The Week in Chess 1665 of 5th October 2026 by Mark Crowther. 25 stories and 5766 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.

Siri, call my pawns.

In 2023, two San Diegans who had never met found each other on Reddit because they wanted more people to play chess with. A ...

England's record-breaking chess prodigy continued her extraordinary year with a perfect score at the Belfast qualifier for ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

New Deadlock hero Solomon is a chess master who turns his own team into pawns, and it's pushed the Valve MOBA to a new Steam ...

At halftime, Weston Schartz told his quarterback exactly how Kapaun would score. Three quarters of setup, one perfect fake ...

MY THOUGHTS regarding the quick game tiebreakers for the World Championship Match: i. Ideally the champion must have beaten ...

00:00 Intro 00:02 Game 1 : Opening Trap 14:56 Game 1 Review 16:11 Game 2 : Quiet Endgame 23:09 Game 2 Review 24:01 Game 3 : ...

Strathmore Chess has announced the creation of the first-ever Strathmore Chess Championship qualifiers, taking place throughout October. This annual tournament will take place in November, with final ...

The Mount Carmel chess team has lofty goals for this season, aiming for a top-three conference finish and deep state run, according to coach Dr. Jon Berry. Dr. Berry has coached chess at MC for five ...

Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5 percent tax on the wealth of Californians with more than $1 billion in assets. Most of that money would go toward health care, with the remainder supporting ...