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3rd Place at the Delancey UK Schools Chess GigaFinal 2026
A brilliant performance from our U12 girls player, finishing 3rd in the Southern GigaFinal with 5 out of 7 points and holding a top-3 board position throughout.
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Awonder Liang Invincible At Seirawan Chess, The Complex Variant
GM Awonder Liang blanked his opposition with 3-0 victories in all the matches to convincingly win the 2026 Seirawan Chess Championship, an event he wo…
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Hy Nguyen, Maghsoodloo, Grischuk Take 3 0 Thursday Titles
GM Parham Maghsoodloo scored in the top four in three different 3 0 Thursday Tournaments on October 1. His nine points in the first tournament weren't…
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Bluebaum Takes First Freestyle Friday Of New Season
GM Matthias Bluebaum won the return tournament of Freestyle Friday on October 2 with nine points, taking the tournament outright ahead of GMs Oleksand…
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Freestyle Friday Returns With World Championship Spots On The Line
Freestyle Friday returns to Chess.com this Friday, October 2, resuming the race for places in the 2027 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championships. Ten w…
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Olympiad Stars Abdusattorov, Erdogmus Climb On October FIDE Rating List
GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus are the stars on an October FIDE rating list dominated by the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. Abdu…
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Man Charged With Stalking Hannah Sayce, Accused Of Making False Drug Report
A man from Melbourne has been charged over an alleged stalking campaign against Australian chess streamer and content creator WCM Hannah Sayce, which …
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Witty Alien Shocks Carlsen As 9z Globant Wins 4400-Player Chess Club Showdown
9z Globant, a team with 962 participants, took first place in the first Chess Club Showdown on Wednesday, September 30. The event featured nine esport…
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Garry Kasparov Confirms Security Warnings After Report Of Russian Assassination Plot
The 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov says security services in the U.S. warned him and a fellow Russian opposition figure that their lives wer…
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Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Becomes Youngest-Ever WGM, Scores Second IM Norm
British chess sensation FM Bodhana Sivanandan has made history again. The 11-year-old completed the requirements for the Woman Grandmaster title at th…
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From Tsaghkadzor to Grand Final: European Schools Chess Champions crowned amidst cultural celebration
The curtain fell on the World Schools Team Championship Europe 2026. After four days of intense competition, brilliant sacrifices, and unparalleled te…
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“Theory and Practice of Chess Education” conference begins in Tsaghkadzor
Alongside the 2026 World Schools Chess Championship – Europe, the International Scientific Conference “Theory and Practice of Chess Education” officia…
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WSTC Europe Day 3: Competitions, tactical masterclasses and high-altitude adventures in Tsaghkadzor
The third day of the European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 elevated the competitive intensity to new height…
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Road to Weissenhaus 2027: Freestyle Friday is back
The World Championship race restarts this Friday, and the door is still wide open. Hamburg / Weissenhaus, October 1, 2026 – The race to the 2027 FIDE …
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WSTC Europe Day 2: Bright smiles, brilliant moves, and cultural rhythms in Tsaghkadzor
The second day of the European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 brought an incredible mix of high energy, team …
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WSTC 2026 European Stage begins in Tsaghkadzor
The European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 commenced on 29 September in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. 27 school team…
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Fireworks, drones and champions: Samarkand’s grand Olympiad finale
What an amazing way to finish the Olympiad! The Uzbekistan Local Organising Committee put on a show for the ages – one of the best closing ceremonies …
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Uzbekistan’s dream finish: Olympiad gold in Samarkand
China’s new generation shines and Kazakhstan and India complete the Women’s medal podium. Uzbekistan won the Open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad o…
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Olympiad Day 10: Uzbekistan in command as medal race goes to the wire
India, Ukraine, Germany and Hungary remain in contention after a dramatic penultimate round The medal race has been dramatically reshaped going into t…
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