Chess
Eleven Years Old, a 2,465 Performance Rating, and a Verification Still PendingI was sitting in the seat from which you do not see the board; you see the ai...
A Najdorf Repertoire Doesn't Sell in Sixty Minutes: Daniel King's Update and the Real Cost of Repertoire MaintenanceSixty minutes. Five line clusters. One download. The Sicilian Najdorf (1.e4 c...
77 Teams, Five Continents and an Empty Archive: The First Continental Chess Championship for PrisonersThe first thing I do after any chess tournament is look for the games. A PGN...
Five Najdorf Lines in Sixty Minutes: How to Read Daniel King's UpdateSix moves. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 — and after that,...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Verdict Came Off the Tiebreak Sheet, Not the BoardThe hall in St. Louis was emptying and the scoreboard still carried two names...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Six Empty Columns: Auditing the First Continental Prison Chess ChampionshipMy spreadsheet had seventy-seven rows, and every row was a small confession....
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — Where the Headline Fell Behind the CountIt was Tuesday, 20 October 2026. On my desk in Chicago the clock was closing ...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreaks to Win Fourth US Chess Championship TitleWesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreaks to Win Fourth US Chess...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, Giri and Abdusattorov Set for a Possible Round-Four Board OneThe last game of round three had barely finished when the thing that changed...
Auditing Issue #225: 27 Miniatures, Ten Opening Articles, and the Year the Catalogue Left OutI read the September release list three times. The first time to see what was...
