Chess
ChessPrague 2026's 27 Miniatures, Ten Opening Files and a Printed Key2026-10-25The first thing that catches the eye when you open the booklet of ChessBase...
ChessAn 11-Year-Old’s IM Norm: 2465 Performance Rating, 5.5/7 Score and an Unresolved Timeline Question2026-10-25On 23 October 2026, the reported scoreboard reads: seven rounds, board one,...
Chess11 Years, 7 Months, 16 Days: The Reported Leap Toward IM and the Centipawn Ledger's Audit2026-10-25Seven games, 5.5 points — five wins, one draw, one loss. Performance rating...
ChessOne Camera, One Cable, One Board: Wesley So's Fourth US Title Was Settled in the Tiebreak2026-10-24On Monday evening they cleared the boards first. Eleven rounds, twelve player...
ChessA 2,465 Week, an Eleven-Year-Old, and a Record Still Waiting for Its Paperwork2026-10-25On the evening of 23 October, the black pieces sat in front of her and across...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures, Ten Opening Files and a Printed KeyThe first thing that catches the eye when you open the booklet of ChessBase...
A 2,465 Week, an Eleven-Year-Old, and a Record Still Waiting for Its PaperworkOn the evening of 23 October, the black pieces sat in front of her and across...
Lack of Data in the Najdorf Theoretical Race: An Analysis of Daniel King's UpdateAt a tournament hall in Kolkata, I watched a game where Black played the...
An 11-Year-Old’s IM Norm: 2465 Performance Rating, 5.5/7 Score and an Unresolved Timeline QuestionOn 23 October 2026, the reported scoreboard reads: seven rounds, board one,...
11 Years, 7 Months, 16 Days: The Reported Leap Toward IM and the Centipawn Ledger's AuditSeven games, 5.5 points — five wins, one draw, one loss. Performance rating...
Najdorf Poisoned Queen or Elephant Gambit: The Stolen Headline Inside a 60-Minute CourseDelhi International Open, 2026. Nine rounds, more than four hundred boards. I...
One Camera, One Cable, One Board: Wesley So's Fourth US Title Was Settled in the TiebreakOn Monday evening they cleared the boards first. Eleven rounds, twelve player...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President: Auditing a Mislabelled Headline and a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementOn the morning of 18 February 2026, Stockfish sat open on the second monitor ...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President: A Headline, Two Documents, and an Undisclosed FRITZ 20 AdvertThe headline arrived first, and for most readers it was the whole story: “FID...
Türkiye's Trophy, King's Najdorf: The Real Chess Story Hidden in Sixty MinutesIt is 2:47 in the morning in Mumbai. A phone is propped against the rim of a...