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The Steel Cupboard, Carlsen's Name, and a Sixty-Minute Promise: A Market Autopsy of the Scandinavian Defense2026-09-26The steel cupboard door at Old Paltan makes the same sound every time—a long,...
Savitha Shri: How a father's career gamble built an Olympiad hero — and why 7/7 is not yet proof2026-09-26On Thursday in Samarkand, after nearly five hours of play, the reserve board ...
The 'Sword of Damocles' of the Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Promise and an Unverified Carlsen Hook2026-09-26Not the Berlin Wall, not the Petroff; suddenly a 1...d5. I sat in the anchor...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Three-Year Savings2026-09-26The Thursday round in Samarkand took almost five hours to finish. From a...
ChessThe Steel Cupboard, Carlsen's Name, and a Sixty-Minute Promise: A Market Autopsy of the Scandinavian DefenseThe steel cupboard door at Old Paltan makes the same sound every time—a long,...
ChessThe 'Sword of Damocles' of the Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Promise and an Unverified Carlsen HookNot the Berlin Wall, not the Petroff; suddenly a 1...d5. I sat in the anchor...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Three-Year SavingsThe Thursday round in Samarkand took almost five hours to finish. From a...
ChessSavitha Shri: How a father's career gamble built an Olympiad hero — and why 7/7 is not yet proofOn Thursday in Samarkand, after nearly five hours of play, the reserve board ...
ChessThe Sword's Shadow in an Empty Room: The Scandinavian Defense and the Sixty-Minute PromiseThe steel cupboard in the old federation office at Purana Paltan still opens ...
ChessSeven Boards, One Question: Savitha Shri's 7/7, the Reserve Seat, and a Family's Savings That Ran Out in Three YearsFive hours had already gone by, and the Samarkand match hall was in no mood t...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Prague Notebook: The Gap Between 15/16 and 27 That Nobody Asked AboutTwo numbers landed on my desk the same morning. One was 15/16 — China's score...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and a Metadata Mismatch1. An Absence in a Paltan Hall It was half past seven. Outside a Premier...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, A Prague Body: ChessBase Magazine #225 and One Metadata FractureA document landed in my notebook last week with a headline that read:...
ChessSamarkand's 15/16 vs Prague's 27 Miniatures: A Metadata Fault and an Audit of ChessBase Magazine #225Tuesday, 9:40 in the morning. I opened the file at my Mumbai desk. The name w...
ChessTwo Queen Moves, a Sixty-Minute Course: Where 'Sword of Damocles' Is True and Where It Is MarketingI counted up to White's third move. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — Black's queen...
ChessThe Steel Cupboard, a Download Key, and Seventeen Years of Silence: An Open Ledger on ChessBase Magazine #225Purana Paltan, the second week of April 2026. Daylight slants low through the...
ChessThe 'Sword of Damocles' of the Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Promise and an Unverified Carlsen HookNot the Berlin Wall, not the Petroff; suddenly a 1...d5. I sat in the anchor...
ChessSavitha Shri's 7/7 and a Father's Three-Year SavingsThe Thursday round in Samarkand took almost five hours to finish. From a...
ChessSavitha Shri: How a father's career gamble built an Olympiad hero — and why 7/7 is not yet proofOn Thursday in Samarkand, after nearly five hours of play, the reserve board ...
ChessThe Sword's Shadow in an Empty Room: The Scandinavian Defense and the Sixty-Minute PromiseThe steel cupboard in the old federation office at Purana Paltan still opens ...
ChessSeven Boards, One Question: Savitha Shri's 7/7, the Reserve Seat, and a Family's Savings That Ran Out in Three YearsFive hours had already gone by, and the Samarkand match hall was in no mood t...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Prague Notebook: The Gap Between 15/16 and 27 That Nobody Asked AboutTwo numbers landed on my desk the same morning. One was 15/16 — China's score...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and a Metadata Mismatch1. An Absence in a Paltan Hall It was half past seven. Outside a Premier...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, A Prague Body: ChessBase Magazine #225 and One Metadata FractureA document landed in my notebook last week with a headline that read:...
ChessSamarkand's 15/16 vs Prague's 27 Miniatures: A Metadata Fault and an Audit of ChessBase Magazine #225Tuesday, 9:40 in the morning. I opened the file at my Mumbai desk. The name w...
ChessTwo Queen Moves, a Sixty-Minute Course: Where 'Sword of Damocles' Is True and Where It Is MarketingI counted up to White's third move. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — Black's queen...
ChessThe Steel Cupboard, a Download Key, and Seventeen Years of Silence: An Open Ledger on ChessBase Magazine #225Purana Paltan, the second week of April 2026. Daylight slants low through the...