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2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 2: Canada Draws Norway, Women’s Upset-Less

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Science of Chess: A Case Study of Reflex Epilepsy Induced by Playing Chess

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Behind the Board: Interview with IM Shantanu Bhambure

Streamers and their communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battle on 23 September at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!

GM Magnus Carlsen's absence was felt in Round 2 of the Olympiad as Norway drew Canada, while individual upsets in the women's section failed to turn the tide on overall match scores: Read our Round 2 recap blog and join us again at 13:00 UTC on YouTube and Twitch for Round 3 with our host GM Illia Nyzhnyk!

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The favourites prevailed, but some big individual upsets occurred along the way: Read our Olympiad Budapest 2024 Round 1 recap blog and join us again at 13:00 UTC on YouTube and Twitch for Round 2 with our host GM Illia Nyzhnyk and live camera feeds!

Join us on YouTube and Twitch in just one hour at 13:00 UTC for Round 1 of the Olympiad Budapest 2024 with our hosts GM Illia Nyzhnyk and IM Eric Rosen - including live camera feeds!

You can now enable the new Stockfish 17 (79MB net) for analysis in the engine settings menu! Stockfish 16 is still available with a smaller 7MB net. Thanks to the Stockfish team for developing and providing their free and open-source engine!

Watch our latest interview and analysis with none other than IM Eric Rosen and of course our Lewis Chess Legends stream host IM Irene Sukandar!