The UzChess Cup saw all five games end decisively in Monday’s second round, leaving Mukhiddin Madaminov (pictured, left) as the sole leader on 2/2. The lowest-rated player in the field followed his upset win over Ian Nepomniachtchi by beating Nikolas Theodorou. Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Arjun Erigaisi also scored wins, while Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann recovered […]
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Schackcykeln (The Chess Bike) will launch in Trelleborg on 15 June as a free mobile chess initiative for summer 2026. Run by volunteers from Söderslätt Schacksällskap and funded by the Swedish Postcode Foundation, the project will bring chess sets, tables and chairs to public spaces across the city. With live GPS tracking and a custom […]
It isn’t easy to weave Sotheby’s, Queen Isabella of Spain, Fischer-Spassky 1972, Michael Caine and a vigilante killer into the same article. But that is exactly what John Henderson does, in this piece that appears in the June issue of CHESS magazine. He tells us how the vast collection of chess memorabilia of GM Lothar […]
Sam Sevian won the Stepan Avagyan Memorial for a second time after catching Vladislav Artemiev in the final round and taking first place on Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaks. Both players finished unbeaten on 5½/9 in Jermuk. Sevian’s final-round win over defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram allowed him to share first place, while Nihal Sarin and Ray Robson finished […]
The third edition of the UzChess Cup is taking place on 7-15 June in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Four Uzbek representatives face six international grandmasters in a single round-robin with a classical time control. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi and Hans Niemann are the top seeds. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 12.00 CEST […]
Is winning chess championships only for the young? John Nunn has won national and international problem solving championships numerous times. Now, at the age of 70, and after a three-year pause, John wanted to see if he still had it in him. He took part in the Winton British Chess Solving Championship, and regained the […]
Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the European Women’s Chess Championship in Batumi outright after scoring 9/11 as the 76th seed. The 15-year-old Ukrainian WFM finished half a point ahead of Sabrina Vega, Olga Badelka and Nurgyul Salimova, gained 214.4 rating points and secured the WGM title directly, along with an IM norm. The top ten finishers qualified […]
Bibisara Assaubayeva won the third Norway Chess Women tournament in her first appearance, finishing on 16½ points after securing the title with a round to spare. The final day produced three decisive classical games for the first time in the event, with women’s world champion Ju Wenjun beating Assaubayeva, while Zhu Jiner and Anna Muzychuk […]
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the fourteenth edition of Norway Chess after beating Vincent Keymer in the final round, completing an impressive run of four consecutive classical victories. The 20-year-old from Chennai overtook Wesley So, who drew Alireza Firouzja in classical play and won the Armageddon decider to finish second. Firouzja took third place, while Magnus Carlsen […]
Do you know this feeling? You often emerge from the opening with a good – or even advantageous – position, only to fail to convert your edge because you do not fully understand the resulting positions and choose the wrong middlegame strategy. Jochen Schwarz, a club player from Bremen, wants to improve in this area. […]