Chess
One Line from Nicosia: An Unsourced Claim About the FIDE Presidency, and FRITZ 20 Selling in Between
ChessBase Magazine #225: A European Club Cup Cover, a Prague Body, and 27 Miniatures Nobody Counted
Sixty Minutes on 1...d5: The Scandinavian Defense, Andrew Martin, and an Uncited Carlsen Claim
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: An Uncited Carlsen Claim and the Overreach of 'Play It Today'
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Thin Line at 3.5 Points
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board-Point Gap
A Budva Headline, a Hyderabad Loss: Auditing the Page That Sells the Elephant GambitA club player in Hyderabad opened a page in late June. The headline read:...
Total Chess Announcement: A 'Unified Rating' Claim, but Budapest Gets Four Players and Three FormatsOn 29 August 2026 a story landed on my desk under the headline "Total Chess...
Fritz 20 and the Benko Gambit: When a Chess Review Forgets Its Own IdentityI counted ninety seats, then found sixty-one thousand watching from somewhere...