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 A recent study on the prevalence of cheating in chess has been published.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211266925000...

 As you may (or may not) have noticed, I've been on a break from the blog. I decided to see what it was like not to try and post every d...

 From the most recent episode of BBC's 'Not by the Playbook' - Chess Mates

 The 2025 Asian Individual Championship (Open and Women's) has attracted large fields. The Open has 156 players, with around half the As...

 Like the Major, the Minor event (Under 1800 ACF) was also very popular. The 98 player field even had a few titles players drift down from t...

 Inspired by memories of 'Round the House' chess, and a recent discovery (via IA Alana Chibnall), that you can play chess while work...

 One of the big surprises from this years Doeberl was the large number of players playing in the Major. The 100 player limit was reached abo...