Chess
Samarkand in the Title, Prague in the File: The Empty Square in Chess's Content Economy
5.e5!: The Move Behind Game of the Week #740, and the Ledger Nobody Keeps
Gukesh's Houdini Act in Samarkand Keeps India Alive in the Gold Race
5.e5! and the Board of Unequal Evidence: Reading Club Chess Through Erigaisi–Laohawirapap
Two Bodies in One Coffin: A FIDE Presidency Headline, a Najdorf Move, and the Ledger of an Unproven Claim
Loud Headline, Empty Square: The Najdorf File, the Turlov Claim, and the Quiet Ledger of Chess News
5.e5!: The Move Behind Game of the Week #740, and the Ledger Nobody KeepsMy notebook has two numbers written beside the move 5.e5 — 740 and 60. The...
Gukesh's Houdini Act in Samarkand Keeps India Alive in the Gold RaceAfter 54 moves, one line changed: not 0-1 but 1-0. D Gukesh spent more than...
5.e5! and the Board of Unequal Evidence: Reading Club Chess Through Erigaisi–LaohawirapapGame of the Week #740 — Erigaisi versus Laohawirapap. The headline promises a...
Two Bodies in One Coffin: A FIDE Presidency Headline, a Najdorf Move, and the Ledger of an Unproven ClaimHook: A Document That Arrived Split in Two Last week a file landed on my desk...
Loud Headline, Empty Square: The Najdorf File, the Turlov Claim, and the Quiet Ledger of Chess NewsEleven at night in a Saint Petersburg kitchen. Cold tea on the table, the Nev...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the File: The Economics of Chess Training Content and the Meaning of Twenty-Seven MiniaturesHook Last week I was scrolling a chess feed at my home in Saint Petersburg....
Samarkand, Round 9: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and the Single-Player Arithmetic of India's Gold DefenceIt is just past two in the morning in Dublin. Five hours behind Samarkand, I ...
Samarkand in the Title, Prague in the File: The Empty Square in Chess's Content EconomyI opened the file at 1:47 a.m. The headline said: Samarkand, round eight,...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the Body: A Metadata Gap and the Ledger of the Training MarketTwo items sat side by side in my notebook this publication cycle, and they...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Course, Carlsen's Name, and Chess's Open Ledger1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 — four moves, and a ledger is already written o...
Seven Wins in Seven and One Blank Column: Savitha Shri's Receipt Has No Opponent Rating On It1. Hook: The Number That Does Not Carry Its Own Proof Seven matches, seven...
Gukesh's Houdini Act in Samarkand Keeps India Alive in the Gold RaceAfter 54 moves, one line changed: not 0-1 but 1-0. D Gukesh spent more than...
5.e5! and the Board of Unequal Evidence: Reading Club Chess Through Erigaisi–LaohawirapapGame of the Week #740 — Erigaisi versus Laohawirapap. The headline promises a...
Two Bodies in One Coffin: A FIDE Presidency Headline, a Najdorf Move, and the Ledger of an Unproven ClaimHook: A Document That Arrived Split in Two Last week a file landed on my desk...
Loud Headline, Empty Square: The Najdorf File, the Turlov Claim, and the Quiet Ledger of Chess NewsEleven at night in a Saint Petersburg kitchen. Cold tea on the table, the Nev...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the File: The Economics of Chess Training Content and the Meaning of Twenty-Seven MiniaturesHook Last week I was scrolling a chess feed at my home in Saint Petersburg....
Samarkand, Round 9: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape and the Single-Player Arithmetic of India's Gold DefenceIt is just past two in the morning in Dublin. Five hours behind Samarkand, I ...
Samarkand in the Title, Prague in the File: The Empty Square in Chess's Content EconomyI opened the file at 1:47 a.m. The headline said: Samarkand, round eight,...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague in the Body: A Metadata Gap and the Ledger of the Training MarketTwo items sat side by side in my notebook this publication cycle, and they...
The Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Course, Carlsen's Name, and Chess's Open Ledger1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 — four moves, and a ledger is already written o...
Seven Wins in Seven and One Blank Column: Savitha Shri's Receipt Has No Opponent Rating On It1. Hook: The Number That Does Not Carry Its Own Proof Seven matches, seven...