Chess
The 2026 Transfer Window: Read the Release Clause and the Wage Bill Before You Believe the Rumour
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown and the Board-Order Problem Nobody Wants to Name
The 5.e5 Move and the Contract With Easiness: When an Opening Product Is Sold on Promises Instead of Data
When 4-0 Becomes an Empty Number: Lessons from Samarkand Women's Chess Round 1
When 4-0 Becomes an Empty Number: Lessons from Samarkand Women's Chess Round 1That summer in V-League I learned one thing: a formation only looks good when...
The 2026 Transfer Window: Read the Release Clause and the Wage Bill Before You Believe the RumourAt 1:20 in the morning on a Tuesday in the middle of the 2026 summer transfer...
9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack: A Black Solution or an Unverified Product?On move nine, when White's b2-pawn steps to b4, the hall goes quiet the way...
46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India and the Task of Defending a Historic Double GoldIn September 2026, in Budapest, India's top board finished the final game and...
Samarkand 2026: A Champion's Board and a Night Without RoomsThe Indian chess team landed in Samarkand. About five hours later, team capta...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defence: An Antidote to the Bayonet Attack or a Forgotten Sideline?That night, I opened a parcel from abroad. Inside was a DVD titled "A night...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown and the Board-Order Problem Nobody Wants to NameI opened the FIDE rating list at two in the morning — the same hour, eighteen...
ChessBase August Roundup: When the Publisher Grades Its Own HomeworkIn the same notes file, the headline read "Chess historians meet in...
The 5.e5 Move and the Contract With Easiness: When an Opening Product Is Sold on Promises Instead of DataThere is a moment in every opening analysis session that I always wait for: t...
Chess Olympiad: India places Gukesh on board 4, Humpy leads the women's team — read through Elo data and squad depthChess Olympiad: India places Gukesh on board 4, Humpy leads the women's team ...