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Blackburne articles
Photo with his wife
Irish news (Updated 19 April)
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.
World Senior Team Championships in progress
Play began on Sunday 19th April in the 2026 World Senior Team Championships, at Durres in Albania. Theer will be 8 more rounds. Visit our senior tournament calendar for listings of other events for senior players later this year.
Sindarov and Vaishali win Candidates tournaments
The FIDE Candidates tournaments both ended last Wednesday without playoffs being required. Uzbek GM Sindarov and Indian GM Vaishali thus earned the right to challenge for, respectively, the Open and Women's world championship titles in head-to-head matches later this year.
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.