The Week in Chess 1665 of 5th October 2026 by Mark Crowther. 25 stories and 5766 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one ...

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one ...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals took place Mon 8th Dec to Thu 11th Dec 2025. The venue was the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve two hours drive from Cape Town. The event was a fast rapid time ...

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one ...

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one ...

British Land Challenge aids the best UK players to develop. The British Land UK Chess Challenge climaxed with the Terra Final held at Warwick School over the weekend. Four hundred of the UK's best ...

Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov played a four game Sicilian Themed Match. Malcolm Pein looks at Game 1. This week we will examine the entertaining exhibition match sponsored by chess fan Jeff Smith ...

The American Cup was a double elimination knockout tournament held in Saint Louis. There is an open and women's event. Players Open event: Fabiano, Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Levon ...

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships takes place Wed 17th Jun 2026 Sun 22nd Jun 2026. Three days of rapid followed by three days of blitz in Hong Kong. 48 teams. Players: Magnus Carlsen, ...

The FIDE Candidates Tournaments both open and women's events take place in the Cap St Georges resort, Cyprus, Sun 29th Mar to Thu 16th Apr 2026. I would argue that this is the highlight of the entire ...