All Hallows
The Mortar of Silence
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben · Wilhelm Steinitz v. Curt Von Bardeleben · 1-0
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The Stories
One game. Many tellings.
Every story here is a real game, played move for move, recast into a world that changes everything except the moves.
The tellings
newest firstThe Saga of King Arthur
The Weight of Open Roads
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben · Wilhelm Steinitz v. Curt Von Bardeleben · 1-0
15 September 2026Read it →
The Saga of King Arthur
The Road That Closed
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben · Wilhelm Steinitz v. Curt Von Bardeleben · 1-0
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Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA
Salt Fog at the Gate
Capablanca vs Marshall · José Raúl Capablanca v. Frank Marshall · 1-0
9 August 2026Read it →
The Saga of King Arthur
The Gate That Stayed Open
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben · Wilhelm Steinitz v. Curt Von Bardeleben · 1-0
9 August 2026Read it →
The World of Cossack
The Price of the Open Gate
Rubinstein's Immortal · Gersz Rotlewi v. Akiba Rubinstein · 0-1
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The Spirit of '76
The Order That Stayed Given
Fischer vs Spassky, Game 6 · Robert James Fischer v. Boris Spassky · 1-0
9 August 2026Read it →
Space Explorers: Galaxy Rivals
The Route That Blinked Blue
Deep Blue vs Kasparov · Deep Blue v. Garry Kasparov · 1-0
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The Great War of Kurukshetra
The Conch and the Broken Crown
Kasparov's Immortal · Garry Kasparov v. Veselin Topalov · 1-0
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The War of the Three Kingdoms
The Mandate Beneath Jade
The Opera Game · Paul Morphy v. Duke Karl / Count Isouard · 1-0
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The Great War of Kurukshetra
The Road from Righteous Judgement
The Game of the Century · Donald Byrne v. Bobby Fischer · 0-1
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The Saga of King Arthur
The Lantern and the Broken Oath
The Immortal Game · Adolf Anderssen v. Lionel Kieseritzky · 1-0
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Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA
Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA: A Chronicle
The Opera Game · Paul Morphy v. Duke Karl / Count Isouard · 1-0
24 July 2026Read it →
Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA
Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA: A Chronicle
The Opera Game · Paul Morphy v. Duke Karl / Count Isouard · 1-0
16 July 2026Read it →
Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA
Malibu vs Venice: Two Coasts of LA: A Chronicle
Bill Gates v. Magnus Carlsen · *
16 July 2026Read it →
The Saga of King Arthur
Where the Last Candle Burns
The Opera Game · Paul Morphy v. Duke Karl / Count Isouard · 1-0
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The Great War of Kurukshetra
Neither Victory Nor Silence: The Field of Kurukshetra
D Gukesh v. Viswanathan Anand · 1/2-1/2
8 July 2026Read it →
8 July 2026Read it →
The Saga of King Arthur
When Avalon's Light Broke the Shadow Throne
The Opera Game · Paul Morphy v. Duke Karl / Count Isouard · 1-0
9 June 2026Read it →
The Great War of Kurukshetra
Where Dharma Frays at the Edge of the World
D Gukesh v. Viswanathan Anand · 1/2-1/2
7 June 2026Read it →
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