Chess
The Sword of Damocles: Thirteen Claims, Zero Games — The Ledger of the Scandinavian Defense
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Father's Gamble, a Reserve Board's Triumph, and the Fault Line in Chess Economics
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Lesson: The Ledger of Thirteen Data Points
One Name in the Headline, Another Subject in the Body: The Elephant Gambit, 60-Minute Repertoires and the Ledger of the Chess Content Market
The Sword of Damocles: Thirteen Claims, Zero Games — The Ledger of the Scandinavian DefenseThe Sword of Damocles: Thirteen Claims, Zero Games — The Ledger of the...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Father's Gamble, a Reserve Board's Triumph, and the Fault Line in Chess EconomicsThursday's round had passed the five-hour mark. At the Samarkand 2026...
A Samarkand Headline, a Scandinavian Lesson: The Ledger of Thirteen Data PointsI opened the file late last night expecting a crosstable from Round 8 of the...
The Money That Ran Out in Three Years: Savitha Shri's 7/7 and the Ledger Behind a Chess PipelineIn Samarkand, the clock tipped past five hours. My laptop refreshed the live...
One Headline, Two Games: Samarkand's Round Eight and the Market for the Scandinavian DefenseIt was 3:40 in the morning in a bedroom in Mymensingh. A news feed refreshed ...
The Queen's Tempo: A 60-Minute Scandinavian, Carlsen's Name, and an Incomplete RepertoireI was counting a number at board side in the seventh round of a Dhaka club...
One Name in the Headline, Another Subject in the Body: The Elephant Gambit, 60-Minute Repertoires and the Ledger of the Chess Content MarketThirteen Points, Zero Connections A document landed on my desk last month. On...
Six Videos, Seven Openings: The Information Vacuum in Black's Defensive Repertoire MarketTwo things sat side by side on the same page. At the top, a headline — "Chess...