[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-01"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "168"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 f6 8.Nc3
Nb6 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d4 exd4 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Bxc6 Bxf3 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6
15.Bxf3 c6 16.Qd3 Qc7 17.Be4 g6 18.Bh6 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Qxg7 20.a4 Rad8 21.Rad1
Rd6 22.a5 Nd7 23.Qb3+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.c3 Nf6 26.Bc2 Rfd8 27.Bb3+ Kf8
28.Kf1 dxc3 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.bxc3 Nd5 31.Rd1 Ke7 32.Bxd5 cxd5 33.Ke2 Rc6
34.Kd3 Kd6 35.Rb1 Kc7 36.Rb5 Rf6 37.f3 Kc6 38.Rb4 Re6 39.Rh4 h5 40.Rf4 b6
41.axb6 axb6 42.Rf7 Kc5 43.Rg7 Rf6 44.h4 Re6 45.Rg8 Rf6 46.Rc8+ Kd6 47.
Rd8+ Kc6 48.Rg8 Kc5 49.Ke3 Kd6 50.g3 Kc6 51.f4 Re6+ 52.Kd3 Rf6 53.Kd4 Re6
54.f5 Re4+ 55.Kd3 gxf5 56.Rg6+ Kc5 57.Rg5 Rg4 58.Ke3 Kd6 59.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 60.
Kd2 Rg4 61.Rxh5 Kc5 62.Rh8 Rg2+ 63.Kd3 Rg3+ 64.Kc2 Rg2+ 65.Kb3 Rh2 66.h5
Kc6 67.h6 Rh4 68.h7 Kb7 69.Kc2 Rh3 70.Kd2 Ka7 71.Kc2 Kb7 72.Kb3 Ka7 73.Kb4
Kb7 74.Kb5 Rh4 75.Rd8 Rxh7 76.Rxd5 Rc7 77.Kb4 Kc6 78.Rh5 Rd7 79.c4 Rd6 80.
Rh8 Re6 81.Rc8+ Kb7 82.Rh8 Kc6 83.Rc8+ Kb7 84.Rh8 Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-02"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Be3 Nf6 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3
Qd8 9.h3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.O-O Na5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.b3 Nd5 14.Ne4 Rc8 15.Nc5
Rxc5 16.dxc5 Nxe3 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-03"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe1 h6 13.Nh4 Qd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 fxg6 16.Qe4 g5 17.Be3 a6 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.Rb3
Kg8 22.Kg2 Kf7 23.Kf3 Ke6+ 24.Ke4 Rb5 25.c4 Ra5 26.a3 Ra8 27.Bc1 Ra4 28.
Ke3 Rf8 29.f3 Bc5+ 30.Ke2 Bd6 31.Be3 Ra8 32.Ra1 Rf8 33.Rb7 Ra8 34.c5 Bf8
35.Rxc7 Be7 36.Rxc6+ Kd7 37.Rb6 Rc8 38.Rb7+ Ke6 39.Ra2 Ra5 40.Rab2 Rxa3
41.R2b6+ Kf7 42.c6 Rc3 43.Rxa6 Rxc2+ 44.Bd2 R8xc6 45.Raa7 Re6 46.Kd1 Rc8
47.Bb4 Re8 48.Kd2 Kf6 49.Bc3 Rd8 50.Ke2 Red6 51.Rxe7 Rxd3 52.Bxe5+ 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-04"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Bg4 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 Qc7 8.Nbd2
Bg7 9.Qe2 f6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 fxe5 12.O-O c4 13.dxc4 e4 14.Nd4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16.Bh6 Rg8 17.f3 Nh5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qe3 Ng3 20.Rfc1 Qb6 21.fxe4
Qxd4 22.Qxd4 Ne2+ 23.Kf2 Nxd4 24.exd5 g5 25.h4 gxh4 26.Rc7 Rg6 27.Be3 Nb5
28.Rb7 Nd6 29.Rxa7 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rf6+ 31.Ke2 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Rf5 33.Ra4 Re5+ 34.
Kf3 Nf5 35.Ra5 Nd4+ 36.Kf4 Re2 37.Be3 Nc2 38.Bc5 Rxg2 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Ra7
h3 41.Rxe7+ Kg6 42.Re6+ Kh5 43.Re5+ Kg6 44.Re6+ Kh5 45.Re5+ Kg6 46.Re6+
1/2-1/2
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-05"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.d3 Nd4 6.Bc4 d6 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd2
Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be6 10.Bb3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Re8 12.g4 Nd7 13.h4 a5 14.g5 Nc5 15.
Qg3 a4 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Bd2 d5 18.Be3 dxe4 19.dxe4 Nd4 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.c3 Nb5
22.O-O Nd6 23.Qf3 Qe6 24.Ra1 Nc4 25.Qe2 Rad8 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Nxe3 28.
Qxe3 Qg4+ 29.Qg3 Qxe4 30.Rfe1 Qf5 31.Ra5 f6 32.gxf6 Qxf6 33.Raxe5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Rxe5 Rd3 36.Rc5 c6 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Rf5+ Ke6 39.Rf3 Rxf3 40.Kxf3
Kf5 41.b4 h5 42.c4 b6 43.b5 c5 44.Ke3 Kg4 45.Ke4 Kxh4 46.Kd5 Kg4 47.Kc6 h4
48.Kxb6 h3 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-06"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4
Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Na4 Nd7 12.Rd1 b6 13.b3 Bb7 14.Be2 Bc6 15.Nc3
Nc5 16.O-O Qc7 17.Nd5 Qb7 18.Bd4 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rad8 21.Rfe1
e5 22.dxe6 Nxe6 23.Qf2 Rfe8 24.h4 Qc7 25.Bf1 Qc5 26.Rd5 Qc7 27.g3 h5 28.
