Chess
77 Teams, Five Continents, and the Results Table Nobody Published
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A Child on Board One, and Who Was Actually in That Room
77 Teams, Five Continents, One Empty Column: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners
Eleven on Board One: The 2465 Performance Rating and the Category Error in the “International Master” Headline
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: An IM Record and a Calendar That Hasn't Closed Yet
Prison Boards, Five Continents: The Real Ledger Behind Chess for Freedom's 77 Teams
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: A Child on Board One, and Who Was Actually in That RoomOctober 23, evening. Board one. She had the black pieces, and across from her...
77 Teams, Five Continents, One Empty Column: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners13 May 2026. Seventy-seven teams from five continents. An eleven-day schedule...
Eleven on Board One: The 2465 Performance Rating and the Category Error in the “International Master” HeadlineThe girl on board one had the black pieces, and her age was entered as eleven...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: An IM Record and a Calendar That Hasn't Closed YetEleven years, seven months, sixteen days. That is the number that has driven...
Prison Boards, Five Continents: The Real Ledger Behind Chess for Freedom's 77 TeamsOn 13 May 2026, when this tournament opened, it had everything a big story...
An IM at Eleven: The Record Was Built in the Calendar, Not on the BoardOctober 23. Board one. Final round. Black pieces. There is a particular sound...
77 Teams, Five Continents, and the Results Table Nobody Published13 to 23 May 2026. Ten days, 77 teams, five continents, three sections — Open...
Wesley So's Fourth Title, Seven Openings in Six Videos: Auditing the Tiebreak HeadlineNine information points. One concerns the match between Wesley So and Fabiano...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days — and a Date That Hasn't Arrived YetAge: 11 years, 7 months, 16 days. Event date: 23 October. Score on board one:...
A 2,465 Performance, Seven Boards and One Empty Box: Auditing the 'International Master' Claim of an 11-Year-OldThree numbers are on the score sheet: 5.5/7, board one, performance rating...
The 64 Squares Behind Bars: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and the First Continental Chess Championship for PrisonersA cell door closing is the cleanest press of time. In four decades I have...
Not Najdorf but Elephant Gambit: The Headline-Body Mismatch in a 60-Minute Chess CourseIn a Delhi club tournament, I watched a teenager play 2...d5!? after 1.e4 e5...
Wesley So's Fourth US Championship Win: Victory on the Board, a Course Sold in the HeadlineI watched the board before I watched the match — that was the mistake. When...
Sixty Minutes, Wrong Headline: A Data Audit of the Elephant Gambit CourseThe product page opened with 'Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation', so I did wha...
77 Teams, Five Continents, One Empty Column: Auditing the First Continental Chess Championship for Prisoners13 May 2026. Seventy-seven teams from five continents. An eleven-day schedule...
Eleven on Board One: The 2465 Performance Rating and the Category Error in the “International Master” HeadlineThe girl on board one had the black pieces, and her age was entered as eleven...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: An IM Record and a Calendar That Hasn't Closed YetEleven years, seven months, sixteen days. That is the number that has driven...
Prison Boards, Five Continents: The Real Ledger Behind Chess for Freedom's 77 TeamsOn 13 May 2026, when this tournament opened, it had everything a big story...
An IM at Eleven: The Record Was Built in the Calendar, Not on the BoardOctober 23. Board one. Final round. Black pieces. There is a particular sound...
77 Teams, Five Continents, and the Results Table Nobody Published13 to 23 May 2026. Ten days, 77 teams, five continents, three sections — Open...
Wesley So's Fourth Title, Seven Openings in Six Videos: Auditing the Tiebreak HeadlineNine information points. One concerns the match between Wesley So and Fabiano...
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days — and a Date That Hasn't Arrived YetAge: 11 years, 7 months, 16 days. Event date: 23 October. Score on board one:...
A 2,465 Performance, Seven Boards and One Empty Box: Auditing the 'International Master' Claim of an 11-Year-OldThree numbers are on the score sheet: 5.5/7, board one, performance rating...
The 64 Squares Behind Bars: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and the First Continental Chess Championship for PrisonersA cell door closing is the cleanest press of time. In four decades I have...
Not Najdorf but Elephant Gambit: The Headline-Body Mismatch in a 60-Minute Chess CourseIn a Delhi club tournament, I watched a teenager play 2...d5!? after 1.e4 e5...
Wesley So's Fourth US Championship Win: Victory on the Board, a Course Sold in the HeadlineI watched the board before I watched the match — that was the mistake. When...
Sixty Minutes, Wrong Headline: A Data Audit of the Elephant Gambit CourseThe product page opened with 'Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation', so I did wha...