Chess
Samarkand in the Headline, King's Indian on the Board: The Case for 9...a5 and the Ledger of Evidence in the NNUE Era
Eight Level in Samarkand: The Flat Table That Mirrors the Opening Factory
Samarkand's Eight-Way Tie: Parity That Is Really the Price of Preparation
The Promise of 9...a5, the NNUE Knife: A Bayonet Attack DVD's Claims and a Broken Headline
The Promise of 9...a5, the NNUE Knife: A Bayonet Attack DVD's Claims and a Broken HeadlineLast week, digging through a DVD advertisement file, the first thing that...
Samarkand in the Headline, King's Indian on the Board: The Case for 9...a5 and the Ledger of Evidence in the NNUE EraIn a tea stall in Purana Paltan I did not see a board first on my phone scree...
Samarkand Round 7: What the Board Remembered, What the Camera MissedIt is two twenty-seven in the morning in Saint Petersburg. Beyond the window...
One Match Point of Daylight, Ten Lines of Advertising: What Samarkand R7 Can and Cannot VerifyThe headline looked immaculate at first glance: "Samarkand R7 (women): China...
9...a5: A Bayonet Antidote, an Outdated Engine Excuse, and a Headline's Unpaid DebtThe headline said Samarkand. Round seven, open section, and a claim —...
A Samarkand Headline, a DVD's Body: Chess's Antidote Economy and the Quiet Arithmetic of BelongingThe headline belonged to Samarkand. The body belonged to 9...a5. I opened a...
Seven Columns, Zero Rows: The Ledger of an Empty Board in Chess AnalysisMumbai, a Sunday morning. A spreadsheet open with seven columns - date, sourc...
The Empty Board in Samarkand: Yom Kippur, Seed 22, and the Olympiad's Consent-Based ClockThe Empty Board in Samarkand: Yom Kippur, Seed 22, and the Olympiad's...
Eight Level in Samarkand: The Flat Table That Mirrors the Opening FactoryThe scoreboard on the hall wall in Samarkand froze after Round Four—eight...
Samarkand's Eight-Way Tie: Parity That Is Really the Price of PreparationEight names share the same score on the Samarkand standings board after Round...
Fischer's Name, Scotch's Body: A Faulty Block in the Chess Theory ChainAt two in the morning a browser tab sat open in a Delhi flat. The headline...
Six Videos, Seven Openings, Zero Sample Games: Auditing IM Valeri Lilov's Black Repertoire CourseHook Six videos. Seven openings. Zero sample games. Those three numbers sit...
Poland Again: India's Women's Team, the Board-Four Arithmetic, and the Ledger Behind One WordIt was two in the morning in Penang. On the laptop the live boards were going...