8/31/2022 – The Play Magnus Group’s Challengers Chess Tour will return next month with a line-up of the world’s top juniors mentored by Judit Polgar, it was announced today. The tour, which launched the career of Indian superstar Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and which was shortlisted for a prestigious ESG Award for promoting gender equality, will start its first two-day event on September 3.

8/31/2022 – There was no stopping Alireza Firouzja at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, as the 19-year-old won the event with four rounds to spare! In his first-ever participation at a tournament in Saint Louis, Firouzja finished with an astonishing 26/36 score, five points ahead of second-placed Hikaru Nakamura. The youngster gained over a hundred rating points in blitz (he now sits at a stratospheric 2902.6), which prompted him to climb to second place in the live ratings list, only six points behind Nakamura. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Crystal Fuller

8/30/2022 – The fourth leg of this year’s Grand Chess Tour, the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, was played on August 26-30. The last rapid and blitz event of the series hosted ten top players from around the world, including wunderkind Alireza Firouzja, World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and defending champion Hikaru Nakamura. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

8/30/2022 – 2022 Candidates Tournament: Review with videos by Dorian Rogozenco and Robert Ris - "Special" on the Ukrainian sisters and Olympic champions Anna and Mariya Muzychuk: 21 annotated games + contributions on strategy and endgame - Ragosin à la Keymer: Roven Vogel presents 1. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 - Prague Chess Festival 2022: Annotated games by Harikrishna, Keymer, Navara, Shankland and Vidit - "Practical Tips for the Tournament Player": Let Jan Markos show you how to master must-win situations! - In Fischer's footsteps: Yago Santiago attacks Najdorf with 6.Bc4 - "Shocker" in the Jobava London System: Daniel King shows the new gambit idea 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e4!? in the video and much more.

8/30/2022 – "Historias de Ajedrez", "Chess Stories", is a movie by the Cuban filmmaker Emmanuel Martin Hernandez. Hernandez is a chess player himself and his film tells the stories of chess players in Santiago de Cuba. Unfortunately, the film was released at the beginning of the pandemic and did not find the audience it deserved. But now you can watch it for free on YouTube.

8/30/2022 – Alireza Firouzja has a 3-point lead over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave going into the final nine rounds of blitz at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament. A half point behind MVL stands Hikaru Nakamura, who finished the rapid section in last place and climbed to sole third place by scoring 7½/9 points on Monday. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

8/27/2022 – If the idea to snatch a pawn with 14...Nxc3? in the diagrammed position gives you an uneasy feeling, your chess understanding is definitely okay. And now you are invited to show how White refutes this idea!

8/27/2022 – The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, part of the Grand Chess Tour, kicked off on Friday. On the first three days of the event, the ten participating world-class players battle it out in a round-robin tournament of 25+10 rapid games. After the first day, on which three rounds were played, Alireza Firouzja is topping the standings with 5 points (a win is worth two points in the rapid). | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

8/26/2022 – Svitlana is showing us some more smart moves from Chennai. We learn a lot about the two openings, plans in the middle game, and some endgame knowledge. The Canadian WIM was able to win against Jenny Astrid Chirivi Castiblanco from Colombia, and achieve a draw against Gulenay Aydin from Turkey.

8/26/2022 – In his Power Play Show, Daniel King examines critical and instructive moments from the exciting match between rising star Praggnanandhaa and world champion Magnus Carlsen from the FTX Crypto Cup tournament in Miami. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

8/26/2022 – İş Bankası, one of the biggest commercial companies in Turkey, is celebrating its 98th anniversary on 26th August 2022. It was established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic (now known as Türkiye), on 26th August 1924. The Bank became the sponsor of the Turkish Chess Federation on 24th December 2005.

8/26/2022 – Nick Pert won the British Over-the-Board Championship 2021. This year, he participated again as the title defender. And although he even scored half-a-point more than last year, it wasn't enough to repeat the triumph. His analysis of the most interesting games were very popular, so we walk through the tournament one more time, thanks to Nick Pert.