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A Benko Gambit Review or a FRITZ 20 Ad: Where the Headline and the Body Sell Two Different Products2026-10-22At eleven last Monday night, at my desk in Kolkata, I opened a product page....
Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Sharp Weapon for Club Players, But the Headline's Promise Remains Unfulfilled2026-10-22Sitting in an edit bay in Mumbai, when I first saw the move sequence 1.e4 e5...
A Meeting in Nicosia, the FIDE Chair, and a Headline Without a Source2026-10-22I built the column before I trusted the number. The column had three fields —...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average Doesn't Win Titles — Half a Board Point Does2026-10-22The round-three pairings went up, and twenty-five names stood on the same lin...
ChessFIDE President Timur Turlov in Cyprus: One Meeting, Two Questions and Three AdvertisementsThe news of FIDE President Timur Turlov's visit to Nicosia and his meeting wi...
ChessTotal Chess Budapest Pilot: The Untested 'Fast Classic' Format and the Rating Questions the Announcement Leaves OpenOn the afternoon of 29 August 2026, in Ahmedabad, my spreadsheet held seven...
ChessA Benko Gambit Review or a FRITZ 20 Ad: Where the Headline and the Body Sell Two Different ProductsAt eleven last Monday night, at my desk in Kolkata, I opened a product page....
ChessItalian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Sharp Weapon for Club Players, But the Headline's Promise Remains UnfulfilledSitting in an edit bay in Mumbai, when I first saw the move sequence 1.e4 e5...
ChessA Meeting in Nicosia, the FIDE Chair, and a Headline Without a SourceI built the column before I trusted the number. The column had three fields —...
ChessCarlsen's AI Remark Makes Headlines, But the Real Story Is His Stamina and Budapest's First EditionAhead of the first edition of the World Open Chess Championship in Budapest...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: A 2715 Average Doesn't Win Titles — Half a Board Point DoesThe round-three pairings went up, and twenty-five names stood on the same lin...
ChessThe Silence of 9...a5: The Mar del Plata Move Built for Humans, Not EnginesThere is a move in the King's Indian Defense's Mar del Plata branch that make...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening Product's Claim and the Data That Never ArrivedSaturday afternoon, board three of a weekend open in Singapore. Black sees...
ChessA Benko Gambit Title, a Fritz 20 Blurb: One Product Page That Cannot Decide What It Is SellingThe page that landed on my desk last week carried this title: Review: The...
ChessCarlsen's AI Line Is the Headline; the Real Story Is His Changed Preparation and a $20 Million Price TagOctober 21, 2026. Spain's AS runs a long interview with Magnus Carlsen. Four...
ChessThe European Club Cup's 'Comfortable Wins' Is Not a Result — It's Rating Arithmetic: Auditing ChessBase Magazine #225Last Monday night I opened the product page for ChessBase Magazine #225. The...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: A 'Comfortable Wins' Cover, a Prague Issue Inside — What ChessBase Magazine #225 Actually DeliversLate last week I opened issue 225 of ChessBase Magazine. The cover said it...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: A Club Cup on the Cover, Not a Single Move InsideEleven information points, zero chess moves. The cover of ChessBase Magazine...
ChessThe Hour of the Seconds: 9...a5 as an Antidote in the King's Indian Mar del PlataIn my basement studio in Boston I reopened the clock data from 380 games last...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Behind the Favourites' Comfortable Wins Lies the Arithmetic of a Rating GapThe cover of ChessBase Magazine #225 reads: European Club Cup — comfortable...