Defending champions India announced formidable men's and women's chess squads for the FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, led by D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, and R Vaishali. Separately, Viswanathan Anand became interim FIDE president after Arkady Dvorkovich temporarily stepped aside due to EU sanctions.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has temporarily stepped aside after being included in the EU's 21st sanctions list related to Russia's 2022 Ukraine invasion. Deputy President Viswanathan Anand will serve as interim president, while Dvorkovich plans to legally challenge the sanctions.
Chinese social giant RedNote's AI model, dots-note-3.0, achieved a perfect score of 42 at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Shanghai, solving all six puzzles. This marks the first time an AI has secured a perfect score in the prestigious competition, surpassing previous gold-medal-level performances by Google DeepMind and OpenAI.
Five Indian students—Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya, and Svarit Joshi—won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. This marks India's second clean sweep of five gold medals, securing joint World No. 1 status with other science powerhouses.
Chess grandmaster Wesley So will prioritize the Chess Olympiad over the Global Chess League, citing a desire to fully dedicate himself to team events. The world No. 9 explained that the proximity of the two events makes it difficult to compete in both.
The "Enhanced Games" are set to launch in Las Vegas, promoting human performance enhancement. Charles Anthony Hughes, a proponent of body augmentation, is linked to the underground culture behind the games, though organizers emphasize scientific oversight.
Taiwan's delegation of 8 students achieved outstanding results at the 26th Asian Physics Olympiad held in Busan, South Korea, winning 6 gold and 2 silver medals. This placed Taiwan third among 27 participating countries.
Turkish students achieved significant success in international science olympiads, winning multiple medals. They secured 2 gold and 2 silver at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, 2 gold and 4 silver at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (ranking first in team points), and 2 silver and 1 bronze at the Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad.
England finished out of the medals for the first time in five years at the World Senior Team Championships in Durres, Albania. The US retained over-50 gold with a largely former USSR squad, while a nominally German team won the over-65s. England's 50+ failure partly reflects a rare form downturn by top board Michael Adams, though captain John Emms was their best scorer with 5.5/7. Meanwhile, Nigel Short finished fourth in the Bangkok Open with an unbeaten 7/9 and TPR of 2624, raising questions about his absence from the England team.
“State-of-the-art” (Sota) artificial intelligence models excel at solving complex Olympiad maths but still struggle with everyday enterprise tasks, according to an executive from a top AI unicorn in the US. David Meyer, senior vice-president of product at US data processing and analysis company Databricks, told the South China Morning Post in a recent interview that the very traits making models state-of-the-art could cause issues in basic office work. For instance, when tasked with identifying...
