Chess
A Samarkand Headline and a Purana Paltan Cupboard: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack, and the Ledger of an Empty Room2026-09-24December 2026, a balcony in Khulna. A 2026 laptop on a small table, and to my...
A Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata Board: The Call to Fork the Blockchain of Memorization2026-09-24The headline belonged to Samarkand. The sentence belonged to Mar del Plata....
Samarkand Round 7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead, and the Verification Ledger of Chess News2026-09-24July 2026, Mahabalipuram, the 44th Chess Olympiad. Sitting in the press...
World Champion on Board Four: India Beat the Netherlands, and What the Lineup Sheet Refuses to Say2026-09-24The lineup sheet came off the printer at half past one in the morning. Four...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Datasets: Auditing IM Valeri Lilov's Black Repertoire2026-09-24On a Sunday evening I stood beside a board on the second floor of a Mumbai cl...
The Right King Road: A Technical Analysis of IM Valeri Lilov's Anti-System Black Repertoire2026-09-24Niaz Murshed was about to become South Asia's first grandmaster, a year befor...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata Board: The Call to Fork the Blockchain of MemorizationThe headline belonged to Samarkand. The sentence belonged to Mar del Plata....
ChessA Samarkand Headline and a Purana Paltan Cupboard: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack, and the Ledger of an Empty RoomDecember 2026, a balcony in Khulna. A 2026 laptop on a small table, and to my...
ChessSamarkand Round 7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead, and the Verification Ledger of Chess NewsJuly 2026, Mahabalipuram, the 44th Chess Olympiad. Sitting in the press...
ChessWorld Champion on Board Four: India Beat the Netherlands, and What the Lineup Sheet Refuses to SayThe lineup sheet came off the printer at half past one in the morning. Four...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Datasets: Auditing IM Valeri Lilov's Black RepertoireOn a Sunday evening I stood beside a board on the second floor of a Mumbai cl...
ChessThe Right King Road: A Technical Analysis of IM Valeri Lilov's Anti-System Black RepertoireNiaz Murshed was about to become South Asia's first grandmaster, a year befor...
ChessSamarkand's Eight-Way Tie: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Real Deficit on the ClockEight names sit on the top row of the leaderboard after four rounds, all on t...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings: Where the Ledger Fails to Match Black's Repertoire CourseOne column in my notebook is titled 'When White avoids 2.c4.' On a Tuesday la...