9/26/2026 – Eleven rounds, 206 teams in the Open, 185 in the Women's event – thousands of games are played at the Chess Olympiad. Most attention goes to the games on the top boards, while many entertaining and interesting games go unnoticed. But at the ChessBase booth in Samarkand, ChessBase invites Olympiad players to show us their best games. Colin Pace from Malta (right in the photo) used the chance. | Left in the photo: ChessBase author Bahne Fuhrmann

9/24/2026 – Timur Turlov is an entrepreneur, president of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and a candidate for the FIDE presidency. But how did he get into chess? In a conversation with Johannes Fischer at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Turlov talks about how his grandfather taught him the game, how his six children rekindled his enthusiasm for chess, why chess helps him in his work as an entrepreneur, and why he supports the game.

9/23/2026 – The ChessBase crew continues its coverage from the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, moving from the exhibition stand to the playing hall and capturing some of the atmosphere around the event. The latest vlog features reactions to the forthcoming ChessBase for Mac, behind-the-scenes work by the team, new guests in the "Off the Board" interview series and the celebrations that follow a victory by the Uzbek team.

9/22/2026 – Bobby Fischer remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures in chess history. IM John Donaldson, captain of the US team at the Chess Olympiad and the author of numerous books on famous and lesser-known chess personalities, is one of the leading experts on Fischer. He recently published a new book on the 1972 World Champion, "Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer". In the interview, Donaldson talks about his research, previously unknown material and how he views Fischer after years of studying his life and work.

9/19/2026 – ChessBase has a team on-site at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. Visitors to the ChessBase stand can find out more about ChessBase for Mac. Arne Kähler and Veronika Exler are also conducting interviews. Svitlana Demchenko has hundreds of databases, Nikita Vitiugov considers himself to be one of the best chefs among chess players, while Gloria Yepez does not enjoy playing blitz! | Photo: ChessBase

9/19/2026 – Baadur Jobava produced a striking tactical win in round three of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, defeating Finland's Toivo Keinanen in 30 moves. Playing white from an Exchange French, the Georgian grandmaster unleashed 17.Bxh6! and followed it with a series of precise attacking manoeuvres after Black accepted the sacrifice. The game highlighted Jobava's trademark tactical sharpness, and was analysed in full by GM Daniel King. | Image: Daniel King's Power Play Chess YouTube channel

9/26/2026 – The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad is taking place on 16-27 September at the Silk Road EXPO in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. A record 208 teams in the open and 191 in the women's category are fighting for collective and individual medals. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 12.00 CEST (6.00 ET, 15.30 IST) | Pictured: Jan-Kzysztof Duda from Poland by Michal Walusza / FIDE

9/18/2026 – A ChessBase team travelled to Samarkand. During the journey, Arne Kähler was already interviewing teams on their way to the event. Nigel Short spoke about ambitious plans that had only come about thanks to an earlier interview with Arne. The ChessBase team met Carissa Yip in Istanbul. Yip had just arrived from the Global Chess League in India. In the travel vlog, the team also shares impressions of Samarkand itself, as well as excerpts from the opening ceremony. | Photo: Emine Yanik

9/17/2026 – ChessBase has a team on-site at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. Visitors to the ChessBase stand can find out more about ChessBase for Mac. Arne Kähler and Veronika Exler are also conducting interviews. Adriana Palao loves sacrificing queens, Konstantin Peyrer would rather not use a board for the first game analysis, while Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley wants to beat Magnus Carlsen in ten years' time. | Photo: ChessBase

9/15/2026 – At the end of August, the chess historians of the Chess History & Literature Society met in Copenhagen to exchange new findings from their research into chess history and chess literature in talks and lectures, and to present interesting new books. Herbert Bastian, Michael Negele and Frank Hoffmeister report. | Photo: The conference venue, Skakkens Hus, Sølvgade 5, 1307 Copenhagen / Photos: Herbert Bastian

9/13/2026 – Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov will face each other in “Clutch Chess: The Legends” in Saint Louis from 11 to 13 September. The two former members of the chess elite will play a twelve-game Chess960 match, with wins becoming more valuable on each successive day. The encounter follows Kasparov’s victory over Viswanathan Anand last year and renews a rivalry that was already revived in Saint Louis in 2018 with a Chess960 match. | Photos: St. Louis Chess Club, Austin Fuller | Live with commentary from 18:40 CEST / 17:40 BST / 12:40 ET / 22:10 IST.

9/13/2026 – Today at 12:00 p.m., the 9th and final day of the Global Chess League begins with the matches for third place between the CheQ Mumba Masters (Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Dronavalli) and the FYERS American Gambits (Sindarov, Nihal Sarin, Assaubayeva). The final will follow at 3:00 p.m. between the Ganges Grandmasters Squad (featuring Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, and Shuvalova) and the Alpine APL Pipers (featuring Carlsen, Giri, and Deshmukh, among others). The finals consists of two matches, followed by two blitz matches if necessary, and then another Armageddon match. Live with commentary starting at 12:00 noon (6.00 AM ET, 15.30 IST) | Picture: Global Chess League

9/12/2026 – Going into the final round 10 (start at 17:00 CEST), David Anton Guijarro leads by one point over Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, who has 5.5 points. Faustino Oro is in third place with 5 points but still has a chance to overtake the Mexican. The match between Pepe Cuenca and Diego Flores will determine who finishes fifth and who finishes last. Anton Guijarro can clinch the tournament victory against Ivan Sokolov. From September 7 to 12, the “Legends and Prodigies” tournament will take place in Madrid. The tournament will be played as a double-round-robin with a shortened classical time control. | Watch the games with commentary. | Photo: Mar Melero

9/9/2026 – Who will be the next FIDE President? The election will take place on 26 September at the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, during the Chess Olympiad. Three candidates are seeking to succeed Arkady Dvorkovich: Wadim Rosenstein, Jan Henric Buettner and Timur Turlov. Today, they will meet for their first joint public debate, moderated by Grandmaster Maurice Ashley. Chess.com will broadcast the 90-minute discussion live on YouTube from 16:00 CEST. | Image: Chess.com

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8/27/2026 – The 2026 Grand Chess Tour reaches its concluding event this weekend, with the four highest-ranked full-tour players competing in the GCT Finals at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer take part in the knockout tournament, with runs from 22 to 27 August. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST) | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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