Chess
ChessOn the Board and on the Pitch, Empty Data Is More Dangerous Than an ErrorHook I remember a July evening in Mumbai, sitting in front of my screen,...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India and the Weight of the Double CrownIn Samarkand, the sound of more than a thousand chess clocks pressed at once...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India's Double Crown and the Empty Broadcast BoxOn September 16, 2026, the clock will start on the first game of the Chess...
ChessA Night Unlike Any Other: 9...a5 and the Silent Resistance in the King's Indian DefenceA Night Unlike Any Other On the chessboard, there are moves that make no soun...
ChessThe Samarkand Torch: Three Claims in a Ceremony That Forces Chess Media to Re-check Its DataOn September 15, 2026, at Registan Square in Samarkand, a young Uzbek chess...
ChessCoach Misra's Praise: Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali 'Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad' — But Where Is the Evidence?I was in Budapest last September, standing in the corridor of the SYMA...
ChessDivya Deshmukh and Vaishali 'stronger than when they won the Olympiad': What data does a coach's claim need to stand?On 22 September 2026, at BOK Hall in Budapest, I sat in the seventh row of th...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: Schedule, Format and the Indian UnknownEleven team rounds. Four main boards plus one reserve. Twelve days in...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims That Need VerificationAt four in the morning in Shanghai, I opened a video file a colleague in New...
ChessThe Empty Board: When an Analysis Contains Not a Single Line of DataI mispronounced a player's name, then read the position correctly the moment...
ChessPetroff Defence Returns: The Spatial Map of the August 2026 Chess Training MarketIn the chess training product catalogue released in August 2026, only one...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand, and Three Lines That Need VerifyingThe torch was placed in Javokhir Sindarov's hands. Behind him, Viswanathan...
