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The Round That Was Never Played: Israel's Double Forfeit in Samarkand and the FIDE Rule Nobody Read
A Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet Attack DVD, and the Audit Nobody Ran
A Samarkand Headline, a DVD on 9...a5 — Who Paid for This Board?
Samarkand Round 7: The Chess Inside the Headline, and the Chess That Wasn't There
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Bayonet Attack DVD, and the Audit Nobody RanIt is half past midnight. On the table in my small Penang flat sits a cup of...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a DVD on 9...a5 — Who Paid for This Board?1:40 a.m. in Penang. Lights off, only the phone glowing. The headline surface...
ChessSamarkand Round 7: The Chess Inside the Headline, and the Chess That Wasn't ThereSamarkand, Round 7, women's section. The headline was precise, almost...
ChessSamarkand Round 7: Eleven Information Points, Three Chess Facts, Zero BoardsI start by counting. Analysis without counting is a board with attention but ...
ChessAn Anti-Scotch Course, a Blank Name, and Dhaka's Tk 11 Lakh BudgetThe headline promised someone's Olympiad debut. Open the page and you find a...
ChessAn Anti-Scotch Advertisement, an Olympiad Headline, and One Unverifiable NameThe board in my Mymensingh room is almost always open. When the afternoon cla...
ChessThirty Minutes on the Clock, Two Points Ahead, Three Moves: Why Team Scoring Turns One Junior's Blunder Into a Match ResultThere were still thirty minutes on the clock. The evaluation sat at roughly...
ChessThe Round That Was Never Played: Israel's Double Forfeit in Samarkand and the FIDE Rule Nobody ReadEmpty Chairs At Samarkand the round-six clock started on schedule. Boards,...
ChessEight Joint Leaders in Samarkand and ChessBase Magazine #225: A Results Ledger Against a 27-Game IndexI opened the standings table after Round 4 in Samarkand. Eight names, the sam...