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Round 2 Scheduled at 2026 Türkiye Satranç Ligi (Turkish League) | Süper Lig
Round 2 of the 2026 Türkiye Satranç Ligi tips off August 4th in Ankara with seri…
The Chess Odyssey Bots Are Here For August!
Chess.com is rolling out a fresh batch of themed bots for August, this time built around Greek mythology. Players will face off against opponents insp…
Help us build the next ChessBase
ChessBase is asking users what they want built next, and they're paying attention to how people actually work rather than guessing. The company launc…
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz - Live!
The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz runs August 2-6 with a format that splits the week: three days of rapid play in a single round-robin, then two days of b…
European Youth Team Chess 2026 winners and medalists
The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2026 wrapped in Pardubice after a week of Swiss system battles across four age categories. The tournament d…
Round 6 Underway at 35. Juniorsko Prvenstvo Hrvatske
The 35th Croatian Junior Championship is underway in Split, with Round 6 current…
Round 9 Finished at 2026 Chinese Chess League Division B 中国国际象棋乙级联赛
Round 9 wrapped in Shaoxing for the 2026 Chinese Chess League Division B. Xu Xia…
FIDE August 2026 rating list published
Firouzja's return dominates August's rating shuffle. The Iranian talent climbed back into the top 10 after his two-month exile, riding momentum from h…
Titled Arenas Announcement — July to September 2026
Lichess has unveiled its Titled Arena schedule running from July through September 2026. These online tournaments restrict participation to players ho…
Maghsoodloo Rallies To Win 3 0 Thursday On Tiebreaks
Parham Maghsoodloo won Thursday's 3+0 blitz tournament on tiebreaks, edging out a field loaded with super-GMs. The Iranian GM finished undefeated with…
Svitlana's Smart Moves - Center Game
Svitlana digs into the Center Game, 1.e4 e5 2.d4, and makes a solid case for why it deserves more respect than it gets. Most engines rate it as roughl…
Top 100 Players August 2026
Carlsen stays untouchable at 2823, nearly 40 points clear of the field. Caruana and Nakamura trade second place at 2792, both Americans locked in a fi…
Round 1 Scheduled at GCT: Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 | Rapid
The GCT Saint Louis Rapid kicks off August 2nd with ten of the world's elite com…
Russian Attack Destroys Historic Kherson Chess School And Its 5,000-Book Library
Russian artillery destroyed the Kherson Children's and Youth Sports School for Chess and Checkers, a 121-year-old building that served as the region's…
Round 6 Underway at 2. BURHANİYE ÖREN ULUSLARARASI AÇIK SATRANÇ TURNUVASI
The Burhaniye International Open in Balıkesir, Turkey, pushes into Round 6 of it…
Round 6 Underway at Sixdays Budapest 2026 July | GM-A
Round 6 of Sixdays Budapest 2026 is live now. Ten of Hungary's strongest GMs bat…
Alexandra Botez To Host Chess Arena Event With Star Creators On July 31
Alexandra Botez is hosting a Chess Arena event on July 31, bringing together top content creators for a battle royale-style competition. The Canadian …
Record-breaking British Chess Championships set to begin in Coventry
The British Chess Championships returns to Coventry next month as the largest tournament in the event's 122-year history. From August 1 to 9, over 1,7…
Interim elections to take place in Samarkand
FIDE will hold interim elections for the Constitutional Commission during next year's General Assembly in Samarkand on September 26, 2026. A vacant se…
ChessBase Summer-Special! – Part 4
ChessBase is running a summer discount on Fritztrainer courses through August 2nd. You can save over 25 percent on instruction from RB Ramesh, Surya G…