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The 9...a5 Recommendation: Where the Headline and the Board Play Two Different Games2026-10-26Late last week a page for an opening product landed on my desk in Delhi. Acro...
ChessBase Magazine #225: An Audit of the Prague 2026 Annotations, 27 Miniatures and the Repertoire Trade2026-10-26The contents page of ChessBase Magazine #225 carries a line most readers will...
Prague Chess Festival 2026 in ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and Annotations by Aravindh, Giri and Navara2026-10-25Every chess publication's contents page is an audit sheet to me, and I read i...
77 Teams, Five Continents and One Empty Column: Auditing the Prison Chess Championship2026-10-25Between 13 and 23 May 2026 an online team tournament was played. The headline...
The 9...a5 Recommendation: Where the Headline and the Board Play Two Different GamesLate last week a page for an opening product landed on my desk in Delhi. Acro...
ChessBase Magazine #225: An Audit of the Prague 2026 Annotations, 27 Miniatures and the Repertoire TradeThe contents page of ChessBase Magazine #225 carries a line most readers will...
Prague Chess Festival 2026 in ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and Annotations by Aravindh, Giri and NavaraEvery chess publication's contents page is an audit sheet to me, and I read i...
77 Teams, Five Continents and One Empty Column: Auditing the Prison Chess ChampionshipBetween 13 and 23 May 2026 an online team tournament was played. The headline...
A 2465 Performance Rating and 5.5/7: Auditing the IM Claim Around an 11-Year-Old Vietnamese PlayerThe first thing you look at on a final-round score sheet is not the result. I...
An Eleven-Year-Old and the "International Master" Badge: A Date and an Empty Board Hidden in the Chess HeadlinesIn a room in Bangalore, late at night, I first read that headline. An...
Sixty Minutes for the Whole Najdorf: How to Read Daniel King's Repertoire UpdateSixty minutes. Five line clusters. Eleven to twelve minutes per branch. The...