Chess
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A Vietnamese Player, a 2,465 Performance Rating, and the Unfinished Ledger Behind the 'Youngest' Claim
ChessBase Magazine #225: Four Analysts in Prague, 27 Miniatures, and the Opening-Theory Transfer Window
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines and an Undated Receipt: The Real Ledger Behind a Najdorf Update
The Najdorf Update: Where Theory Never Stops, and Sixty Minutes Is Not Enough
Sixty Minutes, Five Lines and an Undated Receipt: The Real Ledger Behind a Najdorf UpdateLast month, at a club in Kolkata, I watched a young player pause a video ever...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A Vietnamese Player, a 2,465 Performance Rating, and the Unfinished Ledger Behind the 'Youngest' ClaimOn the final round of 23 October 2026 she sat at board one with the black...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Four Analysts in Prague, 27 Miniatures, and the Opening-Theory Transfer WindowThe contents page of any training magazine is the most honest document it...
The Najdorf Update: Where Theory Never Stops, and Sixty Minutes Is Not EnoughOn board one, White played h3 on move six. The hall held for about two second...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners13 May 2026. In my notebook, that date carries exactly one line: "77 teams,...
Eleven Level, Two Perfect, One Wrong Headline: What Round Three of the European Club Cup Really MeansSaint Petersburg, 20 October 2026, a Tuesday, 11:40 pm. The Neva air outside ...
European Club Cup 2026: Three Rounds, Eleven Teams, and a 'Tie' That Is Actually a QueueThree rounds are done. Six match points have been distributed. Eleven teams i...