Chess
The King Walk and the Empty Room: From Sarana’s Line to a Khulna Board
A Samarkand File, a Prague Tissue: When Chess's Training Market Covers a Pipeline Injury
Savitha Shri: A father's job-quit and a 7/7 reserve run — the real story is not hero-making, it's the cost sheet
Samarkand's 54 Moves: Gukesh Escaped a Lost Position, but India's Gold Still Depends on Another Table
5.e5! — Erigaisi's Sharp Weapon and the Evergreen Illusion of Club Chess
The King Walk and the Empty Room: From Sarana’s Line to a Khulna BoardLate November 2026, in my flat in Khulna, a wooden board sat on the table wit...
Samarkand's 54 Moves: Gukesh Escaped a Lost Position, but India's Gold Still Depends on Another TableThe sixth hour of Round 9 had already passed in the Samarkand hall. The...
5.e5! — Erigaisi's Sharp Weapon and the Evergreen Illusion of Club ChessThe clock doesn't stop at the fourth minute of a 60-minute study session; the...
The Envelope Said Samarkand, Inside Came Prague 2026At six minutes past six in the evening, in my flat in Khulna, the courier boy...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the File: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Ledger of Chess ContentThe file was opened on a Tuesday morning. The headline read: Samarkand, Round...
Samarkand Round 9: The 54-Move Escape and the Columns Still BlankIt is past half seven in the evening in Samarkand, and the ninth-round clock ...
The Screen Said Samarkand, the File Said Prague: The Label War Inside Chess InformationFive in the morning in Mymensingh. A fan turning overhead, a second-hand lapt...
Not Samarkand, but ChessBase Magazine #225: Why Blockchain Matters for Verifying Chess ClaimsA headline can change the meaning of an entire chess report. The title...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Five-Hour Reversal and the Balance Sheet Inside India's Gold ChaseAugust 2026, London Stadium. A Delhi digital platform put me in the anchor...
A Samarkand Title, a Prague Story: The Real Picture of ChessBase Magazine #225From a Mymensingh bedroom, I learned the stadium is only a screen. This morni...
A Samarkand File, a Prague Tissue: When Chess's Training Market Covers a Pipeline InjuryHook: The file was named Samarkand; the patient seated inside was Prague The...
Savitha Shri: A father's career gamble, a reserve's 7/7, and the real ledger of the Samarkand OlympiadAlmost five hours into the fourth round at Samarkand, the decisive moves were...
Samarkand's Round Eight, a 60-Minute Video, and Chess's Unfinished LedgerTwo in the morning in a Delhi flat, at the tail end of a transfer window. A...
Savitha Shri: A father's job-quit and a 7/7 reserve run — the real story is not hero-making, it's the cost sheetThursday's round lasted nearly five hours. On India's open board, world...