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Wesley So's Fourth US Title Decided in Tiebreaks — the Classical Score and the Media Ledger Both Remain Incomplete
European Club Cup 2026, Budva: A 2715 Average Is a Procurement Budget, Not a Strength Certificate
Twenty-Seven Miniatures, Ten Opening Files and a Missing Year: Auditing the ChessBase Magazine #225 Catalogue
Indian Chess's Real Transfer Window: The Bid Is Placed in One Place, the Cheque Clears in Another
Wesley So's Fourth US Title, Caruana Beaten in the Tiebreak — and the Course Being Sold Behind the Headline
A Türkiye Headline, and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update Behind It
Indian Chess's Real Transfer Window: The Bid Is Placed in One Place, the Cheque Clears in AnotherOn the night of 22 September 2026 at Budapest's Hungexpo, two gold medals hun...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Decided in Tiebreaks — the Classical Score and the Media Ledger Both Remain IncompleteKolkata. Eleven forty-two at night. The wire item landed on the desk — Wesley...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title, Caruana Beaten in the Tiebreak — and the Course Being Sold Behind the HeadlineThe headline said Wesley So had beaten Fabiano Caruana in a tiebreak to win h...
A Türkiye Headline, and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update Behind ItAt 1 a.m., the stadium was a phone screen and a prayer. December 2026,...
The Scandinavian Defense Audit: Where the Headline and the Body Are Playing Two Different MatchesThe file opened on a headline: "Rachel Li stunningly wins US Women's...
A European Club Cup Headline, a Scotch Page Beneath: Whose Story Is Chess Actually Printing?A laptop on my desk in Kolkata, and one page open on it. The headline says th...
European Club Cup 2026, Budva: A 2715 Average Is a Procurement Budget, Not a Strength CertificateThe file that landed on my desk on the morning of 19 October 2026 carried a...
The European Club Cup's 'Perfect' Claim, a 60-Minute Scotch Advert, and a Missing CrosstableThe European Club Cup story opened with a clean headline: Novy Bor and...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, and a Headline That Does Not Match the Record20 October 2026 is a Tuesday, and on that Tuesday the European Club Cup...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures, Ten Opening Files and a Missing Year: Auditing the ChessBase Magazine #225 CatalogueI stopped at the release page for ChessBase Magazine #225 and, as is my habit...
Najdorf Headline, Elephant Gambit Content: A 60-Minute Course and the Decaying Return of NoveltyLast week, at a club in Mumbai, I was going over lines with a...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Decided in Tiebreaks — the Classical Score and the Media Ledger Both Remain IncompleteKolkata. Eleven forty-two at night. The wire item landed on the desk — Wesley...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title, Caruana Beaten in the Tiebreak — and the Course Being Sold Behind the HeadlineThe headline said Wesley So had beaten Fabiano Caruana in a tiebreak to win h...
A Türkiye Headline, and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update Behind ItAt 1 a.m., the stadium was a phone screen and a prayer. December 2026,...
The Scandinavian Defense Audit: Where the Headline and the Body Are Playing Two Different MatchesThe file opened on a headline: "Rachel Li stunningly wins US Women's...
A European Club Cup Headline, a Scotch Page Beneath: Whose Story Is Chess Actually Printing?A laptop on my desk in Kolkata, and one page open on it. The headline says th...
European Club Cup 2026, Budva: A 2715 Average Is a Procurement Budget, Not a Strength CertificateThe file that landed on my desk on the morning of 19 October 2026 carried a...
The European Club Cup's 'Perfect' Claim, a 60-Minute Scotch Advert, and a Missing CrosstableThe European Club Cup story opened with a clean headline: Novy Bor and...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, and a Headline That Does Not Match the Record20 October 2026 is a Tuesday, and on that Tuesday the European Club Cup...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures, Ten Opening Files and a Missing Year: Auditing the ChessBase Magazine #225 CatalogueI stopped at the release page for ChessBase Magazine #225 and, as is my habit...
Najdorf Headline, Elephant Gambit Content: A 60-Minute Course and the Decaying Return of NoveltyLast week, at a club in Mumbai, I was going over lines with a...