Chess
A Samarkand Headline and a Bayonet Attack 'Antidote': Data Integrity in Chess Media, the NNUE Era, and the Real Value of 9...a5The headline said one thing. The body said another. Round 7, Samarkand Open —...
Samarkand R7: An Advertisement Hidden Inside a One-Match-Point Headline, and the Invisible Coverage of Women's ChessThe headline read: "Samarkand R7 (women): China and Kazakhstan draw, now lead...
Headline Precision, Body Void: From Samarkand Round 7 to a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementThe headline put three things on screen in a single line. Venue: Samarkand....
Thirty Minutes and Three Moves: From Nihal's Board to Bangladesh's LedgerThree moves before the game ended, the clock still showed thirty minutes. The...
Poland Is India's Achilles Heel Again: The Round 5 Olympiad Loss No Camera Ever RecordsWhen the cameras leave the hall, what stays behind is a pairing sheet and a...
The Shadow Called Poland: A Round Five Headline and a Block Nobody Has OpenedThe chair in the third row of the press room was still cold, and all I had wa...
Four Rounds, Eight Leaders: The Ledger in ChessBase Magazine 225At the Bukhara Hall in Samarkand, before the last piece stopped moving on boa...
The Scotch Game: From Kasparov's Revival to Mikhalchishin's Counter-System — A 25-Year LedgerThe headline says 'Egon Mattaaq: His tournament debut at the Olympiad' — but...
