Chess
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends the Double Crown and the Gaps Behind Gukesh
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need Scrutiny
India stranded without hotel rooms in Samarkand: reading the 2026 Olympiad logistics failure through data
Chess in August: The Rhythm of Training Content and the Blind Spot of the Self-Reviewer
King's Indian: When 9...a5 Is Sold as the 'Antidote' to the Bayonet — And the Price of a Data-Free PromiseI remember the summer of 2026, when stadiums stood empty across the world and...
Nine 4-0 Scorelines in Samarkand and an Engine Advertisement: Two Layers of Information Inside One Chess BulletinThis morning I opened the results page and the first line was very short: in...
Post-Carlsen Chess: Denser Data, Emptier ThroneOn 12 December 2026, inside a soundproofed playing hall in Sentosa, Singapore...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Task of Defending a Double Gold at the Largest Chess Olympiad in HistoryOn September 16, 2026, at the Silk Road International Exhibition Centre in...
The 9...a5 Move in the Bayonet Attack: A Backup Plan or a Solution to the King's Indian Defence?That night I stayed at the chess club on Phú Lợi street until nearly midnight...
When Your Data Gets Transferred: The Most Expensive Secret Deal in Modern FootballA muted night in Hanoi and two pieces of news from opposite sides of the glob...
Indian Coach's Claim That They Are 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad': A Comparison Without a DenominatorAt a press briefing following the closing tournaments of the year, the coach ...
Board Four and the Echo of Empty Stands at the Chess OlympiadOn the morning of September 11, 2026, at the BOK Convention Centre in Budapes...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends the Double Crown and the Gaps Behind GukeshI arrived in Samarkand on an overnight train from Tashkent, carrying a...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need ScrutinyThe torch passed from the hand of an Indian official into the hand of a...
ChessBase's August: A Petroff Database Patch Among Four Skill CoursesOn the board, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6, Black neither attacks nor retreats....
India stranded without hotel rooms in Samarkand: reading the 2026 Olympiad logistics failure through dataSamarkand, September 15, 2026. India's chess delegation — the reigning champi...
Chess in August: The Rhythm of Training Content and the Blind Spot of the Self-ReviewerThe finest Petroff Defence game I ever watched in full had no winner. It ende...
Divya Deshmukh, Vaishali and the Unmeasured Claim of Being 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad'A coach of the Indian women's national team, Mr. Misra, has stated that Divya...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Broadcast Ticket Still UnprintedOn Sunday evening, the cafe on Bach Dang Street still had an empty row of...
Nine 4-0 Scorelines in Samarkand and an Engine Advertisement: Two Layers of Information Inside One Chess BulletinThis morning I opened the results page and the first line was very short: in...
Post-Carlsen Chess: Denser Data, Emptier ThroneOn 12 December 2026, inside a soundproofed playing hall in Sentosa, Singapore...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Task of Defending a Double Gold at the Largest Chess Olympiad in HistoryOn September 16, 2026, at the Silk Road International Exhibition Centre in...
The 9...a5 Move in the Bayonet Attack: A Backup Plan or a Solution to the King's Indian Defence?That night I stayed at the chess club on Phú Lợi street until nearly midnight...
When Your Data Gets Transferred: The Most Expensive Secret Deal in Modern FootballA muted night in Hanoi and two pieces of news from opposite sides of the glob...
Indian Coach's Claim That They Are 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad': A Comparison Without a DenominatorAt a press briefing following the closing tournaments of the year, the coach ...
Board Four and the Echo of Empty Stands at the Chess OlympiadOn the morning of September 11, 2026, at the BOK Convention Centre in Budapes...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends the Double Crown and the Gaps Behind GukeshI arrived in Samarkand on an overnight train from Tashkent, carrying a...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need ScrutinyThe torch passed from the hand of an Indian official into the hand of a...
ChessBase's August: A Petroff Database Patch Among Four Skill CoursesOn the board, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6, Black neither attacks nor retreats....
India stranded without hotel rooms in Samarkand: reading the 2026 Olympiad logistics failure through dataSamarkand, September 15, 2026. India's chess delegation — the reigning champi...
Chess in August: The Rhythm of Training Content and the Blind Spot of the Self-ReviewerThe finest Petroff Defence game I ever watched in full had no winner. It ende...
Divya Deshmukh, Vaishali and the Unmeasured Claim of Being 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad'A coach of the Indian women's national team, Mr. Misra, has stated that Divya...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Broadcast Ticket Still UnprintedOn Sunday evening, the cafe on Bach Dang Street still had an empty row of...