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The 'Mar del Plata' Reinterpretation of 9...a5: Is It Really an 'Antidote' to the Bayonet Attack?
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: FIDE's Stamp, Four Names, and the Rating Promise the Announcement Never Made
Endgame Magic #340: Bodhana Sivanandan in the Title, 5.e5 in the Body — Anatomy of a Chess Headline Mismatch
Fast Classic, No Rating, No Prize Fund: What Exactly Is the Budapest Pilot Testing?
Fast Classic, No Rating, No Prize Fund: What Exactly Is the Budapest Pilot Testing?In Budapest, from 10 to 21 November 2026, there will be a twelve-day event, a...
The 'Mar del Plata' Reinterpretation of 9...a5: Is It Really an 'Antidote' to the Bayonet Attack?I opened the spreadsheet again, and the match started telling a different...
A European Club Cup Headline, a Prague Body: CBM #225 and the Annotator EconomyI opened the ChessBase Magazine #225 product page. The headline read: “Europe...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: Where the Headline Promised Endgames and the Board Delivered an OpeningAt 1 a.m., the stadium was a phone screen and a prayer. There was no stadium ...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Hidden Weapon for Club Players or a Two-Way Trap?Look at the branch of the Italian Game that most club players dismiss before...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: A Rating Headline, Zero Rating Data, and the Unresolved 'Fast Classic' LedgerOn the morning of 29 August 2026, my second monitor in Brisbane had the live...
Total Chess Budapest Pilot: FIDE's Stamp, Four Names, and the Rating Promise the Announcement Never MadeThe announcement of 29 August 2026 led with the phrase “unified rating system...
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites — But at What Cost?European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites — But at What Cost? La...
Carlsen's Admission: The Faster-Win Strategy, Declining Stamina and Budapest's First EditionThe interview ran in AS/Marca on 21 October, then travelled to the Vietnamese...
Does Chess Need a Unified Rating System? The Budapest Pilot Story That Never Leaves Its HeadlineOn the morning of 10 November 2026, when the first move is made in a hotel ha...
Endgame Magic #340: Bodhana Sivanandan in the Title, 5.e5 in the Body — Anatomy of a Chess Headline MismatchIssue number 340. More than three hundred issues behind it — a franchise whos...
The Patience of a Single Pawn: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet, and the Quiet Commerce of the King's IndianThe ceiling fan at the club on Karve Road was on its slow setting, and the te...
Total Chess Unified Rating Proposal: The Open Ledger Before the Budapest PilotBudapest hosts a pilot event from 10 to 21 November 2026, created by Norway...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating System' Proposal: The Gap Hidden Between the Budapest Pilot and the 2027 TourThe most important thing missing from the announcement of the Total Chess eve...
Bodhana Sivanandan on the Cover, 5.e5 Inside: A Catalogue Entry That Contains Two Different DocumentsThe series number was 340. The title said 'Endgame Magic' and promised three...
A Budva Headline With No Budva In It: How a 60-Minute Opening Video Wore the European Club Cup's CoatTwo things sat on the same page and had nothing to do with each other. At the...
The Elephant Gambit Returns: The 60-Minute Strategy Hidden Behind Budva's HeadlinesThe European Club Cup has begun in Budva. That is what the headline says. But...