7/23/2026 – Dear chess friends! We’ve got another double offer for you today: this week (until July 26th, 2026), you can get over 25% off all Fritztrainer courses by Elisabeth Paehtz and all Fritztrainer courses by Fabien Libiszewski!

7/23/2026 – The London System has enjoyed a remarkable rise in popularity. Once regarded as a modest sideline, it has evolved in recent years into a dangerous opening that Black players must take seriously. In his review, Lukas Köpl takes a close look at GM Elisabeth Pähtz's latest Fritztrainer.

7/23/2026 – Looking for an interesting over-the-board chess tournament to play, attend, or simply watch? There are plenty being staged all over the world, and we bring you an overviews of the most interesting of them. We do this in cooperation with MyChess.events, a global platform that helps players discover upcoming events, check dates, venues, formats, prize funds and registration details. In our selection we highlight selected events from around the world that may interest players, coaches, parents and chess fans.

7/23/2026 – The Biel International Chess Festival is taking place on 11-24 July. Following the Chess960 tournament on Saturday and the rapid chess stage on Sunday, the players in the Masters and Generations Challenge Triathlon face off in the final stage of the classical section on 21-23 July. | Follow the games live starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

7/23/2026 – Christian Gloeckler won the Masters Open Tournament at the Biel Chess Festival with a round to spare, scoring 8/9 and securing his first grandmaster norm with a 2689 performance rating. The 14-year-old German IM entered as the ninth seed and took the title after impressively collecting four straight wins. In the Masters Triathlon, Levon Aronian still leads, while Aydin Suleymanli remains in contention before the final round. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival

7/22/2026 – Alireza Firouzja won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters outright with an unbeaten 4½/7 score, drawing Arjun Erigaisi in the final round to finish half a point clear. Erigaisi and Dmitry Andreikin shared second place, with Andreikin defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the last round. Reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju finished last on 2/7 after suffering three defeats and losing 13.9 rating points. | Photo: Tushar Damor

7/22/2026 – The election of the Executive Board at the European Chess Union's General Assembly in Bucharest last Saturday produced a clear result. The incumbent, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, was re-elected by a large majority. Ingrid Lauterbach was elected as the new Vice-President. | Photo: ECU and the Romanian Chess Federation

7/22/2026 – A new era in elite chess begins this November as Budapest hosts the official pilot of the FIDE-approved Total Chess World Championship Tour, a ground-breaking global championship created by Norway Chess that aims to redefine how the world’s best players compete—and how fans experience the sport. Among the backers of the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot is football superstar Erling Haaland... | Photo Total Chess

7/22/2026 – The Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters is taking place on 16-22 July as an eight-player single round-robin with a classical time control. In its fourth edition, it brings together a field headed by world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi and Alireza Firouzja. Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 11.30 CEST (5.30 ET, 15.00 IST)

7/22/2026 – Alireza Firouzja has a half-point lead going into the final round of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters after drawing Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while former co-leader Arjun Erigaisi lost to Nihal Sarin. Meanwhile, Pranesh M scored his first win of the event by defeating world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Firouzja will face Erigaisi in the decisive final-round encounter, with Abdusattorov still in contention. | Photo: Tushar Damor

7/21/2026 – WR Chess will stage a USA v. Uzbekistan team event at Faena Miami Beach on 27–28 July, bringing together ten leading grandmasters in a rapid and blitz Scheveningen format. Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Levon Aronian will represent Team USA, while Uzbekistan's line-up includes World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Nodirbek Yakubboev and Shamsiddin Vokhidov. The event marks WR Chess' US debut. | Image: WR Chess

7/21/2026 – Svitlana looks at Max Euwe, one of the most underrated world champions in chess history. Through one attacking game and one defensive game, she shows that Euwe was not just a logical and balanced player, but also capable of finding powerful sacrifices, active counterplay and precise prophylactic ideas. The lesson highlights how much can still be learned from classical games, especially when it comes to initiative, defensive resourcefulness and the idea that prophylaxis can be aggressive rather than passive.