Published Chess Writing

For the London Review of Books, I have covered the two most recent matches for the World Championship as well as Magnus Carlsen’s 2020 attempts to launch an online grand prix competition.

For Radical Philosophy, I deciphered some photos of a chess game played between Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin.
A pdf is here: https://www.radicalphilosophyarchive.com/issue-files/rp161_extras.pdf

2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2022/august/carlsen-s-next-moves

2018 Match: Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/november/sporting-facts

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/november/carlsen-s-fortress

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/november/endgame

2021 Match: Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/november/dr-soberstone-i-presume

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/december/carlsen-triumphs-again

2020 Magnus Carlsen Invitational

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2020/april/carlsen-s-gambit

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2020/may/carlsen-wins-again