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Total Chess: a rating-reform headline, a four-player body, and eleven days in Budapest
European Club Cup on the Cover, Prague on the Pages: A Ledger of Chess's Content Market
The Audit of Move Nine: 9...a5 in the Mar del Plata and an Undated Advertisement
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites — But What Does the Ledger Actually Record?
Under the NATO Headline, a Najdorf Video: One Page, Two Stories
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites — But What Does the Ledger Actually Record?I was reading a report announcing the results of the European Club Cup when m...
Under the NATO Headline, a Najdorf Video: One Page, Two StoriesThe headline on that page belonged to a trophy. The body belonged to a video....
Total Chess: a rating-reform headline, a four-player body, and eleven days in BudapestThe announcement went out on 29 August 2026 under a headline that promised th...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: Four Players, Eleven Days, Three Formats — and a Rating-System Headline With No Ledger Behind ItTotal Chess Budapest Pilot: Four Players, Eleven Days, Three Formats — and a...
Chess Knowledge at the Product Door: The Benko Gambit Repertoire, Fritz 20, and the Integrity of the ReviewThe first thing that caught my eye when I opened the file was not chess. The...
Carlsen's Claim: AI Shows Humans Aren't That Great, But the Real Story Is Age 35 and 20 Million DollarsAhead of the first World Open Chess Championship in Budapest from November 10...
The Italian 5.e5 Line: Where Theory Opens the Door and the Server Quietly DecidesTransposition is where chess theory shows its true face. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6...
European Club Cup on the Cover, Prague on the Pages: A Ledger of Chess's Content MarketPick up issue 225 of ChessBase Magazine. The cover promises reporting on the...
The Arithmetic of a Comfortable Win: The European Club Cup Headline and Chess's Hidden TradeIt is a February evening in Moscow, a thin crust of ice on the window, and...
The Invoice for an 'Antidote': A 9...a5 Promo Text With No Game, No Date, No Engine NumberThe promotional text contains exactly three numerals: 7...Nc6, 9.b4 and 9...a...
The Audit of Move Nine: 9...a5 in the Mar del Plata and an Undated AdvertisementLast week a chess opening product landed in my inbox. The subject was the...