Chess
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, Gukesh and the Three Gaps Nobody Wants to Name
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India and the Rule That Decides the Crown
The Whistle in an Empty Stadium: VAR and the Incomplete Transparency of Vietnamese Football
Chess Olympiad: Gukesh to Play Board 4 for India as Humpy Leads Women's Team
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India and the Rule That Decides the CrownOn 22 September 2026, on the podium in Budapest, five Indian players stood si...
The Whistle in an Empty Stadium: VAR and the Incomplete Transparency of Vietnamese FootballPeople still call VAR "the second referee" of modern football. But on a weeke...
Chess Olympiad: Gukesh to Play Board 4 for India as Humpy Leads Women's TeamWhen India's squad list for the Chess Olympiad was announced, my eyes stopped...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: Antidote or Marketing Gimmick?I misread the name of a player, then read the position correctly when the...
India's Chess Auction Floor: More Than Eighty Grandmasters, Only A Few Dozen Paid SeatsTwo in the Morning in Chennai Two in the morning, in the corridor of a hotel ...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, Gukesh and the Three Gaps Nobody Wants to NameIn 44 years of sitting from spectator seats to press rooms, I learned one...
ChessBase's August 2026 Release Cycle: Petroff, Calculation, and Two Positional-Play CoursesOn September 13, 2026, I opened ChessBase's new-releases page and stopped at ...
A Sleepless Night in Samarkand: When Champions Waited for Keys Before Round OneI remember the September night in Budapest in 2026. India won the Chess...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends Two Crowns, and a Broadcast Gap Nobody Has FilledIn a Chess Olympiad playing hall, the first thing that reaches your ear is no...
ChessBase August Releases: The Petroff Returns and a Signal from the Chess Training MarketThere is a habit I have kept for years, since I was sixteen writing tactical...
India's Women's Chess Olympiad Gold and the "Stronger" Claim That Lacks DataAt Budapest in September 2026, India's women's team took gold at the Chess...
The Whistle in an Empty Stadium: VAR and the Incomplete Transparency of Vietnamese FootballPeople still call VAR "the second referee" of modern football. But on a weeke...
Chess Olympiad: Gukesh to Play Board 4 for India as Humpy Leads Women's TeamWhen India's squad list for the Chess Olympiad was announced, my eyes stopped...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: Antidote or Marketing Gimmick?I misread the name of a player, then read the position correctly when the...
India's Chess Auction Floor: More Than Eighty Grandmasters, Only A Few Dozen Paid SeatsTwo in the Morning in Chennai Two in the morning, in the corridor of a hotel ...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India, Gukesh and the Three Gaps Nobody Wants to NameIn 44 years of sitting from spectator seats to press rooms, I learned one...
ChessBase's August 2026 Release Cycle: Petroff, Calculation, and Two Positional-Play CoursesOn September 13, 2026, I opened ChessBase's new-releases page and stopped at ...
A Sleepless Night in Samarkand: When Champions Waited for Keys Before Round OneI remember the September night in Budapest in 2026. India won the Chess...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends Two Crowns, and a Broadcast Gap Nobody Has FilledIn a Chess Olympiad playing hall, the first thing that reaches your ear is no...
ChessBase August Releases: The Petroff Returns and a Signal from the Chess Training MarketThere is a habit I have kept for years, since I was sixteen writing tactical...
India's Women's Chess Olympiad Gold and the "Stronger" Claim That Lacks DataAt Budapest in September 2026, India's women's team took gold at the Chess...
