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Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: Five Lines, Eleven Minutes Each, and the Column the Review Left Blank2026-10-24Sixty minutes. Five line clusters. That works out to eleven or twelve minutes...
A Rachel Li Headline, an Andrew Martin Body: Twelve Points, Zero Sources, and a Result Sheet Nobody Signed2026-10-24Tuesday afternoon, Pune. I opened a file labelled "Rachel Li stunningly wins ...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: IM Andrew Martin's 'Simple and Solid' Bet, and What It Actually Costs2026-10-23In the third drawer of a cupboard in Indiranagar sits a folder marked, in blu...
European Club Cup After Three Rounds: An Eleven-Team Tie, Two Perfect Women’s Teams, and a Headline Error2026-10-23The pairing sheet was not on the wall yet. On Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after...
Capablanca's 2026 Gold, and the King's Indian Advertisement Printed Beneath ItAt one in the morning I opened a chess publisher's product page. The headline...
Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: Five Lines, Eleven Minutes Each, and the Column the Review Left BlankSixty minutes. Five line clusters. That works out to eleven or twelve minutes...
A 2,465 Performance Rating at Age 11: Auditing an IM NormSeven games. Five wins, one draw, one loss. 5.5/7 on board one, and a...
A Rachel Li Headline, an Andrew Martin Body: Twelve Points, Zero Sources, and a Result Sheet Nobody SignedTuesday afternoon, Pune. I opened a file labelled "Rachel Li stunningly wins ...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and a Claim With No Line Behind ItThree hard numbers sit in the contents list of ChessBase Magazine #225: 27...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: IM Andrew Martin's 'Simple and Solid' Bet, and What It Actually CostsIn the third drawer of a cupboard in Indiranagar sits a folder marked, in blu...
FIDE's President Is Dvorkovich, Not Turlov: Auditing a Misattributed Headline Bolted to FRITZ 20 AdvertisingThe item arrived in my feed on a Monday morning with a headline that promised...
A Headline Named Rachel Li, a Body Selling Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian — One File, Two StoriesIt is 1:40 a.m. in a Salt Lake flat in Kolkata. The router has been showing a...
European Club Cup After Three Rounds: An Eleven-Team Tie, Two Perfect Women’s Teams, and a Headline ErrorThe pairing sheet was not on the wall yet. On Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after...
A Champion in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: The Metadata Accident Behind a Scandinavian Defense PromoTwo unrelated stories were stuffed into one slot on that listing page. The...
Budva’s 2715 Average, 108 Teams and a Mismatched Headline: A Data Audit of the European Club CupOn October 19, 2026, the first shock in this brief arrives before any chess:...
One Headline, Two Stories: Rachel Li's Title and Sixty Minutes of ScandinavianOne Headline, Two Stories: Rachel Li's Title and Sixty Minutes of Scandinavia...
Carlsen's 'improved' claim and the empty column: the most under-priced variable before BudapestOn 21 October 2026, an interview carried by Marca (original source: AS) quote...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds; SuperChess Face Bayegan Pendik in Round FourTuesday morning, 20 October 2026. On the pairing sheet pinned up on the hotel...
Budva's 2715 Average Is a Procurement Budget, Not Proof of StrengthLast week a press release landed in my inbox. The headline said the MOVE Cup ...