Red1 Nc5 29.Qd2 Re6 30.Re1 Rde8 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Qf4 Re5 33.Qf6 Rxd5 34.
cxd5 Nd7 35.Qg5 Ne5 36.Be2 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Qxd5 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qxb6 Qd2 40.Qf2
Qxa2 41.f4 Ng4 42.Bxg4 Qxf2+ 43.Kxf2 hxg4 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Kd4 f5
47.Kc4 Ke7 48.Kb5 d5 49.Kxa5 Kd6 50.Kb4 Kc6 51.Kc3 Kc5 52.Kd3 Kb4 53.Kd4
Kxb3 54.Kxd5 Kc3 55.Ke5 Kd3 56.Kf6 Ke3 57.Kxg6 Kf3 58.h5 Kxg3 59.h6 Kxf4
60.h7 g3 61.h8=Q g2 62.Qd4+ Kg3 63.Qe5+ f4 64.Qg5+ Kh2 65.Qxf4+ Kh1 66.
Qh4+ Kg1 67.Kf5 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-07"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bb5 a6
9.Ba4 c5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.h3 Bf8
16.Nh2 Qd7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 d5 19.e5 Nh7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nxd4 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qd3+ Nf5 24.Ng4 Kh8 25.Nh5 Qa7+ 26.Kh2 Nh4 27.Be3 Qe7 28.
Ngf6 gxf6 29.Nxf6 Bf5 30.Qd4 Qxe5+ 31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.Bd4 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Bg7
34.Re7 Be6 35.Rc7 Rc8 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-08"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4
Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Na4 Nd7 12.Rc1 b6 13.b3 Bb7 14.Be2 Bc6 15.Nc3
Nc5 16.O-O Qd7 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.Bf1 Rad8 19.Bd4 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 e6 21.Rb1 f5
22.e5 dxe5 23.Qxe5 Qg7 24.Qe3 Qf6 25.Rbc1 Kg7 26.Rb1 e5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Re1 e4 29.fxe4 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Bxe4 31.c5 bxc5 32.Qxc5 Rd2 33.Qxa5 Qd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qf2 35.Qc7+ Kh6 36.Qg3 Qxg3 37.hxg3 Rxa2 38.b4 Rb2 39.b5 Kg5 40.Kg1
Kg4 41.Kh2 h5 42.Re3 Kg5 43.Re1 Kf6 44.Rc1 Ke5 45.Rc5+ Kd6 46.Rc1 Ke5 47.
Rc5+ Kd6 48.Rc1 Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-09"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "144"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nc3
Bxc4 9.dxc4 a5 10.b3 Nb8 11.Nd5 Nbd7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.f3 Nfd7
15.Nf1 g6 16.Ne3 c6 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Nf8 19.Rad1 Nfe6 20.Ng4 b6 21.Qe3
h5 22.Nf2 Kh7 23.Rd2 Rd7 24.Bb2 Rad8 25.Red1 Qg5 26.Qe1 Nf4 27.Qf1 h4 28.
Kh1 f5 29.Bc1 fxe4 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.fxe4 Qh5 32.Rf2 g5 33.Be3 c5 34.Rdd2
Rf8 35.Qd1 Qxd1+ 36.Rxd1 Kg6 37.Rdf1 Rdf7 38.Rd1 Rd7 39.g3 hxg3 40.hxg3
Ne6 41.Rxf8 Nxf8 42.Kg2 Ne6 43.c3 Rd8 44.Kf3 Rd7 45.Kg4 Rd8 46.Rf1 Rh8 47.
Rf5 Rh1 48.Bxg5 Nxg5 49.Rxg5+ Kf6 50.Rf5+ Ke6 51.Kg5 Rb1 52.Rf6+ Ke7 53.
Kg6 Rxb3 54.Rf7+ Ke6 55.Rf6+ Ke7 56.Rf3 Ra3 57.g4 Rxa4 58.g5 Rxc4 59.Kf5
Ra4 60.g6 Ra1 61.Rg3 Kf8 62.Ke6 Rd1 63.c4 Kg7 64.Rb3 Kxg6 65.Rxb6 Kg5 66.
Ra6 Kf4 67.Rxa5 Kxe4 68.Ra6 Rd4 69.Rc6 Kd3 70.Rxd6 Rxd6+ 71.Kxd6 Kd4 72.
Ke6 e4 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 g6 7.h4 h5 8.d3 Bh6
9.a3 Bxc1 10.Qxc1 Ngf6 11.b4 b6 12.Rb1 O-O 13.Qh6 Nh7 14.Nd5 Ndf6 15.Ng5
Nxg5 16.hxg5 Ng4 17.Nf6+ Nxf6 18.gxf6 Qxf6 19.Rxh5 Qg7 20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Rh1 Rh8 22.Kd2 f5 23.f3 Kf6 24.Ke3 f4+ 25.Kf2 g5 26.g4 Ke6 27.b5 Kf6 28.a4
Kg6 29.Rxh8 Rxh8 30.Kg2 Rh7 31.a5 Kf6 32.Ra1 Rb7 33.axb6 axb6 34.Ra8 Ke6
35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Kd2 Kf6 38.Kc3 Ke6 39.Kb3 Kf6 40.Rg8 Rh7 41.Rb8
Rh3 42.Rxb6 Ke6 43.Rb8 Rxf3 44.b6 Kd7 45.b7 Kc7 46.Rd8 Kxb7 47.Rxd6 Rg3
48.Rd5 Rxg4 49.Rxe5 f3 50.Kc2 f2 51.Rf5 Rf4 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 f6 8.Nc3
Nb6 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Nxe5 Qf5 13.g4 Qxe5 14.Bxb6 Qd6 15.
Nb5 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-12"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 g6 8.h4 h5
9.a3 Bh6 10.Rb1 Bxc1 11.Qxc1 Nf6 12.b4 b6 13.Qg5 Ng4 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nh2
Qxg5 16.hxg5 Nxh2 17.Nc7+ Kd7 18.Nxa8 Ng4 19.bxc5 Rxa8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.
