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Samarkand Round 8: Germany’s Win in the Headline, a Scandinavian Defense Course in the BodyAfter years of watching matches, I have learned one thing: when the headline...
The Sword of Damocles: The One-Hour Promise and the Uncovered Square of the Scandinavian DefenseOn a monsoon evening I was sitting in a small club room in Penang. The wooden...
Sword of Damocles: The 60-Minute Promise of the Scandinavian Defense and Its Incomplete Arithmetic1...d5. On the board it is one move; on the clock it is a cost. After 2.exd5...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Elite Annotation, 27 Miniatures, and the Ledger Dhaka Never KeepsThe masthead said Samarkand. Round eight. A women's team event. China leading...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Round That Held the Thread, and the One That Didn'tThe clock in the Samarkand hall is edging toward five hours, and on the fifth...
The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Name, and a Sixty-Minute PromiseHook: A Seven-Word Advertisement The sales line is seven words long: the...
Sword of Damocles: 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian — Where Carlsen's Name Is Bigger Than the Evidence1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — nobody needs a course to play those three moves....
The Title Said Samarkand, the Copy Said Prague — Auditing a Catalogue ErrorI opened the file looking for Samarkand. The title said Round 8 of the women'...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Reserve Board's Wins and a Family's MiscalculationThat Thursday in Samarkand, my laptop in Mymensingh held two boards side by...
A Headline About a Board, a Body About Sixty Minutes: The Samarkand Round 8 Ledger and a Scandinavian CourseThirteen information points. One belongs to a board; twelve belong to an...
A Headline About a Tournament, a Body Selling a Course: Samarkand Round 8 and the Ledger of the Scandinavian DefenceI opened the file looking for a scoreline. I got a sales page. The headline...
The Sword of Damocles: The One-Hour Promise and the Uncovered Square of the Scandinavian DefenseOn a monsoon evening I was sitting in a small club room in Penang. The wooden...
Sword of Damocles: The 60-Minute Promise of the Scandinavian Defense and Its Incomplete Arithmetic1...d5. On the board it is one move; on the clock it is a cost. After 2.exd5...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Elite Annotation, 27 Miniatures, and the Ledger Dhaka Never KeepsThe masthead said Samarkand. Round eight. A women's team event. China leading...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Round That Held the Thread, and the One That Didn'tThe clock in the Samarkand hall is edging toward five hours, and on the fifth...
The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Name, and a Sixty-Minute PromiseHook: A Seven-Word Advertisement The sales line is seven words long: the...
Sword of Damocles: 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian — Where Carlsen's Name Is Bigger Than the Evidence1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 — nobody needs a course to play those three moves....
The Title Said Samarkand, the Copy Said Prague — Auditing a Catalogue ErrorI opened the file looking for Samarkand. The title said Round 8 of the women'...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: A Reserve Board's Wins and a Family's MiscalculationThat Thursday in Samarkand, my laptop in Mymensingh held two boards side by...
A Headline About a Board, a Body About Sixty Minutes: The Samarkand Round 8 Ledger and a Scandinavian CourseThirteen information points. One belongs to a board; twelve belong to an...
A Headline About a Tournament, a Body Selling a Course: Samarkand Round 8 and the Ledger of the Scandinavian DefenceI opened the file looking for a scoreline. I got a sales page. The headline...
