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Irish news (Updated 3rd October)

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.

Senior Tournament Calendar

Our Seniors news page and our senior tournament calendar have just been updated. Check these out weekly for news and details of upcoming events for older players.

Hastings 1895 revisited

Our first articles about the Hastings 1895 tournament are now live. More will follow in a few days. This is part of our research into the career of GM Carl Schlechter.

Samarkand olympiad

Host nation Uzbekistan won the Open olympiad in Samarkand. China are the Women's champions, Kazakhstani entrepreneur Timur Turlov was elected the new FIDE President.

Maybe we can hope to see a big improvement in the functioning of FIDE next year, especially concerning the scheduling of its senior events?