# Omnibus Chess News Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess\ **Created:** [January 25, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801 "2023-01-25T19:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/161 "2026-04-08T17:40:27Z")
ICF adds race car piece: > **[International Chess Federation Adds Race Car Piece](https://theonion.com/international-chess-federation-adds-race-car-piece/)** > > LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—In what scholars have called the largest shake-up of the game’s rule set in centuries, the International Chess Federation announced Tuesday that it was adding a race car piece to the playing board. “In all officially sanctioned... Sounds like something Calvin would come up with. Brian ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/162 "2026-04-12T14:54:06Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > ICF adds race car piece April Fool! (I think the last change to piece moves was the Queen powering up in the 15th century…) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/163 "2026-04-12T15:03:10Z")
Are you watching the men’s Candidates? The favorites are falling by the wayside and Sindarov looks to be headed towards a match with Gukesh. The women’s side is something of a logjam. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/164 "2026-04-12T15:25:29Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > The favorites are falling by the wayside and Sindarov looks to be headed towards a match with Gukesh. I think that is significantly underselling Sindarov’s performance. He has 6 wins out of 12 matches, with the rest draws. It’s a record-breaking performance, particularly being +5 after the first 7 rounds (playing everyone once). The tournament was basically over at the halfway point. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/165 "2026-04-12T16:37:27Z")
Of course, with those rules as described, every game is instantly checkmate with white winning. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/166 "2026-04-14T18:37:58Z")
Sindarov drew his 13th-round game with Giri. He thus remains undefeated and clinches the Candidates Tournament with one round to go. (Has that ever been done?) I’m guessing he’ll be favored in the World Championship against Gukesh. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801/167 "2026-04-14T18:51:43Z")
It feels like it. Gukesh has struggled post-championship. The women’s Candidates side is still pretty close, and at this point, since Bibisara is tied for the lead & she’s dating Sindarov, I’m all in on some kind of powerhouse chess relationship succeeding. (she had a nice win in an opposite-colored bishops, pawn majority endgame against Anna Muzychuk today, who is the person I’d more seriously like to see win) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-chess-news-thread/978801.md?page=8)