Russian poet writing articles about Knight and Queen, tovarish? Not half (9)
I believe the answer is:
akhmatova
'russian poet' is the definition.
(Anna Akhmatova)
'articles about knight and queen tovarish? not half' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'knight' could be 'k' and 'k' is located in the answer.
'queen' could be 'hm' (short for Her Majesty) and 'hm' is found in the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'writing' is the link.
(Other definitions for akhmatova that I've seen before include "Narrow-minded" , "Russian poet" .)