Levon Aronian won the 2026 Biel Masters Triathlon on his first appearance at the festival, drawing his final classical game against Aydin Suleymanli to finish on 29½ points. The US grandmaster built his victory on strong rapid and blitz results, while Suleymanli took second place ahead of Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Le Quang Liem. Vaclav […]
Monthly Archives: July 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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!
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 […]
In this episode of ChessBase Tips for Beginners, we look at layout customization and show how to arrange the panes in the single game window to create a more comfortable workspace. You will learn how to use predefined layouts, resize and dock panes, save your own setups, and restore the default view whenever needed.