Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda scored 10/11 in the first of Chess.com’s October 8 “3|0 Thursday” tournaments, finishing one point short of a perfect score. Duda won his first eight games, lost to GM Sina Movahed in round nine, then took his final two. Oleksandr Bortnyk and Tuan Minh Le also won their events. Chess.com describes the series as three weekly 11-round Swiss tournaments at 3+0. Source: Chess.com — https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-bortnyk-le-3-0-thursday-10-8-2026

For most of chess history, studying meant replaying games, listening to a stronger player, and testing ideas over the board. Today, a player can ask a computer to examine a position millions of times and point toward moves that no human in the room considered. The engine has become part of chess’s daily language. But its influence is more complicated than a list of perfect moves: it has changed what players study, how they prepare, and what it means to understand a position. The move from...

Grandmaster Daniil Dubov has accepted a 100-game bullet challenge from American amateur Josh Smith, whose rating is in the 1800s. The proposed prize reaches $20,000, but Dubov must win every game to claim the full amount. The unusual all-or-nothing condition turns a speed-chess exhibition into a test of consistency as much as tactical brilliance. Chess.com News reported the challenge on October 9.