Chess
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: 5.5/7 on Board One, and an IM Title That Is Still a Document Being Written
Seventy-Seven Teams, Five Continents, Not One Name: The Deliberately Incomplete Ledger of Prison Chess
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections — and Two Names for One Tournament
Capablanca's Buenos Aires Gold Is Real. The Page Printed Underneath It Isn't.
Capablanca's Buenos Aires Gold Is Real. The Page Printed Underneath It Isn't.A page of my spiral notebook has been lying open on the desk for three weeks....
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Growing Supply of TheoryTwenty-seven miniatures. Of all the numbers in the contents list of ChessBase...
A 2465 Performance Rating at Eleven — and a Date That Is Still UnverifiedSeven rounds on board one, five wins, one draw, one loss. Five and a half...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: 5.5/7 on Board One, and an IM Title That Is Still a Document Being WrittenIn the seventh and final round, on board one, she had the black pieces. A...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections — and Not One Move Recorded: A Data Audit of the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners77. Between 13 May and 23 May 2026, teams from five continents sat down for a...
Seventy-Seven Teams, Five Continents, Not One Name: The Deliberately Incomplete Ledger of Prison ChessThere is an entry list on my desk. Seventy-seven teams. Five continents. Thre...
77 Teams, Five Continents and a Missing Scoresheet: The First Continental Prison Chess ChapterThe brown envelope on my desk still holds a 2026 carbon copy marked 'unused'....
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague's 27 Miniatures, Aravindh's Board-Reading and a New Document of Opening TheoryIn the festival zone in Prague the loudest sound is not applause. It is the...
Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: The Ledger Behind Daniel King's Update PackageSixty minutes, five line clusters, one downloadable video in English. The...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The 2465, the IM Norm, and the Game Score Nobody PublishedOn the evening of 23 October, on board one, the eleven-year-old had the black...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections — and Two Names for One TournamentBetween 13 and 23 May 2026, 77 teams from five continents set up boards...
The Elephant Gambit: Not ‘Underrated’ — Correctly Rated as a Surprise WeaponThe headline says: Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation. That sharp Sicilian...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: Tiebreaks Are a Separate Skill, and the Market Underprices ThemWesley So's tiebreak record is too clean to be noise. When he won his fourth ...