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British Chess Magazine (October 2026)
British Chess Magazine (October 2026)
The October issue of the world's oldest chess magazine, founded in 1881, covers the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand and the stories that came out of it.
In this issue
- Samarkand 2026: Uzbekistan win Open gold on home soil, finishing two match points clear. China take a seventh Women's title, and India win Open silver and Women's bronze. This was the biggest Olympiad ever, with roughly 200 teams.
- FIDE's eighth president: Timur Turlov takes the helm after one of the most contentious elections in recent memory. The report looks at his plans for digital transformation, education and financial reform, and asks whether he can deliver them.
- Bodhana Sivanandan, 11: England's top board becomes the youngest Woman Grandmaster in history, ahead of Hou Yifan's record. "I want to keep making history."
- British Championships: 17-year-old GM Shreyas Royal wins in Coventry with an unbeaten 7.5/9 and becomes the youngest champion ever. IM Shaun Taulbut's report includes the 22.Rd4!! rook sacrifice against Luke McShane.
- From BCM to ACM: Milan Dinic talks to Josip Asik, the 2026 Chess Journalist of the Year, about ten years of American Chess Magazine.
- Quotes and Queries: Alan Smith asks whether warming up for a big event helps or wears you out, using examples from Kolisch to Petrosian.
- Immortal Caesar: GM Raymond Keene asks whether the word "chess" owes something to Julius Caesar.
- Problem World and Endgame Studies: helpmates to solve, and Ian Watson on the composers' own "Olympics", the WCCT.
