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Bodhana Plays Game Of Her Life (She's Only 11) To Beat British GM With 99% AccuracyEarthquake in Coventry as WIM Bodhana Sivanandan obliterates GM Ameet Ghasi.August 4, 2026·3 min read

The Chess Row That Just Keeps Going And Going: Niemann Vs NepoThe American and the Russian really don't seem to be getting on well right now. They meet in Round 8 of the UzChess Cup Masters.June 9, 2026·3 min read

Is Niemann's Redemption Complete? Team USA Calls Up Bad Boy Of Chess, FinallyThe scandal that inspired a Netflix documentary is fully behind Hans Niemann now. He has fought hard to get to this point.June 6, 2026·6 min read

Niemann-Nepo Grudge Match Ends 4-4: But That's A Moral Victory for Hans, Right?The so-called 'bad boy of chess' showed some rare vulnerability after his match with his Russian accuser. It was fascinating to hear.June 1, 2026·4 min read

Magnus Carlsen Is Last On The Leaderboard At Norway Chess After Another LossHe's the world number-one. He's the GOAT of chess. He's won it seven times... But he collapsed in time trouble.May 28, 2026·3 min read

Vladimir Kramnik Publishes Part Two Of His Fair Play Detection Methodology, Today On World ChessKramnik's central point is that most anti-cheating systems make one mistake—they average everything together.May 22, 2026·3 min read

Firouzja Puts His Feet Up: Injured Star Out Of Superbet Chess ClassicFrench star withdraws from the second, err, leg of the Grand Chess Tour.May 20, 2026·4 min read

Things You Didn't Expect To See In Elite Chess: Firouzja Playing With An Injured AnkleChess never ceases to amaze: here's Alireza Firouzja playing the Superbet Chess Classic Romania with his feet up. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour.May 18, 2026·5 min read

French Chess Federation Finally Loses Patience With Firouzja, Its Superstar Iranian ÉmigréAlireza Firouzja, the youngest player ever to have passed 2800 FIDE, won't be playing at the 2026 Olympiad this September. It's hardly surprising.May 13, 2026·4 min read

Kramnik Has Been Talking About Cheating For Years. Now Comes The Math.The former World Champion publishes Part One of his fair-play detection methodology.May 12, 2026·2 min read

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Developing a bishop to g2 or b2 behind its pawn, aiming down the long diagonal.

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