7/14/2023 – The Association of Chess Professionals is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 2003 to protect the rights of professional chess players. In the course of its existence the ACP managed to push through many important changes in the FIDE regulations, raising the prize funds and improving the financial conditions of the professional chess players. It also organised numerous tournaments. Now, after two decades, the ACP General Assembly has decided to dissolve the organisation. Here are all the details, in their press release.

7/14/2023 – Caiobá is a beach near the city of Matinhos, in the state of Paraná, in the south of Brazil. Matinhos has been the site of many important tournaments, most notably the 1994 U20 World Championship. In recent years, however, Caiobá has become better known among chess players due to the SESC Caiobá Chess Open, an important tournament in the Brazilian chess calendar since 2015, only missing in 2020/21 due to the covid pandemic. This year's edition was a great chess party, and the organisers promise that 2024 will be even better.

7/14/2023 – Wesley So scored back-to-back, dominant victories over Eduardo Iturrizaga and Nodirbek Abdusattorov to win the losers’ bracket of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament. So will face Magnus Carlsen in Friday’s Grand Final, played to the best of 4. If Carlsen loses, he will get a second chance against the same opponent, as he has yet to lose a match in the event. | Photo: Champions Chess Tour

7/13/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show Robert Ris takes a look at a line of the Italian Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3?!), which Nodirbek Abdusattorov used to win a fine game against Levon Aronian at the Aimchess Online Tournament. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/13/2023 – In the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia we saw a true masterpiece by Magnus Carlsen. The former World Champion played super accurate moves, while his Polish opponent showed poor understanding and a lack of knowledge of classical games of the Catalan. Learn more about this opening and the strategy behind it from chess trainer GM Efstratios Grivas.

7/13/2023 – Magnus Carlsen advanced to the Grand Final of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament by getting a clear victory over Nodirbek Abdusattorov. In the Grand Final, Carlsen will face the winner of the losers’ bracket, where Wesley So and Eduardo Iturrizaga are set to face each other in a fight to get the right to play Abdusattorov. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / FIDE

7/11/2023 – In the diagram position White is two pawns up, but Black seems to be close to a draw. However, knight endgames can be tricky. What can White do to win the game?

7/10/2023 – After winning every single game on Saturday, Magnus Carlsen secured tournament victory at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz tournament by scoring 5 points in the first 6 rounds of the event’s final day of action. With overall victory in the bag, Carlsen went on to lose his blitz-chess undefeated streak against Alireza Firouzja. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Firouzja finished second and third, respectively. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/10/2023 – European Rapid Chess Champion Jaime Santos Latasa won the final against Boris Gelfand to become the winner of the 36th edition of the "Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León". Santos, is the second Spaniard to win the tournament after Paco Vallejo in 2012.

7/10/2023 – In about a week, on 15 July, the traditional Biel Chess Festival will begin. In a Grandmaster Triathlon eight top players will show their skills in classical, rapid and blitz chess, and this Grandmaster Tournament is embedded in a wide range of open tournaments for all tastes and playing levels. | Photo: Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: ChessBase India

7/10/2023 – Simen Agdestein emerged as the winner of the 2023 Norwegian Championship Championship and took his ninth national title. Aged 56, Simen beat his own record set last year and again became the oldest Norwegian champion of all time. | Photo: Helge Brekke (tournament page)

7/9/2023 – In the longest game of the Women’s World Championship match so far, Lei Tingjie surprised Ju Wenjun in the opening. Ju struggled at first, but later got to put pressure on her opponent in the endgame. A fourth draw in Shanghai means the score remains tied in what has so far been a high-quality, tense confrontation. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE