Chess
Savitha Shri: The Father's Job Gamble, the Ledger of Savings, and the 7/7 Olympiad Heroine
Seven Wins on Board Five: Savitha Shri, Samarkand 2026 and a Family's Three-Year Reckoning
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Course: Two Boards on One Page
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Board Said Scandinavian: Two Faces of One File
Samarkand Round 8 vs a 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: Anatomy of a Chess Information Failure
Samarkand in the Headline, 1...d5 on the Page: Anatomy of a Mislabelled Chess Story
Samarkand Round 8 vs a 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: Anatomy of a Chess Information FailureIt is half past midnight in Mymensingh. On the laptop sits my tag file — 640...
Samarkand in the Headline, 1...d5 on the Page: Anatomy of a Mislabelled Chess StoryAt eleven at night, in a coffee shop in Penang, I was scrolling a chess feed...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: Carlsen's Name, an Empty Column, and the Sword of DamoclesA 60-minute chess course landed in my inbox last month. The title read “Sword...
Savitha Shri: The Father's Job Gamble, the Ledger of Savings, and the 7/7 Olympiad HeroineThe hall in Samarkand was silent. The fifth hour was underway. India's women'...
File No. 225: The Title Says Samarkand, the Body Says PragueBefore I opened the file, the headline read: Samarkand, round eight, women's...
Seven Wins on Board Five: Savitha Shri, Samarkand 2026 and a Family's Three-Year ReckoningFive Hours, Three Screens, One Clock The clock in the Samarkand hall was...
Sword of Damocles: The 60-Minute Promise, a 640-Game Ledger, and the Invisible Price of the Scandinavian Defense1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — three moves in, the picture is already clear....
Samarkand in the Headline, Scandinavian on the Page: The Verification Gap in Chess NewsTwo in the morning. In a Delhi flat, under a single table lamp, there is a...
Seven from Seven in Samarkand, Three Years in Chennai: The Ledger Nobody WroteThe Thursday round ran nearly five hours. By then, only two variables were...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Course: Two Boards on One PageIt is half past midnight in a room in Mymensingh. The tea went cold three hou...
Savitha Shri: Seven Wins at the Board, Three Years of Savings Gone at HomeThe fifth board in the Samarkand hall is the loneliest seat in chess. Nobody...
The Headline Said Samarkand, the Board Said Scandinavian: Two Faces of One FileAt 2:14 a.m. on August 12, 2026, on a 2026 laptop in my Khulna flat, I saved ...