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The Legacy of Correspondence Chess. Why It Still Matters in the Age of Instant Moves and Superengines

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Published: Friday, 13 June 2025 10:43
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In an era dominated by real-time online blitz games, grandmaster commentary streams, and AI-assisted training tools, one might assume that correspondence chess has faded into history replaced by the rapid-fire world of Chess.com or Lichess. But nothing could be further from the truth. Correspondence chess is not only alive, it thrives. And it continues to attract some of the most analytical, patient, and passionate chess minds from around the globe.

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Opening Master. 25 Years of Chess Excellence and Why It Still Matters

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Published: Wednesday, 11 June 2025 23:52
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In the ever-evolving world of chess, where engines grow stronger, ChatGPT is everywhere and preparation becomes ever more critical, one thing remains constant - the need for accurate, reliable, and comprehensive game data. That’s where Opening Master stands tall, not only as a chess database but as the official chess collection trusted by thousands of FIDE-certified educators and chess professionals around the globe, chess masters and basically anyone who ever downloaded Opening Master Chess Database

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In the Age of AI and LLMs, Chess Remains Beautifully Human

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Published: Tuesday, 13 May 2025 20:23
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In an era where Artificial Intelligence dominates headlines whether it’s ChatGPT from OpenAI, Gemini by Google, or Elon Musk’s Grok on X, one might wonder: Is there anything still purely human? One answer, surprisingly, is chess.

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Opening Master April 2025 update with 10,2 mil human chess games

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Published: Sunday, 06 April 2025 06:55
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March was a dynamic and electrifying month for the global chess community. From world-class tournaments to almost perfect individual performances, the chessboard saw battles that inspired fans and grandmasters alike. Let’s take a quick tour through the highlights. And we updated Opening Master with most up to date data. More than 10,2 million human chess games.

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The Biggest Chess Database Clean-up of the Century and why Opening Master Strikes for Quality

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Published: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 23:51
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The world of chess databases just witnessed a historic transformation! At Opening Master, we have undertaken the biggest clean-up of the century, removing more than 200,000 chess players and their games from our extensive 10.3 million game collection, bringing the total down to 10,111,107 games in our OM OTB (Over-the-Board) database.

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Chess outreach programs and February 2025 updates

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Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 18:34
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Powerful stories of strong minded people effecting hundreds of thousands young children not only in Africa. Tunde Onakoya is now in New York where I met him last time discussing how one can grow up in the Slums one day and next day present at Oxford last year or Harvard and MIT now about positive aspects of chess in outreach communities. Together with Chess in Slums Africa charity programs and The Gift of Chess stories are possible. We shared the latest ones on our social media.

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Project STEM CHESS 2025 Announcement FIDE EDU and OPENINGMASTER

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Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 13:50
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Opening Master and FIDE Education Commission is calling all out STEM graduate degree students who would like to author interesting BIG DATA chess science project. With a massive chess database like Opening Master OTB with 10.3 millions official human games, we are selecting three predictive analytics projects that could yield interesting results for further chess theory study.

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