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Irish news (Updated 3rdJune)

Steinitz book
See our pages with many corrections to late-career Steinitz games. Several involve Lasker too.

7-man endgames
These instructive articles remain available.

European Senior Championships are under way in Italy

Acqui Terme in north Italy is the venue for the 2026 European Seniors and we cover the event on our Seniors news page. Visit our senior tournament calendar for listings of tournaments for senior players later this year.

Sindarov and Vaishali win Candidates tournaments

The FIDE Candidates tournaments both ended with surprise winners. Uzbek GM Sindarov and Indian GM Vaishali earned the right to challenge for, respectively, the Open and Women's world titles later this year. There is no venue for the title matches yet.

Our database research

We continue to explore the career of Carl Schlechter and have many new findings, some of which we hope to post here during the summer.