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Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold Arithmetic2026-09-26Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold...
India's Gold Chase in Samarkand Rests on One Shoulder: The 54-Move Escape and the Board-Four Arithmetic2026-09-26In the fifth hour of round nine in Samarkand, what was happening on D Gukesh'...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and How Sustainable India's Gold Arithmetic Really Is2026-09-26It was three in the morning in Mymensingh. On a secondhand laptop screen, an...
A Samarkand Headline With a Catalogue Inside: Chess's Information Debt and the Unwritten Ledger of the Training Market2026-09-26At two in the morning in Dhaka, a reader opens a link. The headline says:...
5 e5!: The Price of One Pawn, Three Replies, and the Olympiad Game Nobody Could Show2026-09-26Last week, in an online blitz session, a player rated 1820 met me with 1 e4 e...
5 e5!: The Price of One Pawn, Three Replies, and the Olympiad Game Nobody Could ShowLast week, in an online blitz session, a player rated 1820 met me with 1 e4 e...
5 e5: The Move That Lives in the Headline, Not in the Move ListIn September 2026 I was in Batumi with the Bangladesh team at the 43rd Chess...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold ArithmeticSamarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold...
India's Gold Chase in Samarkand Rests on One Shoulder: The 54-Move Escape and the Board-Four ArithmeticIn the fifth hour of round nine in Samarkand, what was happening on D Gukesh'...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and How Sustainable India's Gold Arithmetic Really IsIt was three in the morning in Mymensingh. On a secondhand laptop screen, an...
Gukesh's Houdini Act: India's Fragile Wall Holds in the Gold RaceFive hours — not on the clock, but over the board. For 54 moves against...
China 15/16 in the Headline, Prague 2026 in the Body: The Question Nobody Asked About ChessBase Magazine #225I opened the file three times. The headline announced Samarkand, round eight,...
A Samarkand Headline With a Catalogue Inside: Chess's Information Debt and the Unwritten Ledger of the Training MarketAt two in the morning in Dhaka, a reader opens a link. The headline says:...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: The Day Chess News and Course Advertising Shared One PageLast week, scrolling a chess feed, I stopped at a headline: “Samarkand R8...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague Festival Stories Become Training ProductsChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague Festival Stories Become Training Product...
The Sword of Damocles and the One-Hour Dream: The Advertising Mirror of the Scandinavian DefenseTO BE OMITTED FOR LENGTH
5 e5: The Move That Lives in the Headline, Not in the Move ListIn September 2026 I was in Batumi with the Bangladesh team at the 43rd Chess...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold ArithmeticSamarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Hand and the Empty Boxes in India's Gold...
India's Gold Chase in Samarkand Rests on One Shoulder: The 54-Move Escape and the Board-Four ArithmeticIn the fifth hour of round nine in Samarkand, what was happening on D Gukesh'...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and How Sustainable India's Gold Arithmetic Really IsIt was three in the morning in Mymensingh. On a secondhand laptop screen, an...
Gukesh's Houdini Act: India's Fragile Wall Holds in the Gold RaceFive hours — not on the clock, but over the board. For 54 moves against...
China 15/16 in the Headline, Prague 2026 in the Body: The Question Nobody Asked About ChessBase Magazine #225I opened the file three times. The headline announced Samarkand, round eight,...
A Samarkand Headline With a Catalogue Inside: Chess's Information Debt and the Unwritten Ledger of the Training MarketAt two in the morning in Dhaka, a reader opens a link. The headline says:...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: The Day Chess News and Course Advertising Shared One PageLast week, scrolling a chess feed, I stopped at a headline: “Samarkand R8...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague Festival Stories Become Training ProductsChessBase Magazine #225: When Prague Festival Stories Become Training Product...
The Sword of Damocles and the One-Hour Dream: The Advertising Mirror of the Scandinavian DefenseTO BE OMITTED FOR LENGTH