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27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Engine Data: A Product Audit of ChessBase Magazine #225
Novy Bor Are 'Perfect', but Under the Headline Sits a 60-Minute Scotch Sales Pitch
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, Ten Opening Articles and an Audit of the Ledger
King's Eye on the Sicilian: Najdorf Repertoire Repair in 60 Minutes and the Streaming Politics of the New Era
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open, Two Unbeaten in the Women's Section After Three Rounds
The 60-Minute Elephant Gambit: A Shortcut Sold Under the Najdorf's Name
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, Ten Opening Articles and an Audit of the LedgerBefore opening the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine I wrote four counts on a...
King's Eye on the Sicilian: Najdorf Repertoire Repair in 60 Minutes and the Streaming Politics of the New EraI tested hot takes on a chess stream in 2026 — the numbers never lied again....
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open, Two Unbeaten in the Women's Section After Three RoundsI had to look at the standings three times. After three rounds of the Europea...
The 60-Minute Elephant Gambit: A Shortcut Sold Under the Najdorf's NameIn a club evening in Hyderabad last month, I watched a seventeen-year-old pla...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Engine Data: A Product Audit of ChessBase Magazine #225Three hard numbers sit on the ChessBase Magazine #225 September release page:...
The Headline Says Wesley So, the Body Sells a 1.d4 Repertoire: An Audit of US Championship CoverageThere is an article. It carries nine information points. The first: Wesley So...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: A Solid System, Sold on Its Weakest EvidenceThe last line of the promotional copy reads: “Learn it in 60 minutes, play wi...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreak, Wins Fourth US Chess ChampionshipIn the hall at the Saint Louis Chess Club, the loudest thing that evening was...
A Najdorf Headline, an Elephant Gambit Product: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseA course landing page opened on my screen last week. The headline read "Najdo...
Carlsen's Confession: The Human Accuracy Ceiling and the Arithmetic of 35I stopped twice on one line from the interview Marca published on 21 October,...
European Club Cup: In Budva, the 2715 Average Is the Biggest Question, Not the Biggest AnswerA brief dated 19 October 2026 reached my desk in Islamabad carrying two...
A New Page for the Najdorf, and a Headline That Belonged to Another MatchAt 2:47 a.m., a laptop is open in a Mumbai flat. On the screen is a product...
The Headline That Made Turlov FIDE President, and the FRITZ 20 Ad Underneath: A Content AuditAt 11:40 on a Pune night the last file of the day opens, and the headline doe...
Novy Bor Are 'Perfect', but Under the Headline Sits a 60-Minute Scotch Sales PitchThere Was a Second Document Under the Headline "European Club Cup: Novy Bor a...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Body Says Elephant Gambit: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseStart with the error that forced this report into existence. The product...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Course Teaches the Elephant Gambit: Auditing Chess's 60-Minute Surprise-Weapon MarketThe landing page is headed "Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation." Scroll down an...
King's Eye on the Sicilian: Najdorf Repertoire Repair in 60 Minutes and the Streaming Politics of the New EraI tested hot takes on a chess stream in 2026 — the numbers never lied again....
European Club Cup 2026: Eleven Teams Level in the Open, Two Unbeaten in the Women's Section After Three RoundsI had to look at the standings three times. After three rounds of the Europea...
The 60-Minute Elephant Gambit: A Shortcut Sold Under the Najdorf's NameIn a club evening in Hyderabad last month, I watched a seventeen-year-old pla...
27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, Zero Engine Data: A Product Audit of ChessBase Magazine #225Three hard numbers sit on the ChessBase Magazine #225 September release page:...
The Headline Says Wesley So, the Body Sells a 1.d4 Repertoire: An Audit of US Championship CoverageThere is an article. It carries nine information points. The first: Wesley So...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: A Solid System, Sold on Its Weakest EvidenceThe last line of the promotional copy reads: “Learn it in 60 minutes, play wi...
Wesley So Beats Fabiano Caruana in Tiebreak, Wins Fourth US Chess ChampionshipIn the hall at the Saint Louis Chess Club, the loudest thing that evening was...
A Najdorf Headline, an Elephant Gambit Product: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseA course landing page opened on my screen last week. The headline read "Najdo...
Carlsen's Confession: The Human Accuracy Ceiling and the Arithmetic of 35I stopped twice on one line from the interview Marca published on 21 October,...
European Club Cup: In Budva, the 2715 Average Is the Biggest Question, Not the Biggest AnswerA brief dated 19 October 2026 reached my desk in Islamabad carrying two...
A New Page for the Najdorf, and a Headline That Belonged to Another MatchAt 2:47 a.m., a laptop is open in a Mumbai flat. On the screen is a product...
The Headline That Made Turlov FIDE President, and the FRITZ 20 Ad Underneath: A Content AuditAt 11:40 on a Pune night the last file of the day opens, and the headline doe...
Novy Bor Are 'Perfect', but Under the Headline Sits a 60-Minute Scotch Sales PitchThere Was a Second Document Under the Headline "European Club Cup: Novy Bor a...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Body Says Elephant Gambit: Auditing a 60-Minute CourseStart with the error that forced this report into existence. The product...
The Headline Says Najdorf, the Course Teaches the Elephant Gambit: Auditing Chess's 60-Minute Surprise-Weapon MarketThe landing page is headed "Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation." Scroll down an...