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ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague's Training Package, Mislabelled Metadata, and the Screen-Board Body
Round Nine in Samarkand: Gukesh's Great Escape and the Arithmetic of One-Point Faith
The 5.e5 Ledger: Erigaisi, Laohawirapap, and the Modern Italian as a Club Weapon
A Najdorf Update, a FIDE Headline, and the Verification Gap
The King's Walk and the Quiet Economics of Chess: From Sarana's 'Hidden' Moment to a Grandmaster Weapon in a Club Player's Hands
Round Nine in Samarkand: Gukesh's Great Escape and the Arithmetic of One-Point FaithThe hall lights in Samarkand were still on. The player at the table had been ...
The 5.e5 Ledger: Erigaisi, Laohawirapap, and the Modern Italian as a Club WeaponThe 5.e5 Ledger: Erigaisi, Laohawirapap, and the Modern Italian as a Club...
A Najdorf Update, a FIDE Headline, and the Verification GapTwo in the morning. On the laptop screen, a download page sits open, the file...
The King's Walk and the Quiet Economics of Chess: From Sarana's 'Hidden' Moment to a Grandmaster Weapon in a Club Player's HandsThe King Is Walking In the Chennai press room the air conditioner hummed abov...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague's Training Package, Mislabelled Metadata, and the Screen-Board BodyOne File, Two Realities The first numbers that meet the eye in the contents o...
Prague 2026, ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Steel Cupboard of Purana PaltanDecember morning on a Khulna rooftop flat. The tea steam rises; on the laptop...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Grandmasters: Reading ChessBase Magazine #225 from Dhaka's Ledger27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Grandmasters: Reading ChessBase...
Seven Wins in Samarkand: Savitha Shri's Reserve Board, a Five-Hour Clock, and the Ledger of One Family's CostThe clock in Samarkand had crossed five hours and the board still had nothing...
A File Named Samarkand, Filled With Prague: The Ledger of ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Gap in the RecordHook Last Tuesday afternoon I opened my notebook for a file. The file was...