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A Samarkand Result in the Headline, a Scandinavian Course in the Body: An Autopsy of a Headline-Body Fracture
Savitha Shri: Seven Wins in Seven, a Three-Year Runway, and the Olympiad's Fifth Board
Savitha Shri's 7/7: One Five-Hour Board and Savings That Ran Out in Three Years
Samarkand in the Title, 27 Miniatures Inside: An Audit of a File Mismatch
Samarkand in the Title, 27 Miniatures Inside: An Audit of a File MismatchSamarkand in the Title, 27 Miniatures Inside: An Audit of a File Mismatch Las...
A Samarkand Result in the Headline, a Scandinavian Course in the Body: An Autopsy of a Headline-Body FractureThe headline was a result. The body was an advertisement. “Samarkand Round 8...
Seven from Seven on a Reserve Board: Savitha Shri's Ledger and Her Father's Exhausted FundThat round in Samarkand ran nearly five hours. Two separate stories were...
Sword of Damocles: The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes — Course-Economy Claims vs Board ArithmeticA 13-point promotional blurb landed in my inbox: a 60-minute video course on...
Savitha Shri: A Father's Resigned Job, a 7/7 — and a Scoresheet With No Move NumbersSamarkand, a Thursday. The clock was brushing five hours. On board one of...
Savitha Shri: Seven Wins in Seven, a Three-Year Runway, and the Olympiad's Fifth BoardA father sits in a living room in Chennai, watching a laptop. On the screen i...
Seven Wins, Seven Questions: Savitha Shri, 7/7 and a Father's Three-Year SavingsThe round sheet was still open on my desk when the fifth hour ticked past in...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: One Five-Hour Board and Savings That Ran Out in Three YearsSamarkand, Thursday evening. Roughly five hours on the clock. India's fifth...