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ChessSamarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Gold-Math Gap Nobody Is Counting2026-09-27In Round 9 at Samarkand, the clock on board four had passed five hours and...
ChessSamarkand in the Title, Prague on the Page: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Quiet Fracture in Chess's Information Economy2026-09-26The title arrived first. The subject came later. In English it read: Samarkan...
ChessSamarkand on the Label, a Magazine in the Box: The Chess Ledger, China's Women's Question, and a Lost Headline2026-09-26PLACEHOLDER
Chess45.Rd1: Savitha's Gamble in Samarkand and India's Bronze Line2026-09-28The clock was crawling toward its last minutes and the hall in Samarkand had...
ChessThe King Walked, the Scoresheet Stayed Empty: What the 5.e5 Line Gives Club Players, and What It Hides2026-09-27A king is trained to stay home. It moves late, and only in a settlement. Yet...
ChessThe Samarkand Ledger: Gukesh’s 54-Move Escape and India’s Single-Point Dependence2026-09-26It is just past six in the evening in Moscow, and the clock on the board in...
Chess45.Rd1: Savitha's Gamble in Samarkand and India's Bronze LineThe clock was crawling toward its last minutes and the hall in Samarkand had...
ChessThe King Walked, the Scoresheet Stayed Empty: What the 5.e5 Line Gives Club Players, and What It HidesA king is trained to stay home. It moves late, and only in a settlement. Yet...
ChessSamarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Gold-Math Gap Nobody Is CountingIn Round 9 at Samarkand, the clock on board four had passed five hours and...
ChessThe Samarkand Ledger: Gukesh’s 54-Move Escape and India’s Single-Point DependenceIt is just past six in the evening in Moscow, and the clock on the board in...
ChessMove 54 in Samarkand: Gukesh's Escape and the Ledger of India's Single-Point DependenceThe clock on Table 4 has crossed five hours. I was sitting in the back row of...
ChessSamarkand in the Title, Prague on the Page: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Quiet Fracture in Chess's Information EconomyThe title arrived first. The subject came later. In English it read: Samarkan...
ChessThe Ledger Gap: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026, and the Samarkand Title MismatchChessBase Magazine #225 arrives with a serious metadata mismatch. The headlin...
ChessSamarkand in the Title, a Catalogue Inside: Who Keeps Chess's Ledger?It was almost two in the morning in Saint Petersburg. One lamp was on in the...
ChessSamarkand on the Label, a Magazine in the Box: The Chess Ledger, China's Women's Question, and a Lost HeadlinePLACEHOLDER
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and One Mislabeled FileThe file was titled Samarkand, Round 8, women's section — China leading with...