Rxb6 Rxa3 22.f3 Ra1+ 23.Ke2 Rxh1 24.fxg4 hxg4 25.Rb7+ Ke6 26.Rb6 Nd4+ 27.
Kf2 Rd1 28.c5 Rd2+ 29.Kg1 g3 30.Rxd6+ Ke7 31.Kf1 Rd1# 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-13"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bb5 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.h3 Re8 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Rc8 19.Bb3 d5 20.e5 Nd7 21.Be3 Bc5 22.
Qf4 d4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Bxb3 25.axb3 Nxe5 26.Qxd8 Rcxd8 27.Re3 Kf8 28.
Rxa6 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 30.Ne4 Rxb2 31.Nd6 Re6 32.Ra8+ Ke7 33.Nf5+ Kf6 34.Nd4
Rb6 35.Kg3 Nc6 36.Nxc6 Rxc6 37.Rb8 Rc5 38.Rb6+ Kf5 39.Rf3+ Kg5 40.h4+ Kh5
41.Kh3 f6 42.g4+ Kg6 43.h5+ Kh7 44.Kg3 Rd5 45.Rb7 Re5 46.Rd3 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.27"]
[Round "02-14"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna Olehivna UKR"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qe3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Rac1 Ne6 15.Ba1
Nc5 16.Nd5 Bxa1 17.Rxa1 e6 18.Nc3 Qe7 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Rad1 Ne5 21.b4 Ncd7
22.Rxd6 Nxf3+ 23.Bxf3 Ne5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Be2 Qc7 27.Qd4 Nc6
28.Qf6 Nxb4 29.h4 Nc6 30.h5 Qe5 31.Qxe5 Nxe5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.f4 Nd7 34.Kf2
Kf8 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.g3 Kd6 37.e5+ Kc5 38.a3 Bc6 39.Kd3 b5 40.cxb5 axb5 41.
Na2 Nb6 42.Nb4 Nc4 43.Nc2 Nb2+ 44.Kc3 Na4+ 45.Kb3 Bd5+ 0-1Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Mars Attacks!
Monday, July 27, 2026
Two As One
State and anomie II
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 27, 2026
If we refer to the doctrine contained in the second Pauline epistle to the Thessalonians, then we can say, as we already did in this column, that the katechon, the power that holds back and delays the end, which the fathers identified with institutions (the Roman Empire and the Church itself), is now in crisis everywhere. We are therefore witnessing the advent of the anomos, a lawless power that produces ruin and proclaims itself to be God (for this reason the fathers identified it with the Antichrist).
This is evident in the United States, where institutions no longer seem to work and all power is in the hands of a man who speaks and acts without any more laws (the same can be said for Israel), and disguises himself as God. It is well to reflect on this epochal situation, which involves the entire West. Since istitutions (the State and its historical articulations) lost any credibility, it is vain to found the power that holds back the eschatological event on them. And this is all the more true because the anomos, the lawless, is not an external principle, but the appearance the institution itself assumes in its decay. Trump and Netanyahu do not come from outside: it is the State itself, the power that should hold back and delay the end, which becomes the agent that hastens and precipitates it into its most ruinous forms.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 27, 2026
If we refer to the doctrine contained in the second Pauline epistle to the Thessalonians, then we can say, as we already did in this column, that the katechon, the power that holds back and delays the end, which the fathers identified with institutions (the Roman Empire and the Church itself), is now in crisis everywhere. We are therefore witnessing the advent of the anomos, a lawless power that produces ruin and proclaims itself to be God (for this reason the fathers identified it with the Antichrist).
This is evident in the United States, where institutions no longer seem to work and all power is in the hands of a man who speaks and acts without any more laws (the same can be said for Israel), and disguises himself as God. It is well to reflect on this epochal situation, which involves the entire West. Since istitutions (the State and its historical articulations) lost any credibility, it is vain to found the power that holds back the eschatological event on them. And this is all the more true because the anomos, the lawless, is not an external principle, but the appearance the institution itself assumes in its decay. Trump and Netanyahu do not come from outside: it is the State itself, the power that should hold back and delay the end, which becomes the agent that hastens and precipitates it into its most ruinous forms.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Marc Chagall, Moses receiving the Tablets of Law, 1966. Courtesy of WikiArt. |
Chess & Jazz
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anna Olehivna Muzychuk
8th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event; Quarterfinal match game 3; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, July 27, 2026
Vienna Game C26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe1 h6. 12. ... Kh8 13. Nh4 f6 followed by ... Bh5-f7 was also satisfactory for Black in Ceschia – Tatai, 51st Italian Chess Championship, Chianciano Terme 1991. Theoretically speaking, however, 12. ... f5! might be stronger.
13. Nh4 Qd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qe4 g5?! Less weakening is 16. ... Kh7 17. h4!? Ne7, even if, as things work out, White doesn’t take advantage of the light squares yet.
17. Be3 a6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Bxc6. 19. Rxb7? Na5 would cost White the Exchange.
19. ... Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Kg8 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Kf3 Ke6+ 24. Ke4 Rb5 25. c4 Ra5 26. a3 Ra8 27. Bc1 Ra4 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. f3 Bc5+ 30. Ke2 Bd6
13. Nh4 Qd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qe4 g5?! Less weakening is 16. ... Kh7 17. h4!? Ne7, even if, as things work out, White doesn’t take advantage of the light squares yet.
17. Be3 a6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Bxc6. 19. Rxb7? Na5 would cost White the Exchange.
19. ... Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Kg8 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Kf3 Ke6+ 24. Ke4 Rb5 25. c4 Ra5 26. a3 Ra8 27. Bc1 Ra4 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. f3 Bc5+ 30. Ke2 Bd6
31. Be3?
31. Bb2 Kd7 32. Re1 was a better way to keep tension alive.
31. ... Ra8?! Black shouldn’t have missed the opportunity to take on a3: 31. ... Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Rxa6 Kd7 with strong drawing chances.
