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The 2026 Grand Chess Tour reaches its concluding event this weekend, with the four highest-ranked full-tour players competing in the GCT Finals at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Praggnanandhaa […]

In the first classical games of the semifinals at the GCT Finals, Vincent Keymer faced Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Keymer gave up the exchange in the middlegame, after which enough pieces were traded […]

The WFCC Dawson–White Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions to the world of chess composition. The first awards presented to: Continue reading

Warning: this is a long read. Two weeks ago I wrote a piece on the increase of computer power in the last 50 years. A number of readers wrote me letters discussing my findings and commenting on what […]

As you have noticed, this form of chess is becoming increasingly popular. Everyone seems to like it, sponsors are lining up to stage high-prize tournaments, even World Championships. In this series […]

The Sinquefield Cup is taking place on 10-20 August at the Saint Louis Chess Club. It is a 10-player single round-robin with a classical time control. Besides battling for a share of the $475,000 […]

IM Andrew Martin presents a complete White repertoire after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3, with the Evans Gambit as its aggressive centerpiece for tactically minded players up to around 1800 Elo. Volume 1 covers the […]

The tenth edition of the Youth Chess Composing Challenge (YCCC) brought together 32 young composers under 23 from 12 countries, who contributed with 58 chess problems and studies. The results are […]

13.08.2026. The 49th World Chess Solving Championship 2026 took place in Magdeburg, Germany, 11-12.08.2026. Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink I Assistant: Luc Palmans | Problems Selected by: Paz Einat […]

A few weeks ago this great chess organiser and sponsor passed away at the age of 57. For many years he invited us to his "Zurich Chess Challenge", which saw some of the world's top players competing. […]

Open Solving Tournament of the WCCC 2026 | 19th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 114 | Eddy Van Beers (BEL) with a 100 % score, ahead of Ural Khasanov (FID) and […]

10.08.2026. Open Solving tournament. Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink | Assistant: Luc Palmans | Problems Selected by: Paz Einat Final RESULTS | Problems | Solutions | Norms & Titles WSC points | WSC […]