Chess
The King That Walks, the System That Doesn't: Sarana's Olympiad Game, Sveshnikov's Trap, and the Empty Squares of Purana Paltan
5.e5! — The Centre-Splitting Blade, and Why a Sharp Opening Is Ultimately a Debt Paid by the Body
A Samarkand Headline, A Prague File: Reading ChessBase Magazine #225 As A Ledger
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and an Audit of the Training Market
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and Her Father's Arithmetic Error: Two Ledgers from Samarkand
ChessSamarkand's Headline, King's Indian's Body: The Ledger of a Feed-Level MismatchThe feed dropped the article on my desk with a headline: Samarkand R10 (women...
ChessThe King That Walks, the System That Doesn't: Sarana's Olympiad Game, Sveshnikov's Trap, and the Empty Squares of Purana PaltanThe second-floor room of the federation building always greets me the same wa...
ChessSarana's King Walk That Wasn't There — 5 e5! and the Sharp Weapon of the Modern ItalianSarana's King Walk That Wasn't There — 5 e5! and the Sharp Weapon of the Mode...
ChessSixty Minutes of Najdorf, Zero Evidence for a FIDE HeadlineOne in the morning, the file open on my desk carried a headline: Timur Turlov...
Chess5.e5! — The Centre-Splitting Blade, and Why a Sharp Opening Is Ultimately a Debt Paid by the BodyAn entry from 2026 in my notebook still hasn't faded. A 51-year-old grandmast...
ChessThe e5! Push: The Move Arrives, the Truth Doesn'tIn my Khulna flat sits a 2026 laptop. The router drops every forty minutes, a...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, A Prague File: Reading ChessBase Magazine #225 As A LedgerI made coffee before opening the file. The habit is nearly two decades old....
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and an Audit of the Training MarketThe document handed to me carried an unambiguous headline: Samarkand, round...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and Her Father's Arithmetic Error: Two Ledgers from SamarkandOn Thursday evening I sat at my Mumbai desk watching a live move-server. In...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7: A Father's Sacrifice, Reserve-Slot Statistics, and Olympiad's Unfinished LedgerOn Thursday, with the clock past five hours at the Samarkand Olympiad, Gukesh...