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ChessSamarkand Round 7: The Match-Point Story That Disappeared Inside an Advertisement2026-09-24At two in the morning in a Delhi flat, lit only by a laptop screen, I opened ...
ChessThe Lower Boards of Samarkand: India's 5/5, the Missing Ratings, and the Arithmetic of Five Rounds Left2026-09-24The camera was on the wrong board. The match was decided on another. In the...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a 9...a5 Body: The Report That Had No Chess In It2026-09-24In Saint Petersburg, when evening falls, I usually do two things at once — ho...
ChessFischer on the Label, Scotch on the Board: One Wrong Block in a Thirty-Five-Year Ledger2026-09-24Hook — A Listing That Forgot Its Own Name Last month, past one in the morning...
Samarkand Round 7: The Match-Point Story That Disappeared Inside an AdvertisementAt two in the morning in a Delhi flat, lit only by a laptop screen, I opened ...
A Samarkand Headline, a 9...a5 Body: The Report That Had No Chess In ItIn Saint Petersburg, when evening falls, I usually do two things at once — ho...
The Lower Boards of Samarkand: India's 5/5, the Missing Ratings, and the Arithmetic of Five Rounds LeftThe camera was on the wrong board. The match was decided on another. In the...
Fischer on the Label, Scotch on the Board: One Wrong Block in a Thirty-Five-Year LedgerHook — A Listing That Forgot Its Own Name Last month, past one in the morning...
Chess Olympiad: Why India Named Nihal Sarin Player of the Day Despite the Loss to UzbekistanThirty minutes still sat on the clock. The evaluation favoured Nihal Sarin by...