Chess
When the Chess Data Table Comes Back Empty: The Silent Trap of a Sport That Measures Everything
The Scandinavian Defense, Bent Larsen and the 60-Minute Selling of Trust
Samarkand Opens the 46th Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Gold Against a Record 208 Teams
Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Stronger Than Their Olympiad Win: A Claim That Must Be Measured in the Endgame
The legend continues: Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali stronger than at Budapest gold
ChessThe King Takes a Walk at the Olympiad: The Sharp Side of the Italian Game and the Price of Trap-Heavy ChessOn move twenty-three, the white king left the square that had sheltered it fo...
ChessWhen the Chess Data Table Comes Back Empty: The Silent Trap of a Sport That Measures EverythingBefore the fifth round of an elite tournament, the screen in the analysis roo...
ChessU.S. Women’s Team at 15/16 Board Points After Round 4 in Samarkand: Pace-Setting or Early-Fixture Mirage?A number knocked on my door at 3 a.m.: 15/16. The U.S. women’s team walked ou...
ChessGukesh Asked to Drop to Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: Board Order Is a Tactical MoveOn the electronic board in Samarkand, Gukesh Dommaraju's name appeared on the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense, Bent Larsen and the 60-Minute Selling of TrustOne Thursday evening at a roadside chess club near MG Road in Bangalore, I sa...
ChessThe First Thing Sold in a Transfer Window Is a Player's DataIn late January 2026, FIFA published its Global Transfer Report: clubs...
ChessSamarkand Opens the 46th Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Gold Against a Record 208 TeamsI still remember an afternoon in 2026 in Nha Trang, sitting over a sheet of A...
ChessA Night Unlike Any Other: When 9...a5 Is Sold as the Antidote to the Bayonet AttackA Night Unlike Any Other: When 9...a5 Is Sold as the Antidote to the Bayonet...
ChessFour Square Metres in Rajamangala: Vietnam Won the ASEAN Cup With a Back Line Patched On the SpotMinute 78 of the second leg of the 2026 ASEAN Cup final at Rajamangala,...
ChessThe Geometry of the Pitch: V.League, the Transfer Window and the Forgotten TrianglesI have a habit that some colleagues still call a waste of time: rewatching...
ChessIndia Bring Two Crowns to Samarkand: The 46th Chess Olympiad and the Largest Gathering in HistorySamarkand spent centuries welcoming merchant caravans loaded with silk. From...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad: India and the Challenge of Defending Double Gold in SamarkandI still remember that afternoon in Budapest, when D Gukesh placed his queen o...
ChessDivya Deshmukh and Vaishali Stronger Than Their Olympiad Win: A Claim That Must Be Measured in the EndgameIn 2026, when I sat down at the analysis desk for the SHB Da Nang coaching...
ChessChess Olympiad: Gukesh on Board 4 and the Elo Average Equation of India's TeamOn the team registration sheet at the Chess Olympiad, one line makes people...
ChessWomen's Chess and the Data Gap: What Isn't Recorded Isn't RememberedThree years ago, at a women's open chess tournament in Da Nang, I stayed behi...
ChessIndia's chess team left without hotel rooms in Samarkand on the eve of Round 1 at the 2026 OlympiadINDIA'S CHESS TEAM LEFT WITHOUT HOTEL ROOMS IN SAMARKAND ON THE EVE OF ROUND ...
ChessWhen the Chess Data Table Comes Back Empty: The Silent Trap of a Sport That Measures EverythingBefore the fifth round of an elite tournament, the screen in the analysis roo...
ChessU.S. Women’s Team at 15/16 Board Points After Round 4 in Samarkand: Pace-Setting or Early-Fixture Mirage?A number knocked on my door at 3 a.m.: 15/16. The U.S. women’s team walked ou...
ChessGukesh Asked to Drop to Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: Board Order Is a Tactical MoveOn the electronic board in Samarkand, Gukesh Dommaraju's name appeared on the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense, Bent Larsen and the 60-Minute Selling of TrustOne Thursday evening at a roadside chess club near MG Road in Bangalore, I sa...
ChessThe First Thing Sold in a Transfer Window Is a Player's DataIn late January 2026, FIFA published its Global Transfer Report: clubs...
ChessSamarkand Opens the 46th Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Gold Against a Record 208 TeamsI still remember an afternoon in 2026 in Nha Trang, sitting over a sheet of A...
ChessA Night Unlike Any Other: When 9...a5 Is Sold as the Antidote to the Bayonet AttackA Night Unlike Any Other: When 9...a5 Is Sold as the Antidote to the Bayonet...
ChessFour Square Metres in Rajamangala: Vietnam Won the ASEAN Cup With a Back Line Patched On the SpotMinute 78 of the second leg of the 2026 ASEAN Cup final at Rajamangala,...
ChessThe Geometry of the Pitch: V.League, the Transfer Window and the Forgotten TrianglesI have a habit that some colleagues still call a waste of time: rewatching...
ChessIndia Bring Two Crowns to Samarkand: The 46th Chess Olympiad and the Largest Gathering in HistorySamarkand spent centuries welcoming merchant caravans loaded with silk. From...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad: India and the Challenge of Defending Double Gold in SamarkandI still remember that afternoon in Budapest, when D Gukesh placed his queen o...
ChessDivya Deshmukh and Vaishali Stronger Than Their Olympiad Win: A Claim That Must Be Measured in the EndgameIn 2026, when I sat down at the analysis desk for the SHB Da Nang coaching...
ChessChess Olympiad: Gukesh on Board 4 and the Elo Average Equation of India's TeamOn the team registration sheet at the Chess Olympiad, one line makes people...
ChessWomen's Chess and the Data Gap: What Isn't Recorded Isn't RememberedThree years ago, at a women's open chess tournament in Da Nang, I stayed behi...
ChessIndia's chess team left without hotel rooms in Samarkand on the eve of Round 1 at the 2026 OlympiadINDIA'S CHESS TEAM LEFT WITHOUT HOTEL ROOMS IN SAMARKAND ON THE EVE OF ROUND ...
