Chess
The Empty Block in the Bayonet Attack: The 9...a5 Claim, the Engine's Answer, and the Samarkand Arithmetic
Player of the Day Despite Defeat: India's Leadership Message Around Nihal Sarin
A DVD, a Database and a Samarkand Headline: Does the Bayonet Antidote Actually Work?
A Samarkand Headline, the Ninth Move, and the Truth Behind a DVD
A DVD, a Database and a Samarkand Headline: Does the Bayonet Antidote Actually Work?Nine in the morning in Saint Petersburg. The kettle is on, and on the laptop...
A Samarkand Headline, the Ninth Move, and the Truth Behind a DVDLast week a headline surfaced in my feed: Samarkand Open, round seven,...
Samarkand R7: A One-Match-Point Headline, Eight Paragraphs of Advertisement"Samarkand R7 (women): China and Kazakhstan draw, now lead by a single match...
A Samarkand Headline and a DVD Cover: The Bayonet Attack, NNUE, and the Quiet Ledger of Chess TrainingThe headline stops you: “Samarkand R7 (open): Uzbekistan continue dominating...
Samarkand Women's Chess: One Match Point in the Headline, a FRITZ 20 Ad in the BodyOn a September night in Saint Petersburg the laptop was open in the kitchen a...
The Empty Block in the Bayonet Attack: The 9...a5 Claim, the Engine's Answer, and the Samarkand ArithmeticEleven-thirty at night, Mumbai. The balcony door is shut; only the low hum of...
Four Rounds, Eight Leaders: Samarkand's Tie, ChessBase #225, and Bangladesh's LedgerEight names share the top of the leaderboard in Samarkand after four rounds....
One Board, Thirty Minutes, Three Moves: From Nihal's +2 to India's 1.5–2.5Board three. Thirty minutes still on the clock. Plus two on the position. Und...
Chess Olympiad: Why India Named Nihal Sarin Player of the Day Despite the Uzbekistan Defeat — Team Ledgers Don't Always Record ResultsThere were still about thirty minutes on the clock. On the board, India's Nih...
Thirty Minutes Still on the Clock: Nihal Sarin's Blunder and the Architecture of Team ChessThe clock on board three still shows thirty extra minutes. The digits are cal...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: Who Fills Black's Middle After 1.d4 d5In a Mymensingh club hall the round lasted twenty-seven minutes. White was a...
The Round Where No Move Was Played: Yom Kippur, the Consent Clause, and FIDE's Blank Scoresheet in SamarkandThe board room at the Savitsky Hotel woke early that morning. Play was moved...
Thirty Minutes on the Clock, Three Moves, and a Team Loss: What Nihal Sarin's Collapse Actually ExposesThere were roughly thirty minutes left on the clock and about two points on t...
Player of the Day Despite Defeat: India's Leadership Message Around Nihal SarinThe clock still showed 30 minutes. With the white pieces, Nihal Sarin was...