Chess
The Empty Board's Scorecard: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and a Tournament With No Moves on Record2026-10-25On the afternoon of 13 May 2026 I opened three tabs — the FIDE event page, th...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — What the Table Shows and What Board Four Hides2026-10-24On the afternoon of Tuesday, 20 October 2026, two pieces of paper sat on my...
New Chess Book: The Strategic Choice of 9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense2026-10-27A new opening guide for the King's Indian Defense (KID) Mar del Plata variati...
Capablanca's 2026 Gold and the 9...a5 Advertisement: Auditing a Headline's Provenance2026-10-27A Crack in the File Two things sit in the same block of the source file, and...
New Chess Book: The Strategic Choice of 9...a5 in the King's Indian DefenseA new opening guide for the King's Indian Defense (KID) Mar del Plata variati...
Capablanca's 2026 Gold and the 9...a5 Advertisement: Auditing a Headline's ProvenanceA Crack in the File Two things sit in the same block of the source file, and...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A 2,465 Performance and the Unverified Date Behind an IM ClaimOn board one in the final round of 23 October she had the black pieces. Acros...
The Empty Board's Scorecard: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and a Tournament With No Moves on RecordOn the afternoon of 13 May 2026 I opened three tabs — the FIDE event page, th...
A Syllabus in Twenty-Five Moves: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026 and the Real Lesson of 27 MiniaturesAt 2:40 a.m. in Chicago the PDF of ChessBase Magazine #225 is open on my desk...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: The Measurement Logic of ChessBase Magazine #225Twenty-five moves. That is the working definition of a miniature in chess — a...
5.5/7, 2,465 and a Gambit: The Ledger Behind an 11-Year-Old's IM TitleLast round, board one. Black pieces. A gambit line that produced an advantage...
77 Teams, Five Continents and a Blank Scoreboard: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for PrisonersEleven days, seventy-seven teams, five continents — and on my desk a file in...
The Label Says Najdorf, the File Says Elephant Gambit: Who Is a 60-Minute 'Surprise Weapon' Actually For?The first thing I noticed when the listing loaded was not the price. It was t...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — What the Table Shows and What Board Four HidesOn the afternoon of Tuesday, 20 October 2026, two pieces of paper sat on my...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level, and the Board-One Question Before Round Four20 October 2026, a Tuesday. A team sheet hangs on the door outside the hall,...
Capablanca's 2026 Gold and the 9...a5 Advertisement: Auditing a Headline's ProvenanceA Crack in the File Two things sit in the same block of the source file, and...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A 2,465 Performance and the Unverified Date Behind an IM ClaimOn board one in the final round of 23 October she had the black pieces. Acros...
The Empty Board's Scorecard: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and a Tournament With No Moves on RecordOn the afternoon of 13 May 2026 I opened three tabs — the FIDE event page, th...
A Syllabus in Twenty-Five Moves: ChessBase Magazine #225, Prague 2026 and the Real Lesson of 27 MiniaturesAt 2:40 a.m. in Chicago the PDF of ChessBase Magazine #225 is open on my desk...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: The Measurement Logic of ChessBase Magazine #225Twenty-five moves. That is the working definition of a miniature in chess — a...
5.5/7, 2,465 and a Gambit: The Ledger Behind an 11-Year-Old's IM TitleLast round, board one. Black pieces. A gambit line that produced an advantage...
77 Teams, Five Continents and a Blank Scoreboard: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for PrisonersEleven days, seventy-seven teams, five continents — and on my desk a file in...
The Label Says Najdorf, the File Says Elephant Gambit: Who Is a 60-Minute 'Surprise Weapon' Actually For?The first thing I noticed when the listing loaded was not the price. It was t...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — What the Table Shows and What Board Four HidesOn the afternoon of Tuesday, 20 October 2026, two pieces of paper sat on my...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level, and the Board-One Question Before Round Four20 October 2026, a Tuesday. A team sheet hangs on the door outside the hall,...
