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- 1India's 30 kW laser anti-drone weapon heads to production●INDIA’S LASER SHIELD AGAINST DRONE SWARMS ADVANCES TO MASS PRODUCTION! DRDO’s 30 kW truck-mounted Directed Energy Weapon
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation is moving its 30 kW truck-mounted directed energy weapon toward a first production model, expected within a year, after successful 2025 trials by its CHESS laboratory. The system is designed to destroy drone swarms and fixed-wing UAVs with high-energy lasers, and reports say it is advancing to mass production.
- 2FIDE chess education summit opens in Samarkand▼Every Lesson Counts: FIDE Summit in Samarkand puts chess education at the heart of global development
FIDE is holding its 'Every Lesson Counts' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, placing chess education at the centre of its global development agenda. The event brings together federations and educators to expand chess in schools and promote the game as an educational tool worldwide, underlining chess's growing role in international education policy.
- 3FIDE refuses to reinstate Russian Chess Federation●FIDE refuses to reinstate Russian Chess Federation – Kremlin-backed media The General Assembly of the International Ches
The General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has voted not to lift the suspension of the Chess Federation of Russia, keeping Russian players and officials barred from international competition under the Russian flag. The decision was reported by Russian state news agency TASS, which described the outcome as a refusal to reinstate the national federation.
- 4Turkish chess prodigy Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş breaks ELO record at 15●Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş breaks ELO record at 15 https:// cupure.com/en/news/sports/yagi z-kaan-erdogmus-breaks-elo-record-at
Turkish chess player Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, at just 15 years old, has broken a record for the highest ELO rating achieved at his age. The young grandmaster is regarded as one of the most promising talents in world chess, and the milestone is drawing attention to his rapid rise in the international rankings.
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Attention is turning to the 2026 Chess Olympiad, with coverage laying out the key details of the biennial team chess competition. Readers are being given a rundown of what to expect from the event, including its format and significance for national teams. As one of chess's largest international tournaments, the Olympiad draws strong interest from players and fans ahead of each edition.
Repos
- brumar/chess-postmortem-skills Claude Code skills for chess post-mortems: Stockfish-backed annotated PGN, HTML viewer, narrated video
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