Online Matches and Speed Drills
Since the quarantine era, rapid changes have begun in top chess, both geographically and generationally. As soon as the 'social distancing' barriers were lowered, the juniors from India and Uzbekistan burst onto the scene, sharing one gold Olympic medal each in 2022 and 2024. For a longer time, the hopes of Iran, Kazakhstan, and a somewhat faltering Azerbaijan have been hot on their heels, but in the shadow of the Far East, a Turkish chess miracle has been developing simultaneously.