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11 years, 7 months, 16 days: The Vietnamese child, a gambit line, and the IM title still awaiting verificationOctober 23, 2026. The final round was underway in some Vietnamese tournament...
Eleven Teams Level, Two Unbeaten: The European Club Cup Table After Round Three Does Not Match Its Own HeadlineHook The first thing I do with any standings table is check whether the...
Wesley So's Fourth Title, and the Page That Changed Its SubjectThe scoreline came first. Then the page loaded underneath it, and the scoreli...
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level After Three Rounds — That Is Arithmetic, Not DepthOn Tuesday, 20 October 2026, the open-section standings of the European Club...
Carlsen's Centipawn Confession: 15 Years at No. 1, a 24-Player Budapest Gamble and the $20 Million QuestionOn 21 October 2026, in an interview published by Marca (source: AS), Magnus...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Annotators, and the Stale Timestamp of ‘Latest Theory’The catalogue does not name the year. “All new releases in September!” — that...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Level on Match Points After Three Rounds — Where the 'Three Co-Leaders' Headline Breaks DownEleven. After three rounds of the 2026 European Club Cup open section, eleven...
European Club Cup in Budva: A 2715 Average Builds a Favourite, Not a GuaranteeIt is two in the morning. The rain in Delhi has stopped and the Budva page of...
Carlsen's Accuracy Statement and Budapest's Missing Document: Three Formats, 24 Players, No RulebookMagnus Carlsen's most-quoted line of the past few days comes from a Marca...
The Headline Said Rachel Li Won a Title. The File Was Selling a Scandinavian Defense.The file carried twelve information points. Beside every one of them sat the...
