Chess on the Silk Road
Samarkand sits on one of the most important historic stations of the Silk Road — the route that carried chess from India through Persia to Europe. We're building the chronicle of the 46th Olympiad on the very ground where it travelled.
This page is not a marketing campaign. It is the research phase for a monograph on the 46th Chess Olympiad, to be published in 2027.
Every interview, every player card, every Echo of older Olympiads, every dispatch from the playing hall — becomes a primary source. Chess.com has resources but writes no monographs. Olimpbase has data but no narrative. FIDE has access but no editorial point of view. OlympChess has the monograph.
"Chess on the Silk Road" is the tagline reserved exclusively for the 46th Olympiad. Each subsequent Olympiad — Riyadh 2028, and beyond — will carry its own. A series.
Join the waitlist — 15% off
With the 46th Olympiad in Samarkand now over, work has begun on a new ebook. Join the waitlist and get 15% off at release — we will let you know the day the book is out.
About OlympChess
OlympChess is a publishing project devoted to the Chess Olympiads — their history, stories, and turning points. We write monographs of past Olympiads and chronicle new ones as they happen.
Author: Krzysztof Puszczewicz · olympchess.com · Contact: books@olympchess.com