9/11/2026 – David Anton remains in the lead at the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid after drawing his eighth-round encounter with Faustino Oro. With two rounds to go, the Spaniard has 5½/8, one point more than Oro. Round nine starts at 17:00 CEST, with Anton Guijarro facing Diego Flores, Oro taking on Ivan Sokolov and Jose Fernando Cuenca Jiminez playing Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara. | Watch the games with commentary. | Photo: Mar Melero

9/11/2026 – hree teams are tied for the lead as the Global Chess League enters day seven in Bengaluru. The action begins at 13:30 CEST with the Triveni Continental Kings facing the PBG Alaskan Knights, featuring Alireza Firouzja against Vishy Anand on the icon board. At 15:00, the Alpine APL Pipers take on the FYERS American Gambits in a key clash, with Magnus Carlsen facing the in-form Javokhir Sindarov. The day concludes at 16:30 with the Ganges Grandmasters against the CheQ Mumba Masters. With the race for the two places in the final still wide open, there is plenty at stake. | Follow the action live with commentary, starting at 13.30 CEST (7.30 ET, 17.00 IST).

9/11/2026 – Six teams, 36 world-class players, 20 minutes for the entire game, an increment only from move 40, 4 points for a win with Black, 3 for a win with White, 1 for a draw, 18 to 24 games per day, and a prize fund of $1 million – the Global Chess League is a chess spectacle. And it is heading for an exciting finish: the top two teams in the preliminary stage qualify for the final, and after eight of ten team matches, three teams are tied for the lead. | Photo: In one of the day's many top-level encounters, Magnus Carlsen defeated Vishy Anand | Photo: Global Chess League

9/11/2026 – 'Neutral moves' don't change anything essential in a position - 24...Bd8?? in the diagram definitely doesn't belong in this category. Do you see a new detail that White can exploit afterwards?

9/11/2026 – David Anton Guijarro heads into the final stage of the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid with a one-point lead. Three rounds remain, and the Spaniard is a full point ahead of Faustino Oro, who lost to his compatriot Diego Flores in round six and drew with Jose Cuenca Jiminez in yesterday’s second round. Anton Guijarro drew both of his games, against Cuenca and Jose Martinez Alcantara. The two leaders will face each other in this morning’s round. Cuenca Jiminez plays Ivan Sokolov, while Flores faces Martinez Alcantara. | Photo: Ivan Sokolov, who scored his first win in round six against Martinez, pictured during a simultaneous exhibition in Salzgitter-Bad a year ago | Photo: Arne Kähler

9/10/2026 – We do not know how successful Magnus Carlsen (pictured) was on the golf course, but in the Global Chess League he delivered. Carlsen beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to help his Alpine APL Pipers defeat the CheQ Mumba Masters. After day five, the Pipers are level with leaders FYERS American Gambits on 12 match points, despite having played only six matches to the Gambits' seven. | Photos: Global Chess League

9/10/2026 – After six draws the previous day, the players at the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid seemed ready for a fight: rounds four and five produced just one draw in six games. Faustino Oro beat Ivan Sokolov before drawing with Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, while David Antón scored two wins, defeating Diego Flores and Sokolov. The experienced Spaniard now leads the young Argentine by half a point. | Photo: David Antón winning the 2025 Spanish Championship | Photo: Spanish Chess Federation

9/9/2026 – The ChessBase Opening Encyclopedia 2026 is one of the company’s flagship products alongside the Mega Database and the ChessBase database program - currently ChessBase'26. For years, these programs have formed part of the essential toolkit for everyday chess work. From the very beginning, the Opening Encyclopedia has played a key role by providing a fast and efficient overview of the entire spectrum of chess openings. Lukas Köpl took a closer look at the latest edition of the Opening Encyclopedia and summed up his impressions.

9/9/2026 – Who will be the next FIDE President? The election will take place on 26 September at the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, during the Chess Olympiad. Three candidates are seeking to succeed Arkady Dvorkovich: Wadim Rosenstein, Jan Henric Buettner and Timur Turlov. Today, they will meet for their first joint public debate, moderated by Grandmaster Maurice Ashley. Chess.com will broadcast the 90-minute discussion live on YouTube from 16:00 CEST. | Image: Chess.com

9/9/2026 – Dear chess friends! This week's Summer Special offers you a real powerhouse: Fritz 21 and the Openingbook 2026 are available this week (until September 13, 2026) for €189.90 – save around €50!

9/9/2026 – There were no winners on the second day of the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid. All six games from rounds two and three ended in draws, including the third-round encounter between Faustino Oro and David Antón Guijarro, the two players who had won their opening games. | Photo: Faustino Oro at the 2026 Wijk aan Zee tournament | Photo: Nils Rohde

9/9/2026 – Andrew Martin presents the Evans Gambit as a dangerous and highly practical weapon for club players, especially those rated below 1800. Using a historic game by William Davies Evans, he shows how White gives up a pawn for rapid development, central control and direct attacking chances against the black king. Martin also explains why the opening remains relevant today despite modern engine analysis, with even top players such as Magnus Carlsen facing it in recent practice. The course is designed not only to teach a playable repertoire, but also to sharpen tactical vision and help players enjoy dynamic attacking chess.