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• Solvay score 14/14 to win Spanish Primera División, Ivanchuk excels on board one

  Club Ajedrez Solvay completed a perfect campaign at the Spanish "Primera División" in Linares, winning all seven matches to secure the title and promotion to the "División de Honor". Andreu Paterna finished second to claim the other promotion place, while Platja d'Aro took third. Vasyl Ivanchuk led the champions on board one, scoring 5/7 and gaining 13 rating points. | Photo: Spanish Chess Federation

• Does AI understand chess humour?

  I have been generally investigating AI's ability to appreciate humour. Do AI clients catch the point in jokes and cartoons, and do they interpret them correctly? Do they consider the jokes funny, or do they merely know what humans find funny? After doing some general research on these questions, I turned to chess. I showed these cartoons to AI. Here the reactions. My experiments were not conclusive, but at least a lot of fun. You should try it our yourself.

• Opening Encyclopaedia 2026: Introduction and Open Games

  The Opening Encyclopaedia 2026 presents you with a wealth of new ideas for your opening repertoire. From May 2025 to March 2026, 62 new repertoire suggestions and 46 new videos have been added to the Opening Encyclopaedia! In total, you have access to 1586 opening articles, 100 videos and 8274 surveys covering a period of over 26 years!