Chess
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Page Said Prague: An Empty Seat in Chess's Ledger
The Scandinavian Defence, Sixty Minutes, and One Unverified Claim
Seven Out of Seven on the Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and Her Father's Ledger
Accounting for a Hanging Sword: Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian, One Unverified Name, and the Rangpur Club Table
ChessThe Headline Said Samarkand, the Page Said Prague: An Empty Seat in Chess's LedgerAt half past midnight the headline slid across my phone: “Samarkand, Round 8...
ChessAccounting for a Hanging Sword: Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian, One Unverified Name, and the Rangpur Club Table1...d5. 2.exd5 Qxd5. 3.Nc3 Qa5. Last Thursday in the Rangpur club room, board...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defence, Sixty Minutes, and One Unverified ClaimThe call came at 2:40 a.m. last week from Dhaka. It was the club organiser I...
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: The Scandinavian Defense, a Sixty-Minute Course, and the Wound That Never HealsIn April 2026 I flew from Boston to Dhaka and strapped heart-rate monitors on...
ChessThe Savings Lasted Under Three Years: Behind Seven Wins in Samarkand, a Father's PassbookIn that Chennai flat a bank passbook stayed open beside a ledger. The ledger...
ChessSamarkand Round Eight, a 60-Minute Scandinavian, and the Ledger of One HeadlineEleven at night in Moscow. Two monitors on the desk: the standing spreadsheet...
ChessSamarkand Headline, Paltan Heartbeat: Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense and Bangladeshi Chess's Untreated WoundHook: The Page With No Board The headline was immaculate. "Samarkand R8 (open...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and the savings that ran out in three years: the ledger behind Samarkand's hero storyThe round Savitha Shri did not sit at the board, India lost to Poland. That i...
ChessSeven Out of Seven on the Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and Her Father's LedgerA living room in Chennai. On the television screen, Samarkand; in front of it...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: An Audit of Source IntegrityMumbai, 11:40 pm. Three tabs open on the desk—one with move notation, one wit...
ChessSamarkand Round 8 and a 60-Minute Course: An Autopsy of One Chess Item's Headline–Body FissureHook At half past midnight Boston time a feed headline arrived: Samarkand R8...
ChessAccounting for a Hanging Sword: Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian, One Unverified Name, and the Rangpur Club Table1...d5. 2.exd5 Qxd5. 3.Nc3 Qa5. Last Thursday in the Rangpur club room, board...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defence, Sixty Minutes, and One Unverified ClaimThe call came at 2:40 a.m. last week from Dhaka. It was the club organiser I...
ChessThe Sword of Damocles: The Scandinavian Defense, a Sixty-Minute Course, and the Wound That Never HealsIn April 2026 I flew from Boston to Dhaka and strapped heart-rate monitors on...
ChessThe Savings Lasted Under Three Years: Behind Seven Wins in Samarkand, a Father's PassbookIn that Chennai flat a bank passbook stayed open beside a ledger. The ledger...
ChessSamarkand Round Eight, a 60-Minute Scandinavian, and the Ledger of One HeadlineEleven at night in Moscow. Two monitors on the desk: the standing spreadsheet...
ChessSamarkand Headline, Paltan Heartbeat: Sixty Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense and Bangladeshi Chess's Untreated WoundHook: The Page With No Board The headline was immaculate. "Samarkand R8 (open...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and the savings that ran out in three years: the ledger behind Samarkand's hero storyThe round Savitha Shri did not sit at the board, India lost to Poland. That i...
ChessSeven Out of Seven on the Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Olympiad and Her Father's LedgerA living room in Chennai. On the television screen, Samarkand; in front of it...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Body: An Audit of Source IntegrityMumbai, 11:40 pm. Three tabs open on the desk—one with move notation, one wit...
ChessSamarkand Round 8 and a 60-Minute Course: An Autopsy of One Chess Item's Headline–Body FissureHook At half past midnight Boston time a feed headline arrived: Samarkand R8...