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ChessSamarkand Round 9: A 54-Move Escape, and India's Gold Chase Rests on One Pair of Hands2026-09-27Samarkand Round 9: A 54-Move Escape, and India's Gold Chase Rests on One Pair...
ChessGukesh's Houdini Act and the Arithmetic of India's Single-Point Dependence2026-09-26The clock in the Samarkand playing hall had crossed five hours in round nine....
ChessDoes 5.e5! Really Leave Black Struggling to Equalise? An Honest Ledger on the Sharp Branch of the Italian Game2026-09-26In a club room in Penang the board held twelve moves. White's e4 pawn stood...
Chess54 Moves in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape and India's Single-Point Gold Dependence2026-09-26The clock at Samarkand had passed the fifth hour, and the number written in m...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: Prague Files, 27 Miniatures, and a Headline Delivered to the Wrong Address2026-09-26Last night, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the file that opened on my second-han...
Samarkand Round 9: A 54-Move Escape, and India's Gold Chase Rests on One Pair of HandsSamarkand Round 9: A 54-Move Escape, and India's Gold Chase Rests on One Pair...
Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Arithmetic of India's Single-Point DependenceThe clock in the Samarkand playing hall had crossed five hours in round nine....
Does 5.e5! Really Leave Black Struggling to Equalise? An Honest Ledger on the Sharp Branch of the Italian GameIn a club room in Penang the board held twelve moves. White's e4 pawn stood...
54 Moves in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape and India's Single-Point Gold DependenceThe clock at Samarkand had passed the fifth hour, and the number written in m...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague Files, 27 Miniatures, and a Headline Delivered to the Wrong AddressLast night, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the file that opened on my second-han...
A Samarkand Score on a Prague Label: ChessBase Magazine #225 and Our Empty RoomsA folder sits on my desk in Khulna. The cover says, in ballpoint: Samarkand,...
Samarkand Round 8, the Scandinavian Defence, and a Sixty-Minute PromiseFrom a Mymensingh bedroom, I learned the stadium is only a screen. It was thr...