Chess
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero Names: Inside Prison Chess's Biggest Event and Its Unaudited Ledger
Eleven Years, 5.5/7 and 2465: The Ledger Behind a Wildcard's IM Claim
Najdorf Repertoire Repair: The 2026 Bench, the 2026 Engine, and a Worn-Out DVD
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Tiebreak Headline and Its 89% Empty Floor
A Clutch Chess Headline, A Lilov Course: When Four Elite Names Became Product Packaging
77 Teams, Five Continents and Zero PGNs: The Real Scorecard of Prison Chess
A Clutch Chess Headline, A Lilov Course: When Four Elite Names Became Product PackagingLast week a chess article's headline landed on my desk. Saint Louis. Clutch...
77 Teams, Five Continents and Zero PGNs: The Real Scorecard of Prison Chess13 May 2026. Somewhere behind a prison wall, a first move was played on a...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Three Sections: The Ledger of the First Continental Chess Championships for PrisonersOn May 13, 2026, an online chess event opened with no published PGN, no...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero Names: Inside Prison Chess's Biggest Event and Its Unaudited LedgerOn the morning of 13 May 2026 I was back in the same Salt Lake room where the...
Eleven Years, 5.5/7 and 2465: The Ledger Behind a Wildcard's IM ClaimEleven Years, 5.5/7 and 2465: The Ledger Behind a Wildcard's IM Claim The Rou...
A 2,465 Performance at Eleven: Vietnam's IM Claim Has a Date-Shaped CrackThe number that should be checked first is not the age. It is 2,465. Seven...
Najdorf Repertoire Repair: The 2026 Bench, the 2026 Engine, and a Worn-Out DVDLast week I was clearing out my cupboard in Pune — old notebooks, a few press...
The Tiebreak Ladder and a Fourth Crown: Wesley So Beats Caruana to Win the US Chess ChampionshipThe clock stopped in the classical hall in St. Louis and the scoreboard still...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Tiebreak Headline and Its 89% Empty FloorTitle: Wesley So's Fourth US Title: The Tiebreak Headline and Its 89% Empty...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds, and a Table That Has Not Yet Told Us Any ChessOn Tuesday, 20 October 2026, the European Club Cup has three rounds behind it...
