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A Board Filed Under the Wrong Name: Samarkand's Absence and ChessBase Magazine #2252026-09-26A Board Filed Under the Wrong Name: Samarkand's Absence and ChessBase Magazin...
A Prague File Wrapped in a Samarkand Label: 27 Miniatures, 10 Articles and One Mislabelled Ledger2026-09-26A file landed on my desk last week with a bold label on it — Samarkand, round...
A Sword in Sixty Minutes: The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Name, and the Economics of Chess Courses2026-09-25I spent fourteen straight nights in 2026 on commentary for Leonine Chess Club...
The Scorecard Says 7/7. The Ledger Says Three Years — The Real Document at Samarkand2026-09-26The clock in the tournament hall at Samarkand is pushing five hours. The...
Seven Wins, Three Years of Savings: The Unread Ledger Beside Savitha Shri's Board in Samarkand2026-09-26Samarkand's Thursday round took nearly five hours. Inside the hall there is n...
A Board Filed Under the Wrong Name: Samarkand's Absence and ChessBase Magazine #225A Board Filed Under the Wrong Name: Samarkand's Absence and ChessBase Magazin...
A Prague File Wrapped in a Samarkand Label: 27 Miniatures, 10 Articles and One Mislabelled LedgerA file landed on my desk last week with a bold label on it — Samarkand, round...
The Scorecard Says 7/7. The Ledger Says Three Years — The Real Document at SamarkandThe clock in the tournament hall at Samarkand is pushing five hours. The...
Seven Wins, Three Years of Savings: The Unread Ledger Beside Savitha Shri's Board in SamarkandSamarkand's Thursday round took nearly five hours. Inside the hall there is n...
The Signal That Went to the Wrong Address: ChessBase Magazine #225, Samarkand's Shadow, and the Industrialisation of TrainingAt two in the morning in my Mymensingh bedroom, a file opened on the laptop...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: The Arithmetic Gap in the Club-Level Anti-Theory MarketOn my Mumbai desk I opened a page whose headline promised an interview with...
A Sword in Sixty Minutes: The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Name, and the Economics of Chess CoursesI spent fourteen straight nights in 2026 on commentary for Leonine Chess Club...
The Sword of Damocles in Sixty Minutes: The Scandinavian Defense, Marketing Halo, and the Bangladeshi Club BoardFrom a Mymensingh bedroom I learned that the stadium is only a screen. In...
Six Videos Against the London, 'Magic' in the Headline: Who Pays for Chess PreparationTwenty-five days. One hundred and twenty-eight players. A laptop ahead of me,...