Chess
Twenty-Seven Miniatures: Prague 2026 and the Real Arithmetic of Chess Preparation
Prague Festival 2026: 27 Miniatures and the Lessons Long Games Can't Teach
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines, One Undated Promise: A Ledger Audit of the Najdorf Update
A Najdorf Maintenance Release, Sixty Minutes Long: Auditing Daniel King's Repertoire Update
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: Twelve Unsourced Claims, One Carlsen Halo, and a Headline the Body Never Mentions
Twenty-Seven Miniatures from Prague 2026: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Syllabus of Human ErrorAt eleven at night in Mumbai the download finished. Two things arrived: a PDF...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures: Prague 2026 and the Real Arithmetic of Chess PreparationIn Prague, the game lasted twenty-one moves. The pawns had barely left their...
An IM Claim at 11 Years 7 Months: A Seven-Game Ledger, a 2465 Performance — and a Date Still Awaiting AuditOne line sat on the scoresheet after the round on 23 October — 5.5/7 on board...
Prague 2026 and the 27 Miniatures: The Chess Book Written After the Scoreboard Went DarkThe last DGT board in Prague went dark late on a February night in 2026. The...
27 Miniatures from Prague 2026: Inside ChessBase Magazine #225, Where Chess Keeps Its EvidenceIt was one in the morning and I was opening a magazine PDF in my room in Pune...
Prague Festival 2026: 27 Miniatures and the Lessons Long Games Can't TeachI keep the stopwatch running long after the race has ended. The scoreboard of...
Seven Games, a 2465 Performance and Age Eleven: What the IM Report Does Not RecordOn 23 October, on board one, with the black pieces, aged eleven years, seven...
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines, One Undated Promise: A Ledger Audit of the Najdorf UpdateThe first clue was not the move but the silence between the lines. Sixty...
A Najdorf Maintenance Release, Sixty Minutes Long: Auditing Daniel King's Repertoire UpdateBefore opening the review I checked the clock. Sixty minutes, five line...
Sixty Minutes of Najdorf: Daniel King's Update Sells Maintenance, Not NoveltySixty minutes. Five line clusters. One Sicilian Najdorf update built on top o...
A Record Without a Name: 23 October, Board One, and Eleven Years Seven MonthsOn board one she had the black pieces. Across the board sat WIM Viktoria...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: Twelve Unsourced Claims, One Carlsen Halo, and a Headline the Body Never MentionsI opened the file. The headline carried a name — Rachel Li — and a title, the...
A Title in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: What Is Actually Verifiable in the Scandinavian Defense StoryA Title in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: What Is Actually Verifiable in th...
European Club Cup 2026: Three Rounds In, Eleven Teams Level, and a Headline the Scoresheet Refuses to ConfirmHook 20 October 2026, a Tuesday. The final clock of round three at the Europe...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreaks, Wins Fourth US Chess Championship TitleAn odd silence hung in the tournament hall at the Saint Louis Chess Club afte...