Chess
ChessIndia coach says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali are stronger than when they won the Olympiad: what that claim needs to stand up2026-09-16Budapest, September 2026. India's women's team closed the Chess Olympiad at t...
ChessThe Samarkand Torch and Three Unverified Titles2026-09-15There is a moment I replayed seven times. Javokhir Sindarov lifts the Olympia...
Chess5.e5 — The Move That Turns the Italian Game Into a Trap, and Why I Still Won't Teach It to My Students2026-09-15On 9 November 2026, at a grassroots chess tournament in Delhi, I sat behind a...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends Double Gold and the Hidden Variable Called Board OrderAt Budapest in 2026, when India completed a historic double gold in both the...
Mar del Plata, the Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: When an Opening Product Ships Without a Single Reference GameAt two in the morning in Shenzhen, I set the board up again on the dining...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: An Antidote or a Repackaged Sideline?That night I stayed in the office until nearly eleven. On my screen was a boa...
Coach Misra and the claim that Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali are 'stronger than when they won the Olympiad': When a coach's belief needs the scoreboard of data to confirm itBudapest, September 2026. The Indian women's team climbed to the top of the...
Samarkand 2026: India's Chess Team, One Night Before Round 1 and a Question Left UnansweredAbout five hours after their flight touched down in Samarkand, India's chess...
The 5.e5 Move and the 'Easy to Learn' Promise: When a Shortcut Opening Meets the Real MapIn a chess hall in Chiang Mai, the game reached move five. White's pawn stepp...
Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad: The Night Without Rooms for the World ChampionSrinath Narayanan posted a message late at night: the Indian chess team had...
ChessBase and the August Release Cycle: Petroff Defence, Calculation and Positional PlayOn 13 August, ChessBase published its new product catalogue for the month of...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need Re-examiningA small flame passes from the hand of a former world champion to a player...
India after the Chess Olympiad gold: The 'stronger' claim and the data gapOn the night of September 22, 2026, in Budapest, I sat in front of the screen...
India coach says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali are stronger than when they won the Olympiad: what that claim needs to stand upBudapest, September 2026. India's women's team closed the Chess Olympiad at t...
The Chess Analyses With No Moves In ThemOne October evening, a young coach in Da Nang sent me a six-page report on a...
The Fifth Move in a Da Nang Cafe and the Trade of Selling Opening TrapsOne evening on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, I watched a fifteen-year-o...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Unverified TitlesThere is a moment I replayed seven times. Javokhir Sindarov lifts the Olympia...
5.e5 — The Move That Turns the Italian Game Into a Trap, and Why I Still Won't Teach It to My StudentsOn 9 November 2026, at a grassroots chess tournament in Delhi, I sat behind a...
Mar del Plata, the Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: When an Opening Product Ships Without a Single Reference GameAt two in the morning in Shenzhen, I set the board up again on the dining...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: An Antidote or a Repackaged Sideline?That night I stayed in the office until nearly eleven. On my screen was a boa...
Coach Misra and the claim that Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali are 'stronger than when they won the Olympiad': When a coach's belief needs the scoreboard of data to confirm itBudapest, September 2026. The Indian women's team climbed to the top of the...
Samarkand 2026: India's Chess Team, One Night Before Round 1 and a Question Left UnansweredAbout five hours after their flight touched down in Samarkand, India's chess...
The 5.e5 Move and the 'Easy to Learn' Promise: When a Shortcut Opening Meets the Real MapIn a chess hall in Chiang Mai, the game reached move five. White's pawn stepp...
Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad: The Night Without Rooms for the World ChampionSrinath Narayanan posted a message late at night: the Indian chess team had...
ChessBase and the August Release Cycle: Petroff Defence, Calculation and Positional PlayOn 13 August, ChessBase published its new product catalogue for the month of...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Names That Need Re-examiningA small flame passes from the hand of a former world champion to a player...
India after the Chess Olympiad gold: The 'stronger' claim and the data gapOn the night of September 22, 2026, in Budapest, I sat in front of the screen...
India coach says Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali are stronger than when they won the Olympiad: what that claim needs to stand upBudapest, September 2026. India's women's team closed the Chess Olympiad at t...
The Chess Analyses With No Moves In ThemOne October evening, a young coach in Da Nang sent me a six-page report on a...
The Fifth Move in a Da Nang Cafe and the Trade of Selling Opening TrapsOne evening on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, I watched a fifteen-year-o...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Unverified TitlesThere is a moment I replayed seven times. Javokhir Sindarov lifts the Olympia...
5.e5 — The Move That Turns the Italian Game Into a Trap, and Why I Still Won't Teach It to My StudentsOn 9 November 2026, at a grassroots chess tournament in Delhi, I sat behind a...