32. Ra1 Rf8 33. Rb7 Ra8? Now 33. ... Rxa3? is no longer playable because of 34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. c5 trapping the Bishop, but 33. ... Kd7 was a must and a hard nut to crack.
34. c5 Bf8 35. Rxc7 Be7 36. Rxc6+ Kd7 37. Rb6 Rc8 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. Ra2 Ra5 40. Rab2 Rxa3 41. R2b6+ Kf7 (41. ... Kd5?? 42. c4#)
31. ... Ra8?! Black shouldn’t have missed the opportunity to take on a3: 31. ... Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Rxa6 Kd7 with strong drawing chances.
32. Ra1 Rf8 33. Rb7 Ra8? Now 33. ... Rxa3? is no longer playable because of 34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. c5 trapping the Bishop, but 33. ... Kd7 was a must and a hard nut to crack.
34. c5 Bf8 35. Rxc7 Be7 36. Rxc6+ Kd7 37. Rb6 Rc8 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. Ra2 Ra5 40. Rab2 Rxa3 41. R2b6+ Kf7 (41. ... Kd5?? 42. c4#)
42. c6? Too hasty. 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Kd2 would leave Black resourceless.
42. ... Rc3 43. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 44. Bd2 R8xc6? Black is too hasty as well. She ought to have prepared it better with 44. ... Ke6! first.
45. Raa7 Re6 46. Kd1? Right was 46. Ke3! threatening Bd2-b4, which can only be prevented at the cost of the Exchange.
46. ... Rc8 47. Bb4 Re8 48. Kd2 Kf6? Once again, the wrong move. 48. ... Kf8! was the right one.
42. ... Rc3 43. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 44. Bd2 R8xc6? Black is too hasty as well. She ought to have prepared it better with 44. ... Ke6! first.
45. Raa7 Re6 46. Kd1? Right was 46. Ke3! threatening Bd2-b4, which can only be prevented at the cost of the Exchange.
46. ... Rc8 47. Bb4 Re8 48. Kd2 Kf6? Once again, the wrong move. 48. ... Kf8! was the right one.
49. Bc3? Returning the favour! After both 49. Ke3! or 49. Ba3! Black is in Zugzwang, for checkmate will follow if she takes the Bishop (50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Rxg7+ Kf6 52. Raf7#).
49. ... Rd8 50. Ke2 Red6?? The last mistake. 50. ... Rg8! was best (and probably still a possible draw).
51. Rxe7 Rxd3 52. Bxe5+ 1–0. Mate follows after 52. ... Kg6 53. Rxg7#.
49. ... Rd8 50. Ke2 Red6?? The last mistake. 50. ... Rg8! was best (and probably still a possible draw).
51. Rxe7 Rxd3 52. Bxe5+ 1–0. Mate follows after 52. ... Kg6 53. Rxg7#.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) defeated Muzychuk 8½ – 5½ and advances to the semifinals! Screenshot from the live stream. |
Friday, July 24, 2026
A Martian Odyssey
The Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) will back the candidacy of Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov for President of International Chess Federation (FIDE), RCF President Andrey Vasilievich Filatov said to a TASS correspondent in Moscow.
Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy got a big boost when incumbent FIDE President Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich announced his decision not to rerun for office in the wake of EU sanctions imposed on him.
“Tertium non datur. Now Kirsan Nikolayevich will wander in the infinity of the universe. He was the second Russian candidate in the upcoming elections. Accordingly, one is out, and the other is in”, TASS quotes Filatov as saying.
FIDE presidential election will be held at FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 26–27. In addition to Russia’s Ilyumzhinov, Germany’s tycoons Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein and Jan Henric Buettner announced their candidacies.
Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy got a big boost when incumbent FIDE President Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich announced his decision not to rerun for office in the wake of EU sanctions imposed on him.
“Tertium non datur. Now Kirsan Nikolayevich will wander in the infinity of the universe. He was the second Russian candidate in the upcoming elections. Accordingly, one is out, and the other is in”, TASS quotes Filatov as saying.
FIDE presidential election will be held at FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 26–27. In addition to Russia’s Ilyumzhinov, Germany’s tycoons Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein and Jan Henric Buettner announced their candidacies.
“My doors are open, not only to the backers of Dvorkovich but to anyone who cares for the unity of the chess world”, Ilyumzhinov said. ”I also welcome any suggestions from the two German candidates”. Photo: Alexander Shcherbak/TASS. |
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Fresh Water for Flowers
Tourists visit 玄武湖公园 (Xuánwǔ Lake Park) in 南京 (Nánjīng), 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province), China, to view blooming lotus flowers. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock. |
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Summer Reading
In praise of Michele Mari
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 21, 2026
Already since Heraclitus and Democritus, tradition has it that philosophers distrust their contemporaries, especially their fellow citizens. Perhaps this is why, perhaps wrongly and perhaps not without good reasons, I too abstain from reading books written by my fellow citizens today. It is all the more joyful and surprising when a book refutes my prejudice, as happened just ìn these days with Le maestose rovine di Sferopoli (The majestic ruins of Sferopoli) by Michele Mari. Mari’s mind is gifted with a prodigious imagination, which unites, as in Manganelli, with an intelligece and culture that are certainly beyond the ordinary. As long as this author will write, Italian literature will stay alive among the ruins, and the philosopher will have to admit that his intransigence was, for once, out of place.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 21, 2026
Already since Heraclitus and Democritus, tradition has it that philosophers distrust their contemporaries, especially their fellow citizens. Perhaps this is why, perhaps wrongly and perhaps not without good reasons, I too abstain from reading books written by my fellow citizens today. It is all the more joyful and surprising when a book refutes my prejudice, as happened just ìn these days with Le maestose rovine di Sferopoli (The majestic ruins of Sferopoli) by Michele Mari. Mari’s mind is gifted with a prodigious imagination, which unites, as in Manganelli, with an intelligece and culture that are certainly beyond the ordinary. As long as this author will write, Italian literature will stay alive among the ruins, and the philosopher will have to admit that his intransigence was, for once, out of place.
