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CBM #225 and Prague 2026: The Baseline That 27 Miniatures Give and Long Annotations CannotFor forty years I have been stuck at the same point while reading an annotate...
Prague Chess Festival 2026: A Data-Driven Analysis and the Inside Story of ChessBase Magazine #225Prague Chess Festival 2026: A Laser-Sharp Data Audit and the Untold Story of...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Silent Draw: The Real Lesson Out of Prague 2026There is a page in my notebook with fourteen moves written on it. Kolkata,...
At 11, an IM Title and an Unresolved Timeline: Auditing the ReportHere is the English rendering of the Hindi report. An 11-year-old Vietnamese...
A 2,465 Performance, an 11-Year-Old, and a Date That Doesn't Add UpThe final round on 23 October. Board one. Black pieces. Across the board, WIM...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: The Real Story of the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners13 May 2026. Day one of the first Continental Chess Championship for Prisoner...
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines, Zero Engine Checks: A Ledger Audit of the Najdorf UpdateSixty minutes. Five line clusters. Twelve minutes per cluster. That number of...
Wesley So's Fourth US Championship: When Title News Becomes Just a Product HookBefore revealing who lifted the trophy in the cold halls of St. Louis, I reco...
An 11-Year-Old's IM Claim: A 2,465 Performance Rating, 5.5/7 on Board One — and a Timeline Still Awaiting VerificationThe first clue was not a move. It was a scoresheet. Read the sheet that hung ...
NATO in the Headline, Najdorf on the Tape: A Report Whose Score Sheet Was Never FilledThe first thing I did when the headline came across my desk was the thing I...
Prague Chess Festival 2026: A Data-Driven Analysis and the Inside Story of ChessBase Magazine #225Prague Chess Festival 2026: A Laser-Sharp Data Audit and the Untold Story of...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Silent Draw: The Real Lesson Out of Prague 2026There is a page in my notebook with fourteen moves written on it. Kolkata,...
At 11, an IM Title and an Unresolved Timeline: Auditing the ReportHere is the English rendering of the Hindi report. An 11-year-old Vietnamese...
A 2,465 Performance, an 11-Year-Old, and a Date That Doesn't Add UpThe final round on 23 October. Board one. Black pieces. Across the board, WIM...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: The Real Story of the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners13 May 2026. Day one of the first Continental Chess Championship for Prisoner...
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines, Zero Engine Checks: A Ledger Audit of the Najdorf UpdateSixty minutes. Five line clusters. Twelve minutes per cluster. That number of...
Wesley So's Fourth US Championship: When Title News Becomes Just a Product HookBefore revealing who lifted the trophy in the cold halls of St. Louis, I reco...
An 11-Year-Old's IM Claim: A 2,465 Performance Rating, 5.5/7 on Board One — and a Timeline Still Awaiting VerificationThe first clue was not a move. It was a scoresheet. Read the sheet that hung ...
NATO in the Headline, Najdorf on the Tape: A Report Whose Score Sheet Was Never FilledThe first thing I did when the headline came across my desk was the thing I...
