Chess
A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Board: A Forensic Audit of a DVD Pitch
A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Body: Thirteen Information Points, Zero Players
Six Videos, Seven Openings: The Gap in Black's Preparation Under the Shadow of 1.d4
Six Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Engine Data: Auditing the 1.d4 d5 Anti-System Repertoire
Chess Olympiad: Why India Picked Nihal Sarin as Player of the Day Despite the Defeat to Uzbekistan
9...a5: One Borrowed Headline, One DVD, and One Argument Left Over from the Pre-Engine Era
Chess9...a5: One Borrowed Headline, One DVD, and One Argument Left Over from the Pre-Engine EraAt the corner of a club room in Dhaka, a chess DVD box was lying on the table...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Board: A Forensic Audit of a DVD PitchLast week I opened a file and sat still for roughly four minutes. The headlin...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Body: Thirteen Information Points, Zero PlayersI had to stop at the headline. “Samarkand R7 (open): Uzbekistan continue...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Engine Lines: The Ledger of Black's Repertoire Against 1.d4 d5 SidelinesSix videos. Seven openings. One market promise — that London, Colle, Torre,...
ChessA Simple Scotch Defence, a Wrong Samarkand Headline, and the Silent Ledger of a PipelineI opened the file for Samarkand round six. I closed it holding an advertiseme...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings: The Gap in Black's Preparation Under the Shadow of 1.d4At 1:40 in the morning I opened the laptop. A wooden board on screen, a train...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Engine Data: Auditing the 1.d4 d5 Anti-System RepertoireOn a November morning in 2026, in the press room at Purana Paltan, I filed 23...
ChessChess Olympiad: Why India Picked Nihal Sarin as Player of the Day Despite the Defeat to UzbekistanThere is an old scoresheet on my desk — 2026 vintage, pulled from the steel...
ChessSix Videos, Seven Openings, One Plan: How Complete Is Black's Preparation Against 1.d4?Hook A mid-board game from the 2026 Premier Division Chess League is still...
ChessThe Cupboard at Purana Paltan, an Antidote for the Scotch, and the Name of a GhostIn October 2026 I spent four straight days at a table in the Bangladesh Chess...
ChessSeven Openings in Six Videos: Black's Uneven Ledger Against 1.d4Last month I stood beside board four at a club rapid tournament in Dhaka for ...
ChessThe Backbone Sits at the Bottom: The Crack Inside India Women's 5/5The round-six scoresheet from the hall had four empty boxes waiting in my...
ChessThe Scotch, a 60-Minute Course, and One Unverifiable NameIn December 2026, sifting through old National Championship score-sheets, one...