Chess
The 9...a5 Move and the Misread Night of the King's Indian Defence
The Empty Framework: When the Chessboard Has No Move Left to Tell
Samarkand 2026: One Night Without a Room and India's Irreversible Clock
India's Golden Women's Chess Olympiad: A Coach's 'Stronger Than Before' Claim and the Data Gap Behind It
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need Verification
Prague 2026 and ChessBase Magazine 225: Twenty-Seven Miniatures and Ten Opening ArticlesSaint Petersburg still had snow in March. I opened my laptop at 6:40 in the...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Challenge of Defending the Crown at the Chess OlympiadThe photo of the Indian team standing on the podium in Budapest is still on t...
The 9...a5 Move and the Misread Night of the King's Indian DefenceDa Nang rain brings me back to old King's Indian Defence games. Not to search...
The Chess Analyst's Craft: When Data Stays Silent, Do Not Invent Its VoiceIn a windowless meeting room at the training centre one March afternoon, the...
The Empty Framework: When the Chessboard Has No Move Left to TellDa Nang, close to eleven at night, rain falling steadily on the tin roof. I...
August Chess Releases: The Petroff Update and a Review the Seller Wrote for ItselfIt is 2:15 in the morning in Shanghai. The old laptop hums like an empty stan...
The 5.e5 Italian: A Practical Club Weapon and the Data Gap Nobody Has FilledA weekend rapid tournament in Shenzhen, board seven, round three. Black's clo...
Samarkand 2026: One Night Without a Room and India's Irreversible ClockThe Indian chess delegation's flight touched down in Samarkand. Five hours...
Eight Parts of Analysis, Not a Single MoveDa Nang, eleven at night. A young colleague sent me a file of more than four...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India's Dual Crown Stranded at the Doors of a Samarkand HotelFrom the touchline, I see the whole match. This time the touchline was not...
India's Golden Women's Chess Olympiad: A Coach's 'Stronger Than Before' Claim and the Data Gap Behind ItA temporal comparison always sounds airtight until someone asks what it rests...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationA bronze torch changed hands in Samarkand. The one handing it over was...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationTwo hands receive a small torch. No fireworks, no giant LED wall, only a hall...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationI remember a September evening in 2026, in Chennai. The first torch of the...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Challenge of Defending the Crown at the Chess OlympiadThe photo of the Indian team standing on the podium in Budapest is still on t...
The 9...a5 Move and the Misread Night of the King's Indian DefenceDa Nang rain brings me back to old King's Indian Defence games. Not to search...
The Chess Analyst's Craft: When Data Stays Silent, Do Not Invent Its VoiceIn a windowless meeting room at the training centre one March afternoon, the...
The Empty Framework: When the Chessboard Has No Move Left to TellDa Nang, close to eleven at night, rain falling steadily on the tin roof. I...
August Chess Releases: The Petroff Update and a Review the Seller Wrote for ItselfIt is 2:15 in the morning in Shanghai. The old laptop hums like an empty stan...
The 5.e5 Italian: A Practical Club Weapon and the Data Gap Nobody Has FilledA weekend rapid tournament in Shenzhen, board seven, round three. Black's clo...
Samarkand 2026: One Night Without a Room and India's Irreversible ClockThe Indian chess delegation's flight touched down in Samarkand. Five hours...
Eight Parts of Analysis, Not a Single MoveDa Nang, eleven at night. A young colleague sent me a file of more than four...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India's Dual Crown Stranded at the Doors of a Samarkand HotelFrom the touchline, I see the whole match. This time the touchline was not...
India's Golden Women's Chess Olympiad: A Coach's 'Stronger Than Before' Claim and the Data Gap Behind ItA temporal comparison always sounds airtight until someone asks what it rests...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationA bronze torch changed hands in Samarkand. The one handing it over was...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationTwo hands receive a small torch. No fireworks, no giant LED wall, only a hall...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need VerificationI remember a September evening in 2026, in Chennai. The first torch of the...