(English translation by I, Robot)
M. C. Escher, Sphere Spirals, 1958. Courtesy of WikiArt.
Monday, July 20, 2026
Pavlova
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) took the stage at the Auckland Chess Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday, July 19, 2026, by giving a sold-out lecture and presenting prizes at the 3rd Auckland Chess Centre Rapid. Photos: New Zealand Chess News. |
A Beautiful Mind
“Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and is currently ranked as the number 1 female chess player in the world. She studied the Master of Public Policy at Oxford and is currently a professor at Peking University in the Department of Physical Education. Alongside teaching, she continues her work in chess education and research, and will begin a PhD in the Department of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences at Peking University this September. While she now competes more selectively, 逸凡 (Yìfán) remains committed to promoting chess beyond elite competition. Her work increasingly focuses on the educational value of chess, interdisciplinary research, and exploring how chess can contribute to education and broader societal development, public engagement and international exchange”. Caption and photo: Rhodes Trust. |
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Within Without
The first friend and the first enemy
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 17, 2026
As an intellectually lively scientist friend writes to me, the fundamental event in the history of the living was the appearance of a microorganism capable of feeling pain. This thesis obviously needs to be clarified, putting before — or adding — “pleasure” to “pain”. If we relate this fundamental capability of the living to what Aristotle writes about the perception of the sensation of existence (“sensing that we are alive is in and of itself sweet, for life is by nature good and it is sweet to sense that such a good belongs to us”), we can then say that a primordial form of the capability to feel pleasure or pain refers to the very fact of existing, to the feeling of living. The sensation of the sweetness of living corresponds, indeed, to its symmetrically opposite one, in which for some reason — or even for no apparent reason — the feeling of living is painful.
The Aristotle quote is from his treatise on friendship that takes up Books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics. After defining the sweetness of the sensation of living, Aristotle adds that we feel the same sweetness for the existence of a friend and friendship is this con-senting (synasthanesthai, sensing together) (to) the existence of an-other man, who thus becomes “an other self” (heteros autos). Not only is there a sensation of existence, a feeling of living, but this sensation is always already shared, it is always already consent to the existence of the other; and friendship is the instance of this con-senting (to) the existence of the friend in the very feeling of one’s own existence.
It will then be possible to develop this thesis in relation to the other polarity of the sensation of existence, in which it no longer appears joyful, but painful. The con-senting (to) the existence of the friend will now correspond to the con-senting (to) the existence of the enemy. And if the friend-enemy pair defines politics according to Schmitt, then at the foundation of politics are the pleasure and pain that define the human sensation of existence and the con-senting of the existence of the other inherent in it. Friendship and enmity, love and hate, the philein of philos and the echthairo of echthros do not refer to a doctrine of affections, but are first and foremost two fundamental ontological-political categories. If we feel the sensation of living as sweet, then we are in friendship and peace; if, instead, we feel it as hateful, we fall into war and enmity. Once again, at the basis of our relationship with others lies the relationship with ourselves, the way we con-sent (to) our existence determines the way we situate ourselves in the world. Our first friend and our first enemy are ourselves.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 17, 2026
As an intellectually lively scientist friend writes to me, the fundamental event in the history of the living was the appearance of a microorganism capable of feeling pain. This thesis obviously needs to be clarified, putting before — or adding — “pleasure” to “pain”. If we relate this fundamental capability of the living to what Aristotle writes about the perception of the sensation of existence (“sensing that we are alive is in and of itself sweet, for life is by nature good and it is sweet to sense that such a good belongs to us”), we can then say that a primordial form of the capability to feel pleasure or pain refers to the very fact of existing, to the feeling of living. The sensation of the sweetness of living corresponds, indeed, to its symmetrically opposite one, in which for some reason — or even for no apparent reason — the feeling of living is painful.
The Aristotle quote is from his treatise on friendship that takes up Books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics. After defining the sweetness of the sensation of living, Aristotle adds that we feel the same sweetness for the existence of a friend and friendship is this con-senting (synasthanesthai, sensing together) (to) the existence of an-other man, who thus becomes “an other self” (heteros autos). Not only is there a sensation of existence, a feeling of living, but this sensation is always already shared, it is always already consent to the existence of the other; and friendship is the instance of this con-senting (to) the existence of the friend in the very feeling of one’s own existence.
It will then be possible to develop this thesis in relation to the other polarity of the sensation of existence, in which it no longer appears joyful, but painful. The con-senting (to) the existence of the friend will now correspond to the con-senting (to) the existence of the enemy. And if the friend-enemy pair defines politics according to Schmitt, then at the foundation of politics are the pleasure and pain that define the human sensation of existence and the con-senting of the existence of the other inherent in it. Friendship and enmity, love and hate, the philein of philos and the echthairo of echthros do not refer to a doctrine of affections, but are first and foremost two fundamental ontological-political categories. If we feel the sensation of living as sweet, then we are in friendship and peace; if, instead, we feel it as hateful, we fall into war and enmity. Once again, at the basis of our relationship with others lies the relationship with ourselves, the way we con-sent (to) our existence determines the way we situate ourselves in the world. Our first friend and our first enemy are ourselves.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Mahmoud Farshchian, Pleasure and Pain, 1990. Courtesy of WikiArt. |
Saturday, July 18, 2026
The Metamorphosis
The former site of the 西单 (Xīdān) restaurant in 北京 (Běijīng), China, with a history of more than 300 years, reopens as a digital art and museum space. Photo: 宋佳儒 (Sòng Jiārú)/Getty Images. |
Thursday, July 16, 2026
The Queen’s Visit
A royal welcome for the queen of chess, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), at Box Hill & Canterbury Junior Chess Club in Ashwood, Victoria, Australia, on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Photos: Box Hill and Canterbury Junior Chess Clubs. |
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
An Angel at His Table
“It’s not everyday that Chinese 4-times Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) pops by your Auckland Shopping Centre. Here a young fan poses with the legend, while Chef Yong snaps the picture”. Caption and photo: Murray Chandler. |
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
A Search for Truth
Truth and opinion
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 13, 2026
The ancient problem of the relationship between truth and opinion, already articulated at the origins of Western philosophy in Parmenides’ poem, takes on a new topicality today. It is indeed evident that the clear distinction between the two forms of knowledge, taken for granted by the ancients, is now completely cancelled out. There are only opinions, which claim to be true. It is all the more urgent to remember that truth and opinions set themselves on different paths. Truth — which the Greeks called aletheia, meaning unconcealedness, openness — concerns the being, i.e. the experience that something is, that there is something rather than nothing. Opinion (which the Greeks called — and which we still call so — doxa) concerns entities, the knowledge that things are one way rather than another. The former, says Parmenides, is still (atremes, literally not-trembling, fearless), circular and timeless; the latter can be correct or erroneous and is, therefore, changeable and uncertain.
