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ChessThe Body of the Najdorf File: 60 Minutes, Five Lines and One Undated Headline2026-09-26Hook “I counted heartbeats in Paltan, and the numbers confessed more than the...
ChessThe Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf: A Ledger of a Source Crisis2026-09-26The Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf Tuesday evening I open...
ChessSamarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Fault Line Beneath India's Gold Rush2026-09-27Hook: A Five-Hour Clock and a Lost Position The clock had gone past five hour...
Chess5.e5: The Advertisement of a Move, and a Ledger With No Evidence in It2026-09-272:40 a.m. in Dublin. One lamp is on above the table, and the screen carries a...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Fault Line Beneath India's Gold RushHook: A Five-Hour Clock and a Lost Position The clock had gone past five hour...
5.e5: The Advertisement of a Move, and a Ledger With No Evidence in It2:40 a.m. in Dublin. One lamp is on above the table, and the screen carries a...
5.e5!: The Move That Walked Out of the Olympiad and Onto the Club BoardKings do not walk on a chessboard. They are walked — one square at a time, wh...
The Body of the Najdorf File: 60 Minutes, Five Lines and One Undated HeadlineHook “I counted heartbeats in Paltan, and the numbers confessed more than the...
The Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf: A Ledger of a Source CrisisThe Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf Tuesday evening I open...
Gukesh’s 54-move Houdini act: the fragile arithmetic of India’s gold-medal raceRound 9 ended 2.5-1.5 in India-Germany, but the scoreline hides the real boar...
Samarkand vs Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Autopsy of a Training LoadSamarkand vs Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Autopsy of a Training Lo...
Samarkand on the Wrapper, a Sales Brochure Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Price of Elite AnnotationMy desk has one rule — every piece begins with a dated object. Today's object...
The Bill Behind Seven Wins: Who Pays for Savitha Shri's ChessboardThe Thursday round at Samarkand had already run past five hours. I sat in my...
5.e5: The Advertisement of a Move, and a Ledger With No Evidence in It2:40 a.m. in Dublin. One lamp is on above the table, and the screen carries a...
5.e5!: The Move That Walked Out of the Olympiad and Onto the Club BoardKings do not walk on a chessboard. They are walked — one square at a time, wh...
The Body of the Najdorf File: 60 Minutes, Five Lines and One Undated HeadlineHook “I counted heartbeats in Paltan, and the numbers confessed more than the...
The Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf: A Ledger of a Source CrisisThe Headline Says FIDE Election, the File Says Najdorf Tuesday evening I open...
Gukesh’s 54-move Houdini act: the fragile arithmetic of India’s gold-medal raceRound 9 ended 2.5-1.5 in India-Germany, but the scoreline hides the real boar...
Samarkand vs Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Autopsy of a Training LoadSamarkand vs Prague: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Autopsy of a Training Lo...
Samarkand on the Wrapper, a Sales Brochure Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Price of Elite AnnotationMy desk has one rule — every piece begins with a dated object. Today's object...
The Bill Behind Seven Wins: Who Pays for Savitha Shri's ChessboardThe Thursday round at Samarkand had already run past five hours. I sat in my...