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India beat Thailand 3-1 and swept the Dominican Republic 4-0 at Chess Olympiad 2026, but Arjun Erigaisi's shock loss to a 2363-rated IM stole the Day 1 headlines.
India landed in Samarkand today for the 2026 Chess Olympiad, as the defending champion. Five hours later, the team still had no hotel rooms and no idea when they would get one. Indian chess teams face long hotel waits in…
Chess Olympiad 2026 runs 15 to 27 September in Samarkand. India defends two golds, but reigning World Champion Gukesh isn't even the team's #1 board.
Musk said AI will eventually solve chess. Chess.com replied "skill issue." Both were right, about different numbers, and the math had already been settled 76 years earlier.
6 franchises, a joint men's and women's team on one board order, and a $1 million prize fund. Here's the complete story of the Global Chess League, from Dubai in 2023 to Bengaluru right now!
Money and scale don't always agree on which chess event is really the biggest. Here's the real hierarchy behind the 10 biggest chess events in the world.
