Chess
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: The Real Question in Prison Chess Starts With the DataOn the third morning of the event window, 13 May 2026, the number that landed...
Verification Pending: 11-Year-Old Vietnamese Player's IM Claim, the 2465 Performance Rating and the Math of a Small SamplePlaying with the black pieces in the final round, an 11-year-old player won a...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, a Possible Giri–Abdusattorov Top-Board Clash in Round FourOctober 20, 2026 was a Tuesday. Three rounds of the European Club Cup open...
A NATO Championship Headline, a Najdorf Body: How a 60-Minute Download Exposed Chess Media's Verification GapThe first question when I opened the file was simple: which board did Vahap...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess Are 'Perfect' Only in the Headline — the Body Is a 2026 Scotch CourseI opened the page expecting a crosstable for the European Club Cup —...
Carlsen's AI Remark Is Not Philosophy. It Is an Announcement That His Preparation Has ChangedOn 21 October 2026, Spanish outlet AS published the interview and Marca carri...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Annotators, and a 'Latest Theory' Claim With No Line AttachedThe September release page carries three hard numbers: 27 miniatures, 10...
A Title in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: Where the Chess News Pipeline BreaksA listing page surfaced this week with a headline that read like a result:...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title in Tiebreaks: Fast Clocks, Thin Theory, and a Course Sold Inside the NewsWesley So's fourth US chess title arrived through the same door as the previo...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — and a Headline That Won't ReconcileI opened the ledger expecting an answer and found a better question. The stat...
Sixty Minutes, Wrong Poster: Auditing the Elephant Gambit Pitch and Chess's 'Underrated' ClaimMonday afternoon, Kolkata. A landing page opened with the headline "Najdorf...
Eleven Teams, One Line: At the European Club Cup, the Real Fight Is on Board ThreeIt is Tuesday, 20 October 2026. Barely an hour had passed since the third rou...
European Club Cup: A 'Perfect' Claim, a Missing Crosstable, and a Scotch Recipe Stuck in 2026There are two timestamps on this page, and they do not agree with each other....
