9/9/2026 – The "Legends and Prodigies" tournament is taking place in Madrid from 7 to 12 September, bringing together five grandmasters and five international masters from different generations. The event is a double round-robin with a shortened classical time control. After four rounds, David Antón Guijarro and Faustino Oro share the lead with 3 points each. In round five, Antón Guijarro has Black against Ivan Sokolov, while Oro also plays Black against José Martínez. The third game is Diego Flores v José Cuenca. | Live with commentary from 17:00 CEST | Photo: Mar Melero
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Faustino Oro returns to the tournament: this is the second edition of Legends & Prodigies, albeit with different rules from last year's inaugural event. Oro, who won the tournament last year and recorded one of the best results of his career so far, has now fulfilled all the requirements for the GM title. The Argentine teenager will face five strong grandmasters in a six-player double round-robin at Nave Bellver and is seeded fifth.
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The six players in the Legends & Prodigies tournament will face each other twice over ten rounds. A single round will be played on Monday, 7 September, at 17:00, followed by double rounds from 8 to 11 September (at 11:00 and 17:00 each day). The final round is scheduled for Saturday, 12 September.
The time control is 60 minutes plus a 30-second increment from move one. The tournament has been approved by FIDE, so the games will count towards the standard rating list. FIDE allows selected tournaments to test shorter standard time controls under conditions established by its Qualification Commission.
Live games and commentary
Commentary by Mariano Sigman and El Divis (in Spanish)
9/2/2026 – The second edition of Legends & Prodigies will take place in Madrid from 7 to 12 September, with Faustino Oro (pictured) returning to the event he won last year. The Argentine teenager will face David Antón, José Martínez, Ivan Sokolov, Diego Flores and José "Pepe" Cuenca in a six-player double round-robin. | Photo: Mar Melero
9/25/2025 – From 17 to 25 September, the closed tournament "Legends and Prodigies" is being held in Madrid, featuring five GMs and five IMs in a generational clash. The event is a single round-robin with a classical time control. Among the participants are Peruvian GM Julio Granda, a legend of Latin American chess, alongside young talents Faustino Oro and Lu Miaoyi. The tournament will award a GM norm to players scoring 6/9 points. | Follow the games live starting at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET, 19.30 IST)
After 1.d4 d5 many players with White avoid the great amount of theory in the Slav, Semi-Slav, QGA and Orthodox Queen's Gambit and do not therefore play 2.c4. This is not very ambitious, but the painful experience of many chess players has been that the Colle System, the Trompowsky Attack, the Torre Attack and the London System are nevertheless extremely dangerous. Black has to be prepared for each of these openings and IM Valeri Lilov offers you some help with his six instructive videos, in which he demonstrates for each single opening a relevant plan for Black. In addition to the openings mentioned, the Bulgarian trainer also delves into the Catalan, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and the Richter-Veresov Opening.
YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
Michael Kotyk presents a complete repertoire after 1.e4 e5, built around creative ideas, surprising move orders, and practical weapons designed to catch your opponents off guard.
YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
Michael Kotyk presents a complete repertoire after 1.e4 e5, built around creative ideas, surprising move orders, and practical weapons designed to catch your opponents off guard.
Michael Kotyk presents a complete repertoire after 1.e4 e5, built around creative ideas, surprising move orders, and practical weapons designed to catch your opponents off guard.
“Attack with Qh5!!” – Tactical training with Oliver Reeh, “6…g5 – nothing ventured, nothing …” – Le Quang Liem comments on one of his victories in Biel, “Grischuk’s stroke of genius” – Petra Papp reveals a surprise in the Sicilian Kan Variation, and much
YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
€119.90
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