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• Swedish Chess Championship 2026 in Jönköping LIVE

  The 2026 Swedish Chess Championship is underway in Jönköping, Sweden, running from June 26 to July 4. The country’s premier national event features a 10-player round-robin tournament, with each participant facing every other competitor once to determine the Swedish champion. The championship is played with the classical time control of 90 minutes for the first […]

• The LLMs revolution has arrived in chess? Yes and no

  LLMs often can’t beat a decent amateur at chess, and sometimes lose to total beginners. Researchers and hobbyists testing models like ChatGPT have documented them making blatantly illegal moves, moving pieces that aren’t there, or confidently “winning” games they’ve actually lost track of. This is because large language models are built to generate fluent text: they’re […]

• World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2026

  The FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong from June 17 to 21, marking the first time the event is hosted in East Asia. With 42 teams and more than 300 players confirmed, including seven of the world’s top ten male players and […]