It is crucial, however, to understand the relationship between these two forms of human knowledge. The first in no way guarantees the correctness of opinions, but it provides us with a place from which to consider them, from which we can ask ourselves whether they are right or wrong. Those who dwell solely on opinion will inevitably tend to consider it correct. While truth discloses the possibility of both true and erroneous opinion, opinion can only assert its own truth. Hence the apparent paradox, according to which truth defines itself through the possiblity of error, which opinion must exclude at any costs.
It is not surprising that a culture that has lost the difference between truth and opinion has produced artificial intelligence, i.e. a doxa that asserts its own truth without being able to gain experience from it. Where this doxa, which has closed itself off to the possibility of error, will lead the people who believe they can use it, is a question we should never cease to ask ourselves.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, July 13, 2026
The ancient problem of the relationship between truth and opinion, already articulated at the origins of Western philosophy in Parmenides’ poem, takes on a new topicality today. It is indeed evident that the clear distinction between the two forms of knowledge, taken for granted by the ancients, is now completely cancelled out. There are only opinions, which claim to be true. It is all the more urgent to remember that truth and opinions set themselves on different paths. Truth — which the Greeks called aletheia, meaning unconcealedness, openness — concerns the being, i.e. the experience that something is, that there is something rather than nothing. Opinion (which the Greeks called — and which we still call so — doxa) concerns entities, the knowledge that things are one way rather than another. The former, says Parmenides, is still (atremes, literally not-trembling, fearless), circular and timeless; the latter can be correct or erroneous and is, therefore, changeable and uncertain.
It is crucial, however, to understand the relationship between these two forms of human knowledge. The first in no way guarantees the correctness of opinions, but it provides us with a place from which to consider them, from which we can ask ourselves whether they are right or wrong. Those who dwell solely on opinion will inevitably tend to consider it correct. While truth discloses the possibility of both true and erroneous opinion, opinion can only assert its own truth. Hence the apparent paradox, according to which truth defines itself through the possiblity of error, which opinion must exclude at any costs.
It is not surprising that a culture that has lost the difference between truth and opinion has produced artificial intelligence, i.e. a doxa that asserts its own truth without being able to gain experience from it. Where this doxa, which has closed itself off to the possibility of error, will lead the people who believe they can use it, is a question we should never cease to ask ourselves.
(English translation by I, Robot)
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René Magritte, The break in the clouds (The calm), 1941. Courtesy of WikiArt. |
The Island of the Day Before
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-01"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "129"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.O-O Qe7 8.Be3
Nd7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nc4 f6 11.Nh4 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Nc5 13.Nhf5 Qf7 14.f4 exf4
15.Rxf4 Bxf5 16.Nxf5 Ne6 17.Qg4 Kh8 18.Rf3 Rad8 19.Raf1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4
21.b3 Qd7 22.Qh5 Qe8 23.Qf5 Qd7 24.Qc5 Re8 25.Rh3 Rd6 26.Qh5 h6 27.Qg6 Re5
28.Qg3 Rg5 29.Qe3 Qg4 30.Rg3 Qh5 31.Rgf3 Qg6 32.R1f2 Rd8 33.Qf4 Rd7 34.h3
Kh7 35.Kh2 Re7 36.Qd2 Rd7 37.Qb4 b6 38.Qa4 Rc5 39.Qxa6 Qg5 40.Qc8 Qe5+ 41.
Kg1 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.Kh1 Re7 44.Qf5+ Qxf5 45.Rxf5 Rxf5 46.Rxf5 c5 47.a4
Re6 48.Kg1 Kg6 49.Rd5 Kf7 50.Rd7+ Re7 51.Rxe7+ Kxe7 52.Kf2 Ke6 53.Ke3 f5
54.exf5+ Kxf5 55.c3 Ke5 56.d4+ cxd4+ 57.cxd4+ Kd5 58.Kd3 g5 59.b4 h5 60.a5
bxa5 61.bxa5 Kc6 62.Kc4 h4 63.d5+ Kb7 64.Kb5 Ka7 65.Kc6 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-02"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.
h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 e5 11.d5 Nh5 12.g3 a5 13.Nh2 Nhf6 14.g4 c6 15.g5 Ne8 16.h4
cxd5 17.cxd5 f5 18.Nf3 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.h5 Nd6 22.Qh4 Rf4
23.Qh2 Qe7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Rh6 e4 27.Nh4 Ke8 28.Nxg6 Bxc3+ 29.
bxc3 Qxh7 30.Rxh7 Rf5 31.Re7+ Kd8 32.Re6 Rxd5 33.Nf4 Kd7 34.Bg4 Rxg5 35.
Rg6+ Rxg4 36.Rxg4 Rf8 37.Rg7+ Kc6 38.Ng6 Rf6 39.Rd1 Nf5 40.Ne5+ Kb5 41.
