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Irish news (Updated 2nd November)
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 Championships: just three rounds to go
We have a special page for the World Senior Championships which conclude on Saturday. Our Seniors pages are widely read by competitors in 50+ and 65+ events. The Seniors news page and our senior tournament calendar have just had a major overhaul.
Hastings 1895 revisited
Our series of articles about the Hastings 1895 tournament has concluded for the time being. We shall review feedback and post our database towards the end of November. This is part of our research into the career of GM Carl Schlechter.
World championship match
Can 21-year-old Indian world champion Gukesh recover his lost form for the defence of his title which begins next Tuesday in Geneva against Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov, whose own 21st birthday falls during the contest?