Chess
When the King Walks: Sarana's King-Walk, 5 e5!, and the Olympiad's Missing Game
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act Keeps India Alive, But the Gold Arithmetic Still Belongs to Armenia
Turlov's Headline, a Najdorf Video Underneath: Reading a Chess-News Document That Broke in Half
The Modern Italian 5.e5: Erigaisi as Bait, Club-Level Traps, and the Missing Engine Proof
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and a Team's Unbalanced Ledger
When the King Walks: Sarana's King-Walk, 5 e5!, and the Olympiad's Missing GameThere was a game at the Olympiad — Alexei Sarana took his king for a walk. Th...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act Keeps India Alive, But the Gold Arithmetic Still Belongs to ArmeniaHook: Five Hours, 54 Moves, and One Empty Board I was sitting in my room in...
Turlov's Headline, a Najdorf Video Underneath: Reading a Chess-News Document That Broke in HalfIt was 11:45 on a Wednesday night. The online blitz broadcast of a Dhaka club...
The Modern Italian 5.e5: Erigaisi as Bait, Club-Level Traps, and the Missing Engine ProofThe clock compresses for Black the moment 5.e5 lands. White's e-pawn has...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and a Team's Unbalanced LedgerI was scanning the Round 9 score-sheet of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkan...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Wrong Headline: Where Chess Training Money StandsWinter morning in my Delhi flat. On the table, a download-key card; beside it...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Ledger Behind the Family That Funded ItHook On Thursday evening, sitting at a Mumbai desk, I wrote one odd figure on...
Scandinavian Defense: One Tempo, Sixty Minutes, and an Unverified Testimonial1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3. Three moves in, and Black has opened a ledger. The...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act Keeps India Alive, But the Gold Arithmetic Still Belongs to ArmeniaHook: Five Hours, 54 Moves, and One Empty Board I was sitting in my room in...
Turlov's Headline, a Najdorf Video Underneath: Reading a Chess-News Document That Broke in HalfIt was 11:45 on a Wednesday night. The online blitz broadcast of a Dhaka club...
The Modern Italian 5.e5: Erigaisi as Bait, Club-Level Traps, and the Missing Engine ProofThe clock compresses for Black the moment 5.e5 lands. White's e-pawn has...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and a Team's Unbalanced LedgerI was scanning the Round 9 score-sheet of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkan...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Wrong Headline: Where Chess Training Money StandsWinter morning in my Delhi flat. On the table, a download-key card; beside it...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Ledger Behind the Family That Funded ItHook On Thursday evening, sitting at a Mumbai desk, I wrote one odd figure on...
Scandinavian Defense: One Tempo, Sixty Minutes, and an Unverified Testimonial1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3. Three moves in, and Black has opened a ledger. The...