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Wesley So's Fourth US Title, and the 89 Percent of That Story That Wasn't Chess2026-10-24Nine. That is how many information points the report carried, the one whose...
A Wrong Label and a Sixty-Minute Gamble: Najdorf's Poisoned Pawn, or the Elephant Gambit?2026-10-24On board seven of a Mumbai club rapid last month, a fourteen-year-old boy wit...
The Mathematics of Tiebreaks: Wesley So Beats Caruana to Win Fourth US Chess Title2026-10-24Rapid tiebreak, first game. Twenty minutes on the clock, ten seconds incremen...
Prague's 27 Miniatures and the Clock No Annotation Records2026-10-25The most talked-about part of ChessBase Magazine #225 is its special: 27...
Prague's 27 Miniatures and the Clock No Annotation RecordsThe most talked-about part of ChessBase Magazine #225 is its special: 27...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title, and the 89 Percent of That Story That Wasn't ChessNine. That is how many information points the report carried, the one whose...
A Wrong Label and a Sixty-Minute Gamble: Najdorf's Poisoned Pawn, or the Elephant Gambit?On board seven of a Mumbai club rapid last month, a fourteen-year-old boy wit...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreak for a Fourth US Chess Championship — the Real Story Is the Format, Not the TrophyOn the final day at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the...
The Mathematics of Tiebreaks: Wesley So Beats Caruana to Win Fourth US Chess TitleRapid tiebreak, first game. Twenty minutes on the clock, ten seconds incremen...
A Najdorf Headline on an Elephant Gambit Product: The Ledger of a 60-Minute CourseLast Monday a monsoon evening cancelled club chess in Colombo, and I spent...
European Club Cup: A 108-Team Field, a 2715 Average, and a Headline That Belongs to Another Tournament"Barcelona will host the MOVE Cup." That is the headline. The body beneath it...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess Stay 'Perfect' — and the 60-Minute Scotch Class Printed on the Same PageThere is an old rule in the press box — read the headline first, the dateline...
European Club Cup, Budva: One Team at 2715, a Field of 108, and a Women's Section of 22On the night of 18 October 2026 I opened a brief whose headline read "Barcelo...
A Najdorf Update Under a NATO Headline: The Report That Lost Its Own StoryThe headline says Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye won the NATO Chess Championshi...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When 27 Miniatures Become the Biggest StoryIn the September release list, the 27 miniatures come first. Short games,...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title, and the 89 Percent of That Story That Wasn't ChessNine. That is how many information points the report carried, the one whose...
A Wrong Label and a Sixty-Minute Gamble: Najdorf's Poisoned Pawn, or the Elephant Gambit?On board seven of a Mumbai club rapid last month, a fourteen-year-old boy wit...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreak for a Fourth US Chess Championship — the Real Story Is the Format, Not the TrophyOn the final day at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the...
The Mathematics of Tiebreaks: Wesley So Beats Caruana to Win Fourth US Chess TitleRapid tiebreak, first game. Twenty minutes on the clock, ten seconds incremen...
A Najdorf Headline on an Elephant Gambit Product: The Ledger of a 60-Minute CourseLast Monday a monsoon evening cancelled club chess in Colombo, and I spent...
European Club Cup: A 108-Team Field, a 2715 Average, and a Headline That Belongs to Another Tournament"Barcelona will host the MOVE Cup." That is the headline. The body beneath it...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess Stay 'Perfect' — and the 60-Minute Scotch Class Printed on the Same PageThere is an old rule in the press box — read the headline first, the dateline...
European Club Cup, Budva: One Team at 2715, a Field of 108, and a Women's Section of 22On the night of 18 October 2026 I opened a brief whose headline read "Barcelo...
A Najdorf Update Under a NATO Headline: The Report That Lost Its Own StoryThe headline says Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye won the NATO Chess Championshi...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When 27 Miniatures Become the Biggest StoryIn the September release list, the 27 miniatures come first. Short games,...