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Irish news (Updated 17th September)
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.
FIDE Olympiad in Samarkand
A feast of chess is ongoing in both the Open and Women's sections at the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan and will continue over 11 rounds until Sunday 27th. (Tuesday 22nd is a rest day.)
European Senior Teams
The European Senior Team Championships concluded recently in Crete with wins for Slovenia and England. See our Seniors news page and our senior tournament calendar for other news and details of upcoming events for older players this year and in 2027.
Hastings 1895 revisited
We continue to explore the career of Carl Schlechter. We intend to start writing here about the Hastings 1895 tournament (in which Schlechter played) because there are many problems about the record of that event. All the tournament books have mistakes.