Chess
16-year-old Rachael Li wins US Women's Chess Championship on debut, takes $45,000 and a World Cup berth2026-10-31Sixteen-year-old Rachael Li has won the 2026 US Women's Chess Championship in...
European Club Cup 2026: 108 Teams in Budva, a 2715 Average, and a Brief Whose Headline Points to Another City2026-10-23Read only the headline of the brief dated October 19, 2026 and you will...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open After Three Rounds — That Is the Format Doing Its Job, Not Drama2026-11-01Tuesday, 20 October 2026. The line at the top of the round-four pairing sheet...
The Board Was Empty: Item #745 Has No Giri–Abdusattorov Game, Only a Coaching Economy2026-10-29Last week I opened a page titled "Game of the Week #745: Giri vs Abdusattorov...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open After Three Rounds — That Is the Format Doing Its Job, Not DramaTuesday, 20 October 2026. The line at the top of the round-four pairing sheet...
16-year-old Rachael Li wins US Women's Chess Championship on debut, takes $45,000 and a World Cup berthSixteen-year-old Rachael Li has won the 2026 US Women's Chess Championship in...
The Board Was Empty: Item #745 Has No Giri–Abdusattorov Game, Only a Coaching EconomyLast week I opened a page titled "Game of the Week #745: Giri vs Abdusattorov...
One Day's Lead, Zero Scoreline: Under the Clutch Chess Headline, an Engine for SaleEleven forty at night. The Maidan below the Salt Lake balcony was empty, and...
Capablanca in the Headline, King's Indian in the Body: An Open Case File on Chess Media's Content IntegrityLast month I was auditing opening-product marketing — the same job I have don...
Najdorf Repertoire Maintenance Release: A Hand-Charted Examination of Power Play 18's Five LinesThe shape is simple: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. The...
The Price of the Najdorf: Theory Sold in 60 Minutes, and the Receipt Nobody ShowsIt is the nine o'clock hour on a Tuesday at an academy in West Delhi, the hou...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Eleven Days Hidden Behind the TiebreakThe loudest sound in the hall before the tiebreak wasn't the clock. An arbite...
European Club Cup 2026: 108 Teams in Budva, a 2715 Average, and a Brief Whose Headline Points to Another CityRead only the headline of the brief dated October 19, 2026 and you will...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level, One Broken Headline, and the Board-One Matchup That Decides NothingThree rounds are done. Eleven teams sit level on the open section table. Two...
The Budva Ledger: A 2715 Average, 108 Teams, and a Headline That Says BarcelonaBefore I opened the brief dated 19 October 2026, I did what I have done for...
The ChessBase Magazine #225 Ledger: 27 Miniatures, Four Annotators and a Missing YearI read the contents listing for ChessBase Magazine issue #225 once, then spen...
A NATO Headline Over a Najdorf Body: Five Lines in Sixty Minutes and a Metadata SilenceOne night in August, from Chicago, I read the headline first: “Vahap Sanal an...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess Stay 'Perfect', but the Scotch Advice Is Stuck in 2026The scoreboard carried two names and both had a hundred per cent beside them....
Budva's European Club Cup: A 2715 Average, 108 Teams, and a Headline That Belonged to BarcelonaTwo sentences sat on my desk on the morning of 19 October 2026, and they were...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Indian Move Buried in a September Catalogue, and the Slowing Clock of Chess MediaThe September release page is a product page. No year on it, no date, no scor...
Budva's 2715: At the European Club Cup, an Average Rating Is a Procurement Price, Not an OutcomeIn Budva, the moment round two ends, the scoreboard shows one number: 25....
16-year-old Rachael Li wins US Women's Chess Championship on debut, takes $45,000 and a World Cup berthSixteen-year-old Rachael Li has won the 2026 US Women's Chess Championship in...
The Board Was Empty: Item #745 Has No Giri–Abdusattorov Game, Only a Coaching EconomyLast week I opened a page titled "Game of the Week #745: Giri vs Abdusattorov...
One Day's Lead, Zero Scoreline: Under the Clutch Chess Headline, an Engine for SaleEleven forty at night. The Maidan below the Salt Lake balcony was empty, and...
Capablanca in the Headline, King's Indian in the Body: An Open Case File on Chess Media's Content IntegrityLast month I was auditing opening-product marketing — the same job I have don...
Najdorf Repertoire Maintenance Release: A Hand-Charted Examination of Power Play 18's Five LinesThe shape is simple: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. The...
The Price of the Najdorf: Theory Sold in 60 Minutes, and the Receipt Nobody ShowsIt is the nine o'clock hour on a Tuesday at an academy in West Delhi, the hou...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Eleven Days Hidden Behind the TiebreakThe loudest sound in the hall before the tiebreak wasn't the clock. An arbite...
European Club Cup 2026: 108 Teams in Budva, a 2715 Average, and a Brief Whose Headline Points to Another CityRead only the headline of the brief dated October 19, 2026 and you will...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level, One Broken Headline, and the Board-One Matchup That Decides NothingThree rounds are done. Eleven teams sit level on the open section table. Two...
The Budva Ledger: A 2715 Average, 108 Teams, and a Headline That Says BarcelonaBefore I opened the brief dated 19 October 2026, I did what I have done for...
The ChessBase Magazine #225 Ledger: 27 Miniatures, Four Annotators and a Missing YearI read the contents listing for ChessBase Magazine issue #225 once, then spen...
A NATO Headline Over a Najdorf Body: Five Lines in Sixty Minutes and a Metadata SilenceOne night in August, from Chicago, I read the headline first: “Vahap Sanal an...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess Stay 'Perfect', but the Scotch Advice Is Stuck in 2026The scoreboard carried two names and both had a hundred per cent beside them....
Budva's European Club Cup: A 2715 Average, 108 Teams, and a Headline That Belonged to BarcelonaTwo sentences sat on my desk on the morning of 19 October 2026, and they were...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Indian Move Buried in a September Catalogue, and the Slowing Clock of Chess MediaThe September release page is a product page. No year on it, no date, no scor...
Budva's 2715: At the European Club Cup, an Average Rating Is a Procurement Price, Not an OutcomeIn Budva, the moment round two ends, the scoreboard shows one number: 25....
