Chess
5.e5! — The Sharp Italian Branch and Bangladesh's Missing Middle
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and India's Single-Point Ledger
The Board Behind the Screen: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and the Gap in Our Own Training
A Samarkand 15/16 in the Headline, Twenty-Seven Prague Miniatures on the Page
The 9...a5 DVD, a Broken Headline, and the Ledger of Dhaka's Club Boards
A Najdorf Update, a 60-Minute Shelf Life, and One Unverified Headline
The 9...a5 DVD, a Broken Headline, and the Ledger of Dhaka's Club BoardsAt twenty minutes to three last Tuesday, two boards were still live on the...
A Najdorf Update, a 60-Minute Shelf Life, and One Unverified HeadlineTwo files were open on my desk at half past eleven last week. One was a...
5.e5! — The Sharp Italian Branch and Bangladesh's Missing MiddleThe move looks simple before it lands on the board; afterwards it stops being...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and India's Single-Point LedgerFive hours in Samarkand, then 54 moves. On board four of Round 9 the clock wa...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Fifty-Four-Move Rescue and India's Gold Resting on One ShoulderAt 1:40 a.m., in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the evaluation bar on my secondhand...
Samarkand in the Title, Prague Inside: ChessBase #225 and the Ledger of a Broken Information ChainHook I opened the file expecting Samarkand. What came out was Prague. The tit...
Samarkand on the Label, Prague Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Cost of Learning in BangladeshThere is a folder on my laptop labelled "Samarkand R8 (women)". I opened it f...
The Board Behind the Screen: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and the Gap in Our Own TrainingThe power flickered out for the second time last night in Mymensingh and the...
The Scoreline With No Games: Samarkand's Headline, Prague 2026, and the Mirror of ChessBase Magazine #225An August evening in Delhi. A line surfaced on my laptop screen: round eight ...
A Samarkand 15/16 in the Headline, Twenty-Seven Prague Miniatures on the PageThe laptop was open on my table in Rangpur, and the headline hanging on the...