Chess
The Benko Gambit 'Full Repertoire' and FRITZ 20: When a Product Review Loses Its Subject
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average, Six Boards, and the Half-Board-Point Gap
The 9...a5 'Antidote' in the Mar del Plata: Where Fewer Lines Leave More Questions
One Line From Nicosia: An Unsourced FIDE Presidency Claim, a FRITZ 20 Advertisement, and a Reporter's Audit
European Club Cup: The Draw-Closing Math Facing Bayegan's 2715 Average
Benko Gambit or Fritz 20? A Product Review Where Two Different Products Stand Together
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average, Six Boards, and the Half-Board-Point GapThe round-three pairing sheet was pinned to the wall, and five teams sat in t...
The 9...a5 'Antidote' in the Mar del Plata: Where Fewer Lines Leave More QuestionsWhat I found in the Jurong West press box was not silence but arithmetic....
One Line From Nicosia: An Unsourced FIDE Presidency Claim, a FRITZ 20 Advertisement, and a Reporter's AuditA news item stands on three things: a date, a source, and one sentence tellin...
European Club Cup: The Draw-Closing Math Facing Bayegan's 2715 AverageBUDVA, Montenegro — After two rounds of the European Club Cup, one number...
Benko Gambit or Fritz 20? A Product Review Where Two Different Products Stand TogetherFrom a commentary booth in Moscow, I have read and listened to hundreds of...
Carlsen's Real Statement Isn't About AI — It's About Stamina, and It's Priced at $20 MillionOn 21 October 2026, Spanish newspaper AS — part of the Marca group — publishe...
A Benko Gambit Cover With a Fritz 20 Body: Auditing a Chess Product Listing's MetadataA Benko Gambit Cover With a Fritz 20 Body: Auditing a Chess Product Listing's...
The New Mar del Plata Debate: Is 9...a5 an 'Antidote' or Just a Slow Defence?The New Mar del Plata Debate: Is 9...a5 an 'Antidote' or Just a Slow Defence?...
A Budva Headline, an Elephant Gambit Body: Two Documents on One PageLast week I sat down to read the pairings for the European Club Cup at Budva....
Italian Game 5.e5: Auditing a Transpositional Weapon, and a Title That Doesn't Match Its BodyBefore I opened the file, my expectation was clean. The title said Endgame...
A Benko Gambit Title, a Fritz 20 Body: The Data-Desk Failure Inside a Chess Product ReviewFour minutes to open the file. The title read: "The Modern Benko Gambit: A Fu...
The Benko Gambit 'Full Repertoire' and FRITZ 20: When a Product Review Loses Its SubjectLast week a page landed on my desk. At the top was a title — a review of “The...
A Benko Gambit Review or a Fritz 20 Ad? Where the Title and the Body Fight Each OtherAn ordinary-looking document promises a Benko Gambit on its first page and is...
The 9...a5 Dossier: Nine Claims and Zero Games in the Bayonet 'Antidote'Forty minutes before the clock starts has always been the loudest hour of my...