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Sixty Minutes, Five Line Clusters, One Undated Review: Auditing a Najdorf FritzTrainer Update2026-10-25Last week, while updating my PGN-plus-clock-time archive, a file opened that...
5.5/7 and a 2465 Performance Rating: Reading the Scoresheet Behind an Eleven-Year-Old's IM Claim2026-10-25Final round, board one, black pieces. A gambit line, an early edge, a pawn wo...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Shelf-Life of Opening Theory2026-10-26Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and One Editorial Decision The cover of ChessBase...
An IM Claim at 11 Years 7 Months 16 Days: The Scoresheet Was Clean, the Footnote Was Not2026-10-25The scoresheet carried the age down to the day — 11 years, 7 months, 16 days....
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and the Hidden Cost of Opening Prep2026-10-25The Prague 2026 game file was open on my laptop and the first thing I did was...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Shelf-Life of Opening TheoryTwenty-Seven Miniatures, and One Editorial Decision The cover of ChessBase...
An IM Claim at 11 Years 7 Months 16 Days: The Scoresheet Was Clean, the Footnote Was NotThe scoresheet carried the age down to the day — 11 years, 7 months, 16 days....
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and the Hidden Cost of Opening PrepThe Prague 2026 game file was open on my laptop and the first thing I did was...
5.5/7 and a 2465 Performance Rating: Auditing an Eleven-Year-Old's IM ClaimA board-one scoresheet dated 23 October carries a line that does not reconcil...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's Twenty-Seven Miniatures, Ten Opening Articles and the Annotation LedgerThe download finished at two in the morning. The file opened on a screen in N...
An IM Claim at Eleven — Open the Score Sheet First, the Press Release Later23 October. Board one. Black pieces. Across the table, WIM Viktoria Johansson...
Sixty Minutes, Five Line Clusters, One Undated Review: Auditing a Najdorf FritzTrainer UpdateLast week, while updating my PGN-plus-clock-time archive, a file opened that...
Prague 2026 and 27 Miniatures: In ChessBase Magazine #225, the Lesson Sits in the Shortest GamesIn the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine, the most useful material sits in th...
Seventy-Seven Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections — and the Women's Crosstable Nobody KeptSeventy-Seven Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections — and the Women's...
Prague 2026: The 27 Short Games That Loom Largest in the LedgerThe fastest result in Prague's playing hall came at a board where the spectat...
An IM norm at 11 years 7 months: the arithmetic behind a 2,465 performance, and the record that is not complete yetOn the evening of 23 October, board one of the final round. Black pieces, a...
5.5/7 and a 2465 Performance Rating: Reading the Scoresheet Behind an Eleven-Year-Old's IM ClaimFinal round, board one, black pieces. A gambit line, an early edge, a pawn wo...
A 2465 Performance, a 5.5/7 Score — but the 'International Master' Paperwork Is Still MissingOctober 23, evening. The stubborn hum of the hall's air-conditioning, and...
International Master at age 11: A record clouded by timeline questionsDates, for me, work like intrigue. On the evening of October 23, the final...
77 Teams, Five Continents and Two Different Titles: Auditing the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipOn 13 May 2026, FIDE announced the start of a chess championship for prisoner...
International Master at Eleven: The Questions Before the RecordThe last-round board is still in my mind. A child with black pieces — her age...
Wesley So vs Caruana: Only 11 Percent of That Headline Was Actually NewsNine information points. One headline. That is the ratio inside the story tha...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Tied After Three Rounds, Giri–Abdusattorov Projected on Top Board in Round FourThat October 2026 evening I looked at the table first, then read the headline...