Chess
Samarkand R7: One Match Point of Lead, Zero Move Numbers
A Round Seven Headline, a Thirteen-Point DVD: Who Audits 9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack?
Pragg Beats Giri, Gukesh Wins Again as India Outclass Netherlands at Chess Olympiad
The Scotch Revival and the Phantom Debut of Egon Mattaaq: What the Ledger Says
Samarkand R7: One Match Point of Lead, Zero Move NumbersDublin, two in the morning. Dhaka runs five hours ahead of me; it is already...
A Round Seven Headline, a Thirteen-Point DVD: Who Audits 9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack?The headline about Samarkand round seven surfaced on my screen at two in the...
The Board-Four World Champion: India's Load Management and Praggnanandhaa's Unfinished WorkFive rounds in, India's Open team scoreboard is unblemished: five matches, fi...
After the Crypto Lights Went Out, the Ledger on the Chessboard RemainsIn the last week of May 2026, a crypto exchange's name got stitched onto an...
Pragg Beats Giri, Gukesh Wins Again as India Outclass Netherlands at Chess OlympiadPragg Beats Giri, Gukesh Wins Again as India Outclass Netherlands at Chess...
A Product Dressed as a Defence: The Scotch Game, Kasparov’s 2026 Ghost, and the Phantom Named Egon MattaaqThe two halves of that page did not share a single word. The headline carried...
The Scotch Revival and the Phantom Debut of Egon Mattaaq: What the Ledger SaysThe notebook says one thing; the tape says another. An analysis note on my de...