Chess
Budapest's 'Fast Classic': the Total Chess Pilot Has No Rating System, Only Time-Control Politics
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Branch: What the 'Trap Weapon' in the Chess Manuals Is Actually Worth
The 9...a5 'Antidote' Claim: An Unaudited Ledger Against the King's Indian Bayonet
A NATO Title, a 60-Minute Najdorf Video, and a Headline Whose Body Lives Somewhere Else
European Club Cup: Bayegan's 2715 Average Is Worth 3.55 Board Points, Not a Title
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: Eleven Days, Four Names, and a Rating Claim With No Ledger
The 9...a5 'Antidote' Claim: An Unaudited Ledger Against the King's Indian BayonetTwo seasons of score-sheets at Chicago club events keep returning the same...
A NATO Title, a 60-Minute Najdorf Video, and a Headline Whose Body Lives Somewhere ElseA page opened on my screen last week with a headline that read: "Vahap Sanal...
European Club Cup: Bayegan's 2715 Average Is Worth 3.55 Board Points, Not a TitleThe first number is 2715. The second is 3.55. The title will be decided by th...
Budapest's 'Fast Classic': the Total Chess Pilot Has No Rating System, Only Time-Control PoliticsEleven days, four players, three time controls — and a headline promising a...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: Eleven Days, Four Names, and a Rating Claim With No LedgerBudapest, 10 to 21 November 2026. Eleven days. Four names — Magnus Carlsen,...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Branch: What the 'Trap Weapon' in the Chess Manuals Is Actually WorthI opened the catalogue before I opened the board. Issue...
Carlsen's Claim: AI Era Has Broken the Wall of Human Excellence, But the Real Story Is Something ElseAI has 'balanced' chess, humans are no longer that excellent — Magnus Carlsen...
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, and a Magazine That Arrives Before the GameEuropean Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, and a Magazine That...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average Buys Only Half a Board PointStart at one row of the entry list. Across 108 open teams, exactly one name...
Carlsen's Claim: AI Has Shown Humans Are Not as Great as We ThoughtWhile preparing for the first World Open Chess Championship in Budapest from...
Neiksans in the Headline, Martin on the Page: A Hand-Counted Audit of the 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense PitchNeiksans in the Headline, Martin on the Page: A Hand-Counted Audit of the...