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Saturday, 13 December 2025

2025 Oceania Youth Chess Championship

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 The 2025 Oceania Youth Chess Championship got off to a successful start, with 360 players descending on the Brisbane Church of England Gram...
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Thursday, 11 December 2025

The blitz kids

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 It is normally a given that after a certain age you lose to younger players, especially at faster time controls. But not always .... I deci...
Sunday, 7 December 2025

Casto Abundo (1950 - 2025)

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 Casto Abundo has passed away at the age of 75. Casto  (Toti to his friends) was a fixture on the international chess scene for the past 50 ...
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Friday, 5 December 2025

Late entries

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 Entries for the 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup have been open for a month. The event already has 4 GM's registered (all from overseas federations...
Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Chasing numbers

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 A couple of important rating lists were released yesterday. There was the FIDE list, as well as the Australian Rating List. The release of ...
Saturday, 29 November 2025

2025 QC Meeting

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 The 2025 FIDE Congress is happening right now. The various commission are meeting online, but the meetings have been recorded. If you wish ...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025

2025 FID World Cup - Sindarov!

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 Javokhir Sindarov is the winner of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. He defeated Wei Yi in the 2nd playoff game to win the match 2.5-1.5 After 3 fai...
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