Chess
A 54-Move Escape in Samarkand: Gukesh's 'Houdini' Moment and India's Fragile Gold Defence
The Samarkand Headline, the Prague File: Who Keeps Chess Memory
Nobody Filmed the King's Walk: 5 e5, the Empty Camera, and a Country's Empty Pipeline
The King's Walk, the Club Player's Weapon: A New Address for the Italian Game in the Olympiad's Shadow
A FIDE President in the Headline, a Najdorf Update in the Body: Accounting for a Broken Join in Chess Reporting
The Fifth Move e5!: An Opening Recommendation Sold Under Erigaisi's Name, and the Evidence Nobody Showed
ChessNobody Filmed the King's Walk: 5 e5, the Empty Camera, and a Country's Empty PipelineA column landed on my screen last week. The headline was excellent: at the...
ChessThe King's Walk, the Club Player's Weapon: A New Address for the Italian Game in the Olympiad's ShadowInside an Olympiad hall the cameras never look at the clock, but the clock...
ChessA FIDE President in the Headline, a Najdorf Update in the Body: Accounting for a Broken Join in Chess ReportingA single file contained two separate worlds sitting side by side. The top lin...
ChessThe Fifth Move e5!: An Opening Recommendation Sold Under Erigaisi's Name, and the Evidence Nobody ShowedOn the board it was move five. White's e-pawn stepped two squares forward and...
ChessA 54-Move Escape in Samarkand: Gukesh's 'Houdini' Moment and India's Fragile Gold DefenceHook: The 54th Move, and the Arithmetic of a Body It was into the sixth hour ...
ChessThe Samarkand Headline, the Prague File: Who Keeps Chess MemoryA headline sat open on my desk: “Samarkand, Round 8 (women): China lead on...
ChessThe Price of a Tempo: The Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Promise, and an Unverified EndorsementOpening the Ledger: One Pawn, Two Queen Moves Start with three moves, because...