Chess News
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906Chess Olympiad 2024 participants women section
The Chess Olympiad 2024 has India as the highest rated team of the event with average rating of 2467 ELO. They are...
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Chess Olympiad 2024 participants
The Chess Olympiad 2024 is breaking participation records both in the Open and Women sections. According to the July rating list, the...
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307Chess Olympiad 2024 official song
The Chess Olympiad 2024 will have an official song. This is Rose May and Raul – Trojan war. It inherits the Chess...
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45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest sets participation record
The Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest breaks the participation record. 2022 Chennai Olympiad held the participation record with 187 teams registered in...
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1.2KDeflation. The 2700 club is at its lowest number since 2011
The ELO system formula in chess has a unique property: inflation. This means that with more games played, the total average rating...
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495World Chess Championship 2024 and Judit Polgar’s prophecy
There are only 3 months left to game 1 of the World Chess Championship 2024. Two indisputable talents, representing two superpowers and...
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333GothamChess, “Chess prodigies are now 3 years old” #TweetOftheDay
Just look at this young kid! Suberb! And this is not isolated event, GothamChess is right, chess is getting younger. It is...
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192Sting is an avid chess player #FactOftheDay
Today’s #FactOftheDay comes from none other than Daily Telegraph Chess Correspondent, CEO of CSC, and ECU Vice President Malcolm Pein. On the...
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708Billy Fellowes – Peter Lalic is the longest decisive chess game 272 moves
Last week’s Kingston Invitational, organised by the Guardian’s Stephen Moss, earned a niche in chess history when it produced the longest ever...
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273Alina Kashlinskaya wins Tbilisi FIDE Women Grand Prix
Alina Kashlinskaya is the winner of the Tbilisi FIDE Women Grand Prix. In a dramatic final round, where Kashlinskaya and Assaubayeva entered...