a5 and a DVD's Two Headlines: How a Bayonet Attack 'Antidote' Expires on Arrival2026-09-24Between two rounds in a league hall, with twenty minutes to spare, a...
Samarkand R7 and Fritz 20: An Eleven-Point Ledger, Three Tournament Facts and Eight AdvertisementsAt 11:07 p.m., with a laptop open in a Mumbai flat, the headline stopped me:...
Samarkand R7: Four Boards in the Headline, an Advertisement on the PageRound seven, women's section, Samarkand. China and Kazakhstan drew 2–2, and t...
Samarkand R7: A One-Match-Point Lead, Zero Boards, and the Ledger of an AdvertisementLast week a headline crossed my feed. Samarkand, Round 7, women's section....
9...a5 and a DVD's Two Headlines: How a Bayonet Attack 'Antidote' Expires on ArrivalBetween two rounds in a league hall, with twenty minutes to spare, a...
Samarkand Round 7: A Headline With No Name In It, and a Match Point Buried Under Fritz 20The result from Samarkand arrived on my laptop like a screenshot: two country...
A Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet DVD — One Blank Page in Chess's LedgerIt was quarter to three in the morning in Saint Petersburg. The first thing t...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, One Plan Each: Black's Ledger After 1.d4The first thing a reader sees on the promotional page is not a move. It is...
Beaten by Poland Again: The Missing Ledger Behind India Women's 'Achilles Heel'The headline reached my screen at 2:40 a.m. Dublin time. Rain outside, silenc...
Inside a Fischer-Donaldson Title, a Scotch Opening Relic: The Mismatch and Theory Decay of a Chess Video ListingI was looking at a listing that said 'John Donaldson: New insights into Bobby...
Seven Openings, Six Videos, One Plan: The Real Cost of Black's 1.d4 Sideline TrapReading the promotional page, I counted twice: seven openings, six videos, on...
Pragg Beats Giri, Gukesh Wins Again — Reading the Ledger Inside India's 5/5Round 5, board one. Anish Giri offered a draw. The position was level, Black...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, One Unequal Fight: Selling Half a Solution for BlackTen past two in the morning. On a second-hand laptop screen in a Mymensingh...
When White Avoids 2.c4: Will IM Lilov's Six-Video Antidote Really Work?After tagging 640 games, I understood that the biggest battles don't happen o...
The Yom Kippur Board: Israel's Silent Forfeit in Samarkand and FIDE's Governance GapSeptember 21, 2026. Round six of the Samarkand Olympiad has begun. The hall...
Samarkand R7: Four Boards in the Headline, an Advertisement on the PageRound seven, women's section, Samarkand. China and Kazakhstan drew 2–2, and t...
Samarkand R7: A One-Match-Point Lead, Zero Boards, and the Ledger of an AdvertisementLast week a headline crossed my feed. Samarkand, Round 7, women's section....
9...a5 and a DVD's Two Headlines: How a Bayonet Attack 'Antidote' Expires on ArrivalBetween two rounds in a league hall, with twenty minutes to spare, a...
Samarkand Round 7: A Headline With No Name In It, and a Match Point Buried Under Fritz 20The result from Samarkand arrived on my laptop like a screenshot: two country...
A Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet DVD — One Blank Page in Chess's LedgerIt was quarter to three in the morning in Saint Petersburg. The first thing t...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, One Plan Each: Black's Ledger After 1.d4The first thing a reader sees on the promotional page is not a move. It is...
Beaten by Poland Again: The Missing Ledger Behind India Women's 'Achilles Heel'The headline reached my screen at 2:40 a.m. Dublin time. Rain outside, silenc...
Inside a Fischer-Donaldson Title, a Scotch Opening Relic: The Mismatch and Theory Decay of a Chess Video ListingI was looking at a listing that said 'John Donaldson: New insights into Bobby...
Seven Openings, Six Videos, One Plan: The Real Cost of Black's 1.d4 Sideline TrapReading the promotional page, I counted twice: seven openings, six videos, on...
Pragg Beats Giri, Gukesh Wins Again — Reading the Ledger Inside India's 5/5Round 5, board one. Anish Giri offered a draw. The position was level, Black...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, One Unequal Fight: Selling Half a Solution for BlackTen past two in the morning. On a second-hand laptop screen in a Mymensingh...
When White Avoids 2.c4: Will IM Lilov's Six-Video Antidote Really Work?After tagging 640 games, I understood that the biggest battles don't happen o...
The Yom Kippur Board: Israel's Silent Forfeit in Samarkand and FIDE's Governance GapSeptember 21, 2026. Round six of the Samarkand Olympiad has begun. The hall...