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ChessBase Magazine #225: A Club Cup on the Cover, Prague on the Pages, and the Annotator Economy In Between2026-10-22The first clue was not the cover but the fourteen tabs I refused to close....
Andrew Martin's Elephant Gambit: Chess's 'Underrated' Opening or Just Shock Value?2026-10-22Amid the headlines of the European Club Cup kicking off in Budva, another...
The NATO Headline and the Najdorf Video: Two Different Worlds on One Page2026-10-22Any match story begins with the clock, but this time it is not the clock that...
European Club Cup 2026: The 2715 Average, the 3.5 Threshold, and a Half-Board-Point Margin2026-10-2219 October 2026. Round two of the European Club Cup is complete, and the...
ChessThe NATO Headline and the Najdorf Video: Two Different Worlds on One PageAny match story begins with the clock, but this time it is not the clock that...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: The 2715 Average, the 3.5 Threshold, and a Half-Board-Point Margin19 October 2026. Round two of the European Club Cup is complete, and the...
ChessA Budva Headline, an Elephant Gambit Advert: Two Stories on One PageA Budva Headline, an Elephant Gambit Advert: Two Stories on One Page There is...
ChessVahap Sanal's NATO Title and Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Auditing Two Separate Truths in One PackageSOURCE-INTEGRITY BOX - Sample: 17 evidence points — one headline, sixteen bod...
ChessA 'Unified Rating System' in the Headline, Not One Rating Figure in the Body: Auditing the Budapest PilotFor thirty-five years I have done the same thing: pull the primary record...
ChessThe Nicosia Meeting: An Unsourced FIDE Presidency Claim and an Ad on the Same PageThe first line of the report carried three things — FIDE President Timur...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: A Club Cup on the Cover, Prague on the Pages, and the Annotator Economy In BetweenThe first clue was not the cover but the fourteen tabs I refused to close....
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Bayegan the Favourite at 2715 Average, But Team-Match Arithmetic Says OtherwiseThe question hit the chat the moment the round-three pairings dropped: how is...
ChessItalian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Trap Weapon for Club Players or an Incomplete Bet?Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Trap Weapon for Club Players or an Incomplete Bet...
ChessNot Carlsen's AI Remark, His Admission of Declining Stamina at 35 Is the Real StoryJust before the first World Open Chess Championship in Budapest from November...
ChessIn the Shadow of Mar del Plata: The Silence of 9...a5 and the Long Wait for the Bayonet AttackSome stories arrive as carbon copies, then ask to be written in pencil. The...
ChessFritz 20 or the Benko Gambit? A Product Review That Lost Its SubjectReading a review of an engine-training product, I felt for the first time tha...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: The Arithmetic of a 2715 Average and 'Direct Encounters' — A Board-by-Board Audit of Bayegan's Favourite TagHook: The Number That Made the Headline, and the Arithmetic Nobody Ran On the...
ChessIs Total Chess's 'Unified Rating System' Actually About Ratings? Auditing the Budapest Pilot's Format, Funding and FieldOne thing stands out immediately in the announcement of Total Chess's pilot...
ChessAndrew Martin's Elephant Gambit: Chess's 'Underrated' Opening or Just Shock Value?Amid the headlines of the European Club Cup kicking off in Budva, another...
