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ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Prague Miniatures, Three Opening Videos, and the Limits of a Sample2026-10-25There is a saved filter in my database: games under 25 moves. Over the last...
Sixty Minutes on the Najdorf Update: Five Line Clusters, and the Question the Course Never Asks2026-10-25Seven moves had been played — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6...
77 Teams, Five Continents and One Empty Column: The Ledger of the Prisoners' Chess Championship2026-10-25My notebook has two columns — “fact” and “image”. On 13 May 2026, when the...
A Najdorf Label on Elephant Goods: The 60-Minute Course and the Arithmetic of Preparation2026-10-24The headline said Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation. I opened the landing page...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Prague Miniatures, Three Opening Videos, and the Limits of a SampleThere is a saved filter in my database: games under 25 moves. Over the last...
ChessAn 11-Year-Old's IM Claim: The Arithmetic Behind a 2,465 Performance Rating, and One Date Still UnverifiedA performance rating of 2,465. Seven games. 5.5 points on board one — five...
ChessSeventy-seven teams, five continents, one silent room: the unheard story of the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipSilence has a shape, and I have spent years learning to read it. Between May ...
ChessSixty Minutes on the Najdorf Update: Five Line Clusters, and the Question the Course Never AsksSeven moves had been played — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6...
Chess77 Teams, Five Continents and One Empty Column: The Ledger of the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipMy notebook has two columns — “fact” and “image”. On 13 May 2026, when the...
ChessSixty Minutes, One Elephant and the Wrong Poster: Reading the Elephant Gambit Course's Contract SheetRead the contract terms first: a sixty-minute video, one gambit, and a promis...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams on One Line After Three Rounds, and a Giri–Abdusattorov Board One WaitingAt 1 a.m., the stadium was a phone screen and a prayer. The laptop was open o...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open After Three Rounds, Two Unbeaten in the Women's SectionTwenty October 2026, a Tuesday. Three rounds of the European Club Cup's open...
ChessA Najdorf Label on Elephant Goods: The 60-Minute Course and the Arithmetic of PreparationThe headline said Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation. I opened the landing page...