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Irish news (Updated 23rd 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

Competition is becoming critical at the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The host country retained the lead in the Open after defeating China and will play Germany next. In the Women's section, China and Kazakhstan are still joint leaders after their drawn match.

The Presidential election takes place on Saturday and the tournaments conclude on Sunday.

Senior Tournament Calendar

See our Seniors news page and our senior tournament calendar for other news and details of upcoming events for older players.

Hastings 1895 revisited

We continue to explore the career of Carl Schlechter. There are many problems about the record of the Hastings 1895 tournament in which he played. Our first articles about this will be published once the olympiad is over.