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Blackburne articles
Photo with his wife
Irish news (Updated 31 March)
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.
Sindarov and Vaishali win Candidates tournaments
The FIDE Candidates tournaments both ended on Wednesday without playoffs being required. Uzbek GM Sindarov and Indian GM Vaishali thus earned the right to challenge for, respectively, the Open and Women's world championship titles in head-to-head matches later this year.
World Senior Team Championships about to start
Play begins on Saturday in the 2026 World Senior Team Championships, as discussed on our news page. Updates will follow when the event begins. Visit our senior tournament calendar for listings of other events for senior players in Europe later this year.
Our database research
We continue to explore the career of Carl Schlechter and have many new findings, some of which we hope to post here during the summer.