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29 Sept 2026
UZBEKISTAN & CHINA ARE THE 2026 OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONS
The 2026 Chess Olympiad has come to an end, with Uzbekistan winning the Open section and China takin…
26 Sept 2026
Olympiad Rounds 9-10 Recap: Uzbekistan & China One Step Away from Gold!
With just one round remaining, Uzbekistan lead the Open section, with India only one point behind an…
25 Sept 2026
Olympiad Rounds 7-8 Recap: Germany Stops Uzbekistan & China Women Fly
Uzbekistan's perfect run comes to an end against Germany, China stays in the medal race, and the Wom…
21 Sept 2026
Olympiad Rounds 5-6 Recap: Uzbekistan at the Top
Rounds 5 and 6 completely changed the shape of the Olympiad, because several of the main favourites …
21 Sept 2026
Olympiad Rounds 3-4 Recap : The Favorites Hold.
Rounds 3 and 4 brought no major upsets among the Open favorites, while the Women’s section was domin…
17 Sept 2026
Olympiad Round 2 Recap: Sacrifices, Scares and Early Warning Signs
Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad already gave us much more to talk about than the opening day. The rati…
16 Sept 2026
Olympiad Round 1 Recap: Erigaisi Falls & Many Draws
The 2026 Chess Olympiad is underway, and the first round followed the usual pattern of the event: th…
15 Sept 2026
The Race for Gold: Women’s Olympiad 2026
The Women’s Olympiad looks extremely open this year. There are several teams with enough strength to…
14 Sept 2026
Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: Full Preview
The Chess Olympiad is finally here. Eleven rounds, national teams from all over the world and a form…
24 Aug 2026
21 days to be IM
I have 21 days to reach 2400 and finally become international master, to make that i going to play 2…
29 Jul 2026
Aggressive idea in the Biel Masters + Endgame Masterclass
Le Quang Liem for the third time in his carrer employed this opening idea of g5 in the Steinitz vs M…
29 Jul 2026
The Armenians win Dole Open with 1.e4
In the last round of the strongest open tournament in europe in front of my board i had a scree with…
29 Jul 2026
USA vs UZBEKISTAN DAY 2
The american national team of the last olimpiad are facing the top 5 of Uzbekistan all young players…
29 Jul 2026
USA vs UZBEKISTAN DAY 1
The american national team of the last olimpiad are facing the top 5 of Uzbekistan all young players…
28 Jul 2026
What Happen With Gukesh???
3 loses and the last position for the world champion in the Chennai Master was unexpected but its tr…
28 Jul 2026
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 Best Games
4th edition of this very strong close tournament where 4 indian top grandmasters and other 4 for the…
27 Jul 2026
Aronian's Weapon against the French
In this post i going to show you the idea that Levon Aronian is employing to face the french defence…
8 Jul 2026
Tiebreaks to Decide the Winner!!!
After 9 rapids and 18 blitz Firouzja and Abdusattorov tied in the first place and everything was dec…
8 Jul 2026
8/9 by Firouzja in the Blitz!!!!
In the Rapid section Firouzja and Pragg ended in the first position but in the first day of blitz al…
4 Jul 2026
Pragg scores 3/3 to be Leader in Croatia
In the first 2 days of rapid in the Croatia Grand Chess Tourn Praggnanandhaa scored the half of the …
3 Jul 2026
Fioruzja is Leading Croatia GCT
With 4 wins in 2 draws Alireza Firouzja is on the top of the laderboard in the rapic secition of the…
28 Jun 2026
The Tiger of Madras Still Roars
Vishi Anand camed back for a elite tournament to play the rapid and blitz world team championship in…
26 Jun 2026
DRAGON CHILLING WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Blitz Full Analysis
Double Gold medal for the Chinese team with the return to the elite of Ding Liren being the highligh…
26 Jun 2026
The Comeback Nobody Expected
After become world champion 4 years ago Ding Liren started to play very bad in all the tournaments l…
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