Rxb7 Rh6 42.c4+ Ka4 43.Rxb6 Rxb6 44.Nd7 Rc6 45.Ne5 Rb6 46.Nd7 Rc6 47.Rb1
Nd4 48.Kd2 Kxa3 49.Kc3 Rg6 50.Ra1# 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-03"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 h6
9.c3 Rb8 10.O-O Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Bb6 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 O-O 15.h3
d5 16.e5 Bf5 17.Be3 Be4 18.Nd2 Nf5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qg4 Nxe3 21.fxe3 c5 22.
e6 fxe6 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Rf1 Qd6 26.Rf7 Rg8 27.Rd7 Qf8 28.
Bxg8 cxd4 29.Qxe4 dxe3 30.Qh7# 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-04"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 f5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 a6 7.Bg3 Bd6 8.Nh3 O-O 9.
Nf4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 Bb7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Rc1 Qf6 14.O-O Nxd4 15.Nh5
Qh6 16.exd4 Qxh5 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Qb3 Rab8 19.Qb4 d5 20.cxd5 a5 21.Qd6 Bxd5
22.Rc7 Qh4 23.Qe5 Rbd8 24.Bb5 Rf7 25.Rfc1 Qg5 26.Rc8 Rff8 27.Rxd8 Qxc1+
0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-05"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2
Nc5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.f4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.g4 b5 14.Rhe1 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Qa5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.Nf5 exf5 20.exf5+ Kd8
21.Qe7+ Kc8 22.Rxd6 Ra7 23.Red1 Rd8 24.Qxf6 Rc7 25.Rxa6 Qc5 26.Ra8+ Kb7
27.Qa6# 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-06"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3
O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Na5 11.e4 c5 12.d5 b6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ng4 15.Qf3
f6 16.Nh5 Kh8 17.Qg3 g6 18.h3 gxh5 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.Bxd6 Rg8 21.Qf4 Rg6 22.
e5 f5 23.e6 Nb7 24.Be5+ Kg8 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Nd6 27.Qf4 Rg4 28.Qh6
Nxc4 29.Bf6 Qxd5 30.Rf2 Qxe6 31.Raf1 Qe3 32.Qxh5 Rg6 33.Bh4 Rf8 34.Qd5+
Kg7 35.Qxc4 Rxf2 36.Bxf2 Qd2 37.Qe4 Qxc3 38.Qe7+ Kg8 39.Bh4 Qg7 40.Qd8+
1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-07"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Ba7 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 b5 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qe1 Ne7 13.Ng5 Bxb3 14.axb3 d5 15.d4
Ng6 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Rf5 Rad8 19.Nge4 exd4 20.exd4 Qh4 21.Rxa6
Qxg3 22.hxg3 b4 23.Kf2 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rfe8 25.Rf3 h6 26.Rc6 f5 27.Rxf5 Nde7
28.Rfc5 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Re7 30.Rxg6 Rf8+ 31.Ke3 Ra8 32.Kd3 Ra1 33.Nf6+ Kf7
34.Nd5 Rd7 35.Nf4 Rg1 36.Nf3 Rxg2 37.Ne5+ Ke7 38.Nxg2 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-08"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bd3 Na5 8.e4 d6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qe2 e5 11.Nf3 O-O 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe4 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Qg4
Nb3 16.Be3 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 Qd6 18.Rf1 Rae8 19.Qh3 Be4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Kh1 f6
22.Nf3 Ng3+ 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-09"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2
Nf6 9.f3 Rc8 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 a6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.h4 b5 15.
h5 b4 16.Nd5 e6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qxd6 Rf7 21.
Qxb4 Rfc7 22.Rd2 Qg5 23.Kb1 Rc4 24.Qd6 R4c6 25.Qd7 h5 26.a3 a5 27.Rhd1 Qf6
28.Qb7 R6c7 29.Qb6 a4 30.Qb4 Ra7 31.Rd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Rd8 33.e5 Qg5 34.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 35.Qxa4 Qd1+ 36.Ka2 Qd2 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qe7+ Kh6 39.Qxe6 Qxg2
40.Qf7 h4 41.e6 h3 42.e7 h2 43.e8=Q h1=Q 44.Qh8+ Kg5 45.Qff6# 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-10"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 b6 8.Ng3
Na5 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.e4 O-O 11.Qe2 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 exd5 14.e5 Ne8 15.
O-O Qd7 16.Rb1 f5 17.Re1 Qe6 18.Nh5 c6 19.Nf4 Qe7 20.Qf3 Nc7 21.a4 Nc4 22.
Rb3 Ne6 23.Nd3 Rae8 24.h3 Rf7 25.Rb1 Qb7 26.Nb4 a5 27.Nd3 Qd7 28.Nb2 Na3
29.Ra1 Nc2 30.Bd2 Nxa1 31.Rxa1 f4 32.Nd3 Ng5 33.Qh5 Ne4 34.Bxf4 Nxc3 35.
Be3 Re6 36.Nf4 Rh6 37.e6 Rxe6 38.Nxe6 Qxe6 39.Qh4 Qf6 40.Qg4 h6 41.Rc1
Nxa4 42.Qc8+ Rf8 43.Qd7 Rf7 44.Qc8+ Rf8 45.Qd7 Rf7 46.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2
Nc5 9.Bd2 b5 10.f3 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.g4 Rc8 13.a3 Be7 14.Ba2 Na4 15.Kb1
Nxc3+ 16.Bxc3 Nd7 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxe6 Qc4 19.Nxg7+ Kf7 20.Qxc4+ Rxc4 21.
Nf5 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Rc8 23.Nxd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Ke8 25.Rhd1 Ne5 26.Re6+ Kf7 27.
