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Stockfish claims its 19th TCEC title, defeating Reckless in the Superfinal

Stockfish has done it again. The open-source chess engine clinched the Top Chess Engine Championship Season 29 Grand Champion title after a...

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Grand Swiss Chess 2027, details and information

Grand Swiss Chess 2027 is going to take place May 10 to 25 on the Isle of Man. The flagship event, featuring...

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Mamedyarov, “I want Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus to be the first 2900 player”

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (born June 3, 2011) is currently at a FIDE classical rating of 2687 (April 2026 list), ranked #38 in...

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European Individual Chess Championship 2026 LIVE

The 2026 European Individual Chess Championship (EICC) is underway in Katowice, Poland, at Arena Katowice, featuring an 11-round Swiss-system format with a...

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Candidates Chess 2026 LIVE

Candidates Chess 2026 takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, from 28 March to 16 April 2026. It is an eight-player double round-robin, meaning...

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Round 13: FIDE Candidates 2026 official video broadcast

Candidates Chess 2026 takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, from 28 March to 16 April 2026. It is an eight-player double round-robin, meaning...

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Untold: Chess Mates – the story of Carlsen and Niemann on Netflix

Untold: Chess Mates focuses on the fallout from the 2022 chess cheating scandal involving Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen. The episode is...

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Netflix UNTOLD 2026 – the chess cheating scandal Carlsen – Niemann

After 19-year-old Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, World Champion Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the 2022 tournament....