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Prague 2026 as a Lab Record: ChessBase Magazine #225 Carries 27 Miniatures and 10 Opening Articles
77 Teams, Five Continents, and One Empty Column
Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures: Chess's Densest Training Dataset Is Still Priced Wrong
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The Arithmetic Hidden Inside an IM Announcement
ChessEleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The Arithmetic Hidden Inside an IM AnnouncementAt 1:04 a.m., in a room in Ahmedabad, a Vietnamese headline lit up my phone —...
ChessPrague 2026 as a Lab Record: ChessBase Magazine #225 Carries 27 Miniatures and 10 Opening ArticlesTwenty-seven. That is the first number that lands in issue 225 of ChessBase...
ChessEleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The Chair an IM Norm Sat InThe ink on the round-seven score sheet had already dried. Two sounds were lef...
Chess77 Teams, Five Continents, and One Empty ColumnIn the last week of May 2026 I opened a spreadsheet. Seventy-seven rows. Five...
ChessPrague 2026's 27 Miniatures: Chess's Densest Training Dataset Is Still Priced WrongIt was two in the morning in Delhi when I opened the PGN file for ChessBase...
ChessThe Scandinavian in Sixty Minutes: Carlsen's Name, the Coverage Ceiling, and a Loose EvaluationSixty minutes. One video. One promise: "Play with confidence the same day." O...
ChessA Najdorf on the Cover, an Elephant on the Board: What Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Gambit Course Really SellsA Najdorf on the Cover, an Elephant on the Board In a club in Andheri, the...