Chess
A Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata Body: The Bayonet Attack ‘Antidote’ and the Ledger of an Empty Board
A Samarkand Headline and 9...a5: Where Chess Sells Textbooks but Cannot Hire Coaches
Samarkand Round 7: One Result in the Headline, Ten Ads in the Body
Samarkand in the Headline, a Bayonet Attack in the Body: The Price of Chess Without Evidence
A Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata Body: The Bayonet Attack ‘Antidote’ and the Ledger of an Empty BoardTwo files sat side by side on my desk last Sunday night. One was a headline,...
A Samarkand Headline and 9...a5: Where Chess Sells Textbooks but Cannot Hire CoachesLast night, at my kitchen table in Saint Petersburg, I opened a piece of...
Samarkand Round 7: One Result in the Headline, Ten Ads in the BodySamarkand Round 7: One Result in the Headline, Ten Ads in the Body Last week ...
Samarkand in the Headline, a Bayonet Attack in the Body: The Price of Chess Without EvidenceThe rain that arrives in Delhi at the end of summer stops traffic; it does no...
A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Body: The 9...a5 'Antidote' and a Broken LedgerOne morning last week a headline landed on my desk. Round seven at Samarkand,...
Samarkand Women's Chess, One Match Point and an Advertising Shell: Who Is Actually Writing This Page?There is a page in my notebook titled "Things the Scoreboard Cannot See." It...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: Black's Unequal Burden in the Age of the London SystemThe first number on the ChessBase page is not a rating and not a move order. ...
The Name That Was Never on the Board: The Scotch, Kasparov, and Chess's Broken LedgerThe steel cupboard in Purana Paltan still holds the echo of a crowd that neve...
The Headline Says One Thing, the Board Says Another: What Is Really Being Sold in the Name of the ScotchBeneath the headline sat a single line: “Samarkand R6 (open): Uzbekistan beat...
Chess Olympiad: Why India named Nihal Sarin player of the day despite Uzbekistan defeatThe clock showed 30 minutes when Nihal Sarin's position read +2. Three moves...
The Achilles Ledger: Poland, India Women, and What Round 5 of the Chess Olympiad Does Not ProveThe headline reached my screen at two in the morning, Dublin time. One...
The Chess Game That Was Never Played in Samarkand: Yom Kippur, a Silent Forfeit, and FIDE's Untreated WoundThe clock was never pressed in the union hall of the Savitsky Hotel in...