Chess
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends Double Gold at the Largest Edition in HistoryAt 4:30 in the morning in Nha Trang, I was still in front of a screen with a...
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: 208 Teams and the Arithmetic of Match Points“Ninety minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the...
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Gold Against a Record 208 TeamsIn a technical room on the east wing of the Silk Road International Exhibitio...
Indian Chess Enters Its Transfer Window: Agent Noise and the Real Price of a Board 1 SlotIn September 2026, in Budapest, India won gold in both the open and women's...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Attack: Auditing an 'Antidote' Promise in the King's Indian DefenceA night unlike any other, a spreadsheet like every spreadsheet Last Tuesday...
After Olympiad Gold, India's Open Question: Are Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Really Stronger?Inside a chess Olympiad playing hall, there is a moment I always rewind when...
The Road to the Candidates: Where Elite Chess Rewards the Player Who Errs LeastThe Road to the Candidates: Where Elite Chess Rewards the Player Who Errs Lea...
Samarkand, the Night Before Round One: When a Hotel Room Becomes a Chess MoveAn evening in early September in Samarkand smells of fired clay and of a...
Samarkand 2026: India's Chess Team Stranded Without Rooms, and the Question Nobody Dares Ask About GukeshThey landed in Samarkand after the city had switched off its lights. The flig...
Move 55 in Singapore: Gukesh Takes the Crown, Ding Liren and the Price of a DynastyOn 12 December 2026, inside a hall in Sentosa, Singapore, the board for game...
Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali: Coach Misra Says They Are Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad — What the Data SaysOn 22 September 2026 in Budapest, India's women's team closed out the 45th...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Unverified Lines: Chess Olympiad 2026 Through the Lens of a MeasurerOn the morning of the Chess Olympiad 2026 torch handover, I sat in front of m...
India after Olympiad gold: What lies behind the claim about Divya Deshmukh and VaishaliOn my desk sits a thick folder of notes on women's chess events. Recently,...
The Petroff Returns and Two Positional Courses: August in the Chess-Training MarketSix in the morning in Thu Dau Mot, the coffee shop has not finished rolling u...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends the Double, and the Gaps Nobody Sees on the BoardFrom the flank, I see the whole match. On September 22, 2026, in Samarkand,...
The 5.e5 Move and the Limits of a Practical Weapon in a 60-Minute Chess CourseOn a Sunday morning at a small chess club tucked down an alley near CMH Road ...
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: 208 Teams and the Arithmetic of Match Points“Ninety minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the...
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Gold Against a Record 208 TeamsIn a technical room on the east wing of the Silk Road International Exhibitio...
Indian Chess Enters Its Transfer Window: Agent Noise and the Real Price of a Board 1 SlotIn September 2026, in Budapest, India won gold in both the open and women's...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Attack: Auditing an 'Antidote' Promise in the King's Indian DefenceA night unlike any other, a spreadsheet like every spreadsheet Last Tuesday...
After Olympiad Gold, India's Open Question: Are Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Really Stronger?Inside a chess Olympiad playing hall, there is a moment I always rewind when...
The Road to the Candidates: Where Elite Chess Rewards the Player Who Errs LeastThe Road to the Candidates: Where Elite Chess Rewards the Player Who Errs Lea...
Samarkand, the Night Before Round One: When a Hotel Room Becomes a Chess MoveAn evening in early September in Samarkand smells of fired clay and of a...
Samarkand 2026: India's Chess Team Stranded Without Rooms, and the Question Nobody Dares Ask About GukeshThey landed in Samarkand after the city had switched off its lights. The flig...
Move 55 in Singapore: Gukesh Takes the Crown, Ding Liren and the Price of a DynastyOn 12 December 2026, inside a hall in Sentosa, Singapore, the board for game...
Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali: Coach Misra Says They Are Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad — What the Data SaysOn 22 September 2026 in Budapest, India's women's team closed out the 45th...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Unverified Lines: Chess Olympiad 2026 Through the Lens of a MeasurerOn the morning of the Chess Olympiad 2026 torch handover, I sat in front of m...
India after Olympiad gold: What lies behind the claim about Divya Deshmukh and VaishaliOn my desk sits a thick folder of notes on women's chess events. Recently,...
The Petroff Returns and Two Positional Courses: August in the Chess-Training MarketSix in the morning in Thu Dau Mot, the coffee shop has not finished rolling u...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends the Double, and the Gaps Nobody Sees on the BoardFrom the flank, I see the whole match. On September 22, 2026, in Samarkand,...
The 5.e5 Move and the Limits of a Practical Weapon in a 60-Minute Chess CourseOn a Sunday morning at a small chess club tucked down an alley near CMH Road ...
