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Gukesh's 54-Move Escape, and the Empty Square in India's Gold Arithmetic
The Headline Said Samarkand; The File Said Prague: An Accounting
Forty Squares and a King's Walk: The Opening Column That Promised a Game and Delivered a Move
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Five Hours, and the Ledger the Scoreboard Hides
Gukesh's 54-Move Escape, and the Empty Square in India's Gold ArithmeticHook The clock at the Samarkand hall has gone past five hours. On board four...
Forty Squares and a King's Walk: The Opening Column That Promised a Game and Delivered a MoveJanuary 10, 2026, 7:20 in the evening. The laptop on the verandah-side table ...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Five Hours, and the Ledger the Scoreboard HidesIt is 2:10 in the morning on a balcony in Rangpur, and on the laptop screen...
FIDE Presidency: News or Product Promotion? — A News AnalysisA headline claiming "Timur Turlov elected President of FIDE" has created...
Game of the Week #740 — Erigaisi vs Laohawirapap: 5.e5! Where There Is No Receipt, Only a PromiseHook 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5! — five moves, and then a ver...
The Headline Said Samarkand; The File Said Prague: An AccountingI read the headline first: “Samarkand Round 8 (women): China lead with 15/16....
A Samarkand Headline, a Prague File: The Autopsy of a Metadata Fissure Around ChessBase Magazine #225I opened the file at seven in the morning, in a Mumbai flat, with the coffee...
A Download Key in the Post: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Wrong Headline in the Training MarketTwo things arrived on the screen in my Mymensingh room last week, almost...
Sword of Damocles: Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian, One Tempo of Debt, and the Halo of Carlsen's NameThe Queen on a5 — A Blade Left Hanging Three moves are on the board. White...