Rxe5 Kf6 28.Rf5+ Ke6 29.Kb2 a5 30.g5 Rc4 31.Rf6+ Ke7 32.Rdd6 b4 33.axb4
axb4 34.cxb4 Rxb4+ 35.Kc3 Rb5 36.Rb6 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-12"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.a3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qc2 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.h3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.g4 Nc5 12.Be3 a4 13.Nd2 c6 14.g5 Nfd7 15.h4 cxd5 16.
cxd5 f6 17.Nc4 Qe7 18.Kf1 f5 19.Kg2 f4 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Nb5 Rad8 22.Rad1
Ba6 23.Nc3 f3+ 24.Bxf3 Bxc4 25.Bg4 Bb3 26.Qd2 Bxd1 27.Qxd1 Rf4 28.Kg3 Rdf8
29.f3 Qf7 30.Nxa4 Rxg4+ 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-13"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 d6
9.Nbd2 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nge4 Qd7 15.f3
Rae8 16.Qe1 Nf4 17.Nc4 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Kh1 Bh4 20.Qf2 Qe6 21.Rae1 Qd7
22.Qd2 h6 23.a4 Kh7 24.Qe3 Bg5 25.Qf2 Bh4 26.Ba3 Nd5 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.Bxc5
Qe6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Qxa7 Nf4 31.Qe3 Qf6 32.Qxe5 Qd8 33.a5 Qc8 34.b4 Qa6
35.Qc5 Rb8 36.Rb1 Rb5 37.Qd6 Nd5 38.Ne4 Ne3 39.Nc5 Qa8 40.Rfc1 Bg5 41.a6
Rxc5 42.Qxc5 Qxa6 43.Re1 Nd5 44.Re6 Nf4 45.Rxc6 Qa2 46.Rg1 Qb2 47.b5 Bf6
48.Rxf6 Qxf6 49.b6 Ne2 50.Rb1 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-14"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.a3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qc2 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.h3 c5 10.d5 e5 11.g4 a6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Be3 Nc7 14.h4 h6 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.h5
g5 17.Nh2 Bf6 18.Nf1 Ne8 19.Ng3 Ng7 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Be7 22.Bd3 Nf6 23.
f3 Qd7 24.O-O Kg7 25.Kg2 Rfe8 26.Rg1 Bd8 27.Rh1 Kf8 28.Ne2 e4 29.fxe4 Nxe4
30.Bxe4 Rxe4 31.Kf3 Re5 32.Bf2 Bf6 33.Bg3 Re7 34.Nc3 Rae8 35.Rae1 Kg7 36.
Ne4 Be5 37.Bf2 f6 38.Bg3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.b3 bxc4 41.bxc4 Qa4 42.Qc3
Bxc3 0-1
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-15"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2
Nc5 9.Bd2 b5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.f3 Qc7 12.g4 b4 13.Na4 Nxb3+ 14.axb3 a5 15.g5
Nd7 16.Be3 Be7 17.h4 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Nf5 Bxb3 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Nb6 Qb7
22.Nxe7 Ba4 23.Nxa4 Rd8 24.Nf5 O-O 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Ng4 b3 27.Nc5 Qc6 28.
Nxb3 a4 29.Nd4 1-0
[Event "8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2026.07.13"]
[Round "01-16"]
[White "Dordzhieva-Wagner, Dinara Mergenovna GER"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.a3 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O e5 10.d5 h6 11.h3 Nh7 12.b4 f5 13.g3 f4 14.Nh2 Ng5 15.h4 Nh7 16.Bg4
Kh8 17.Ne2 Ndf6 18.Bh3 Nh5 19.Bg4 Bc8 20.Bxc8 Qxc8 21.g4 f3 22.gxh5 Qh3
23.Nxf3 Rxf3 24.Ng3 Raf8 25.Qe2 gxh5 26.Be3 Qg4 27.Qd2 Nf6 28.Bxh6 Nxe4
29.Bxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qe2 Nxg3 31.fxg3 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2 Rh3# 0-1
Monday, July 13, 2026
Double Fantasy
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Dinara Mergenovna Dordzhieva-Wagner
8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event; Round of 16 match game 5; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, July 13, 2026
Sicilian Defence B86
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Rhe1 b4? (14. ... Bd7)
15. Nd5! Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Kb1 Bd7
19. Nf5! White boldly sacrificed both Knights, so as to fulfil the aims of late Serbian tactician Dragoljub Velimirović.
19. ... exf5 20. exf5+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc8 22. Rxd6 Ra7 23. Red1 Rd8 24. Qxf6 Rc7 25. Rxa6 Qc5 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27. Qa6# 1–0.
19. ... exf5 20. exf5+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc8 22. Rxd6 Ra7 23. Red1 Rd8 24. Qxf6 Rc7 25. Rxa6 Qc5 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27. Qa6# 1–0.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) defeated Wagner 13½ – 2½ and advances to the quarterfinals! Screenshot from the live stream. |
Sunday, July 12, 2026
吃過路兵 (En passant)
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), her mother 王茜 (Wáng Qiàn), and their loyal squire Jamie Kenmure, enjoy their time and absorb all the sea and sun of Port Vila, Vanuatu, Oceania, early days of July. Photos: Sean Su. |
Saturday, July 11, 2026
One at a time
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) delighted her fans with a guest appearances on the Gold Coast Open and a Q&A interview, moderated by her cavalier servant Jamie Kenmure, at Broadbeach Cultural Centre in Mermaid Waters, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Friday, July 10, 2026. Photos: Gardiner Chess. |
Friday, July 10, 2026
A King’s Incognito
The story of the visit incognito of dethroned World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer in West Berlin in 1978, so as it appeared in BSV-Mitteilungsblatt, Volume 58, Issue 2, March/April 2008, pp. 14-15. It also reproduced the fateful picture — originally published in the Berliner Morgenpost of the time — that costed Alfred Seppelt the excommunication by Fischer.
Photo taken by Bobby Fischer’s mother at the Brandenburg Gate in 1978. (From the photo archive of Alfred Seppelt, left in the picture). |
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