Category: Trivia

23.06.2026

Trivia

We Read the Samarkand Rulebook So You Don't Have To: What Actually Changes for Players

We read all 19 pages of the official Samarkand 2026 regulations — line by line, against the...

28.05.2026

Trivia

Chess on the Silk Road: How the Game Reached Samarkand, Thirteen Centuries Before the Olympiad

The oldest clearly recognizable chess pieces on Earth were dug out of a mound in Samarkand....

21.05.2026

Trivia

Samarkand for Visitors: A Practical Guide to the 46th Chess Olympiad's Host City

Thousands of players and fans will fly into a city most of them have only read about. Here is the...

11.10.2025

Trivia

Bled 2002 - Round 2

The 35th Olympiad in Bled - in preparation

24.09.2025

Trivia

Magnus Carlsen Transformed Chess in Norway

Norway at the Chess Olympiads

17.09.2025

Trivia

Is It Worth Playing Risky Chess?

The official history of the 1st Chess Olympiad in London in 1927 is well known. Hungary won gold,...

17.09.2025

Trivia

The Unsung Heroes of the 2024 Olympiad

Stories of lesser-known chess players who captured the spotlight

16.09.2025

Trivia

A Resigned Game, a Winning Variation

London 1927 – the extraordinary story of the Réti vs. Johner game, or how to lose while holding...

16.09.2025

Trivia

A Clash of Generations: 65-Year-Old Tarrasch vs. the Rest of the World

The final great tournament of a legend at the first Chess Olympiad (London 1927)

10.09.2025

Trivia

Checkmate in 5 Moves and Broken Clocks

The greatest dramas and curiosities from the First Chess Olympiad in London

09.09.2025

Trivia

Chess in Sepia Tones

What did London look like in 1927, when the greatest masters battled for Olympiad gold?

08.09.2025

Trivia

The Scandal at the First Chess Olympiad

Why did Poland and the USA not play in London in 1927? A story of finances and rigid rules.