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ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and the Training Gap in Indian Chess
The Prague 2026 Ledger: ChessBase Magazine #225, Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Price of Preparation
A Seven-Game Ledger: 2,465 Performance, Age 11 Years 7 Months, and the Calendar Audit Behind the IM Claim
The Najdorf Ledger: 60 Minutes, Five Lines, and a Missing Denominator
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: In Chess, the Fast Win Sends Its Invoice Late
An IM Norm at Eleven: A Record on the Sixty-Four Squares That Must Be Audited Before It Is Celebrated
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and the Training Gap in Indian ChessThe clock in the playing hall at Prague's Hotel Don Giovanni stopped on move...
A Seven-Game Ledger: 2,465 Performance, Age 11 Years 7 Months, and the Calendar Audit Behind the IM ClaimThe final round on 23 October, board one, black pieces. Out of a gambit line ...
The Najdorf Ledger: 60 Minutes, Five Lines, and a Missing DenominatorFifty-five minutes and twenty-seven seconds. This is not a match statistic — ...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: In Chess, the Fast Win Sends Its Invoice LateOpen the "Special" section of ChessBase Magazine #225 and the first thing you...
An IM Norm at Eleven: A Record on the Sixty-Four Squares That Must Be Audited Before It Is CelebratedOn board one she had the black pieces. The clock on the seventh and final rou...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: The Unfinished Ledger of the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipHook Eleven days. 13 to 23 May 2026. 77 teams. Five continents. Three section...
Reviewing the Sicilian Najdorf Update: A Black Repertoire in 60 Minutes, and the Gap Between Theoretical Currency and Practical UtilityI watched the board before I watched the match — that was the mistake. Years...
Chess Behind Prison Walls: The 77-Team Record With No Player NamesWhat reached my desk from the third week of May 2026 was one number: 77....
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: Auditing the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipThe release dated 13 May 2026 carried a number that caught the eye immediatel...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and ChessBase Magazine #225: Where Preparation Loses, Not MovesTwenty-seven miniatures. The “Special” section of ChessBase Magazine #225 res...
The Prague 2026 Ledger: ChessBase Magazine #225, Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Price of PreparationThe first number you meet when you open ChessBase Magazine #225 is 27....
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Was Settled in Tiebreaks — and the Story That Carried It Was 11 Percent ChessWesley So beat Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks to win his fourth US Chess...
Wesley So beats Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, wins fourth US Chess Championship title: The settlement rule is the real storyAt the tables of the Saint Louis Chess Club, when the final pieces were...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Is Real. The Article That Carried It Was Not.I stopped at the headline — "Wesley So beats Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, wi...
A Seven-Game Ledger: 2,465 Performance, Age 11 Years 7 Months, and the Calendar Audit Behind the IM ClaimThe final round on 23 October, board one, black pieces. Out of a gambit line ...
The Najdorf Ledger: 60 Minutes, Five Lines, and a Missing DenominatorFifty-five minutes and twenty-seven seconds. This is not a match statistic — ...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: In Chess, the Fast Win Sends Its Invoice LateOpen the "Special" section of ChessBase Magazine #225 and the first thing you...
An IM Norm at Eleven: A Record on the Sixty-Four Squares That Must Be Audited Before It Is CelebratedOn board one she had the black pieces. The clock on the seventh and final rou...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: The Unfinished Ledger of the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipHook Eleven days. 13 to 23 May 2026. 77 teams. Five continents. Three section...
Reviewing the Sicilian Najdorf Update: A Black Repertoire in 60 Minutes, and the Gap Between Theoretical Currency and Practical UtilityI watched the board before I watched the match — that was the mistake. Years...
Chess Behind Prison Walls: The 77-Team Record With No Player NamesWhat reached my desk from the third week of May 2026 was one number: 77....
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: Auditing the Prisoners' Chess ChampionshipThe release dated 13 May 2026 carried a number that caught the eye immediatel...
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and ChessBase Magazine #225: Where Preparation Loses, Not MovesTwenty-seven miniatures. The “Special” section of ChessBase Magazine #225 res...
The Prague 2026 Ledger: ChessBase Magazine #225, Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Real Price of PreparationThe first number you meet when you open ChessBase Magazine #225 is 27....
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Was Settled in Tiebreaks — and the Story That Carried It Was 11 Percent ChessWesley So beat Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks to win his fourth US Chess...
Wesley So beats Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, wins fourth US Chess Championship title: The settlement rule is the real storyAt the tables of the Saint Louis Chess Club, when the final pieces were...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title Is Real. The Article That Carried It Was Not.I stopped at the headline — "Wesley So beats Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, wi...