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ChessBase Magazine #225: The Prague 2026 Ledger and the Biased Sample of 27 MiniaturesThe contents page of ChessBase Magazine #225 was open in front of me and my e...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Annotation Economy: What ChessBase Magazine #225 Actually RecordsThe first folder was labelled 'Special'. Inside were twenty-seven games —...
Eleven Years, Seven Rounds, 2465: The Ledger Behind an IM TitleFinal round. Board one. Black pieces. Across the table, WIM Viktoria Johansso...
Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: Daniel King's Update and the Shelf Life of Chess TheoryNine minutes past one in the morning. A laptop is open in an Ahmedabad flat,...
A 2465 Performance, a 5.5/7 Scoreline, and a Date Nobody Has Settled: an Eleven-Year-Old's IM Claim, Read Through the PaperworkOctober 23. Board one. Seven rounds, five and a half points — five wins, one...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Board Says Elephant: An Audit of an Opening CourseA course's first move is its title, and this title says “Najdorf Poisoned Que...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Tied After Three Rounds, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the TableA press release landed in the inbox late Monday. The first page was ordinary ...
The Club Cup 'Perfect' Record Is Match Points, Not Board Scores — And Under That Headline Sits a 2026 AdvertThis European Club Cup story contains exactly two numbers. One is 2026. The...
27 Miniatures, Three Presenters, Zero Ratings: Reading ChessBase Magazine #225 as a LedgerThere are ten information points in ChessBase's September release announcemen...
The Slug Said Rachel Li, the Copy Said Scandinavian: A Cut Headline and a Sixty-Minute PromiseOne evening a sheet of paper landed on my desk whose headline belonged to...
