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From Prague 2026 to ChessBase Magazine #225: Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Invoice of Preparation
Maintaining the Najdorf: How Effective Is Daniel King's 60-Minute FritzTrainer Update?
A 2465 Performance Rating Is Not a Title: Auditing the 11-Year-Old Vietnamese IM Claim
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: A Tiebreak Win, and the Media Structure Hidden Behind the Headline
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess stay perfect — and the 2026 advert hiding under that headline
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026’s 27 Miniatures and the Real Test of an Opening Repertoire
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026’s 27 Miniatures and the Real Test of an Opening RepertoireI opened the spreadsheet again, and the match started telling a different...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Prague 2026 LedgerTwo numbers sit opposite each other on the contents page of ChessBase Magazin...
From Prague 2026 to ChessBase Magazine #225: Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Invoice of PreparationSome boards in the Prague Masters hall were finished inside twenty-one moves....
Maintaining the Najdorf: How Effective Is Daniel King's 60-Minute FritzTrainer Update?Chess opening preparation suffers from a basic misunderstanding: we treat it ...
11 Years 7 Months: The Reported IM Norm Whose Ledger Is Still EmptyOn October 23, an 11-year-old girl scored 5.5/7 at a tournament, with a...
A 2465 Performance Rating Is Not a Title: Auditing the 11-Year-Old Vietnamese IM ClaimOn 23 October, a player aged 11 years, 7 months and 16 days sat at board one...
Prague 2026, ChessBase Magazine #225, and the Room No Download Can Carry2:47 a.m. The window in a Delhi flat was shut, nothing visible outside, and t...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: A Tiebreak Win, and the Media Structure Hidden Behind the HeadlineThe tiebreak is the room where chess's heavy prep bag gets left at the door. ...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams on One Line After Three Rounds, and the Arithmetic Missing From the Headline20 October 2026, Tuesday morning. The round-four pairing sheet is taped to a...
Packaging the Scandinavian Defence: Carlsen's Name Is Not Evidence, and a 60-Minute Ledger of ClaimsThe file opened with a headline: "Rachel Li stunningly wins US Women's...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Text Says Elephant Gambit: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseThe headline said 'Najdorf Poisoned Queen'. I opened the link, scrolled two...
Rachel Li in the Headline, a Scandinavian Sales Pitch in the Body: How a 60-Minute Promo Got Filed as a Championship StoryThe file landed on my desk on a Wednesday morning. The headline said: "Rachel...
Najdorf's Poison, Elephant's Gamble: A 60-Minute Course and the Gap Chess Publishing Never LogsThe tape shows something the scoreline never bothered to record. This time th...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess stay perfect — and the 2026 advert hiding under that headlineThere were two numbers on that page, and neither of them was news. One senten...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Prague 2026 LedgerTwo numbers sit opposite each other on the contents page of ChessBase Magazin...
From Prague 2026 to ChessBase Magazine #225: Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Invoice of PreparationSome boards in the Prague Masters hall were finished inside twenty-one moves....
Maintaining the Najdorf: How Effective Is Daniel King's 60-Minute FritzTrainer Update?Chess opening preparation suffers from a basic misunderstanding: we treat it ...
11 Years 7 Months: The Reported IM Norm Whose Ledger Is Still EmptyOn October 23, an 11-year-old girl scored 5.5/7 at a tournament, with a...
A 2465 Performance Rating Is Not a Title: Auditing the 11-Year-Old Vietnamese IM ClaimOn 23 October, a player aged 11 years, 7 months and 16 days sat at board one...
Prague 2026, ChessBase Magazine #225, and the Room No Download Can Carry2:47 a.m. The window in a Delhi flat was shut, nothing visible outside, and t...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: A Tiebreak Win, and the Media Structure Hidden Behind the HeadlineThe tiebreak is the room where chess's heavy prep bag gets left at the door. ...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams on One Line After Three Rounds, and the Arithmetic Missing From the Headline20 October 2026, Tuesday morning. The round-four pairing sheet is taped to a...
Packaging the Scandinavian Defence: Carlsen's Name Is Not Evidence, and a 60-Minute Ledger of ClaimsThe file opened with a headline: "Rachel Li stunningly wins US Women's...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Text Says Elephant Gambit: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseThe headline said 'Najdorf Poisoned Queen'. I opened the link, scrolled two...
Rachel Li in the Headline, a Scandinavian Sales Pitch in the Body: How a 60-Minute Promo Got Filed as a Championship StoryThe file landed on my desk on a Wednesday morning. The headline said: "Rachel...
Najdorf's Poison, Elephant's Gamble: A 60-Minute Course and the Gap Chess Publishing Never LogsThe tape shows something the scoreline never bothered to record. This time th...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess stay perfect — and the 2026 advert hiding under that headlineThere were two numbers on that page, and neither of them was news. One senten...