9/2/2026 – Spanish Anti-Berlin: "Give me the f-file!": Christian Braun likes 4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3!? – "The Fortress" with opposite-coloured bishops and two connected passed pawns: Dorian Rogozenco shows how the defender should position himself – Do you know the Barendregt Variation? Robert Ris advocates 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 e5!? – "Attack with Qh5!" One move, many motifs: Oliver Reeh tests you in 32 example games with plenty of training exercises – Alekhine-Chatard Attack – as dangerous as 100 years ago: Sergey Grigoriants updates 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4! – The Isolated c-Pawn: Mihail Marin demonstrates the advantages of a fragmented structure, using two games of Kasparov-Karpov! – Grischuk's Stroke of Genius in the Sicilian Kan Variation: After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7, Petra Papp considers the magnificent 9.Nd5!! and much more. Download version including a comprehensive and redesigned accompanying PDF (52 pages)! Take a look – an extract from the PDF is provided below.

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

9/2/2026 – FIDE and World Chess have submitted an application to ICANN for .chess, a proposed top-level domain intended to provide the chess community with a dedicated and verified online space. Filed as a community application on behalf of FIDE, the project would give federations, clubs, organisers, platforms, media and players recognisable chess-specific domains if approved. Registration will open only after ICANN's review, with an early-access list already available.

9/1/2026 – The Sinquefield Cup and the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis brought about some movement at the top of the world rankings. Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan remain the world's top players, while Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Anastasiia Hnatyshyn are the leading junior players. Based on the average rating of its top players, the German Chess Federation is ranked fifth overall, making it now the leading European federation.

9/1/2026 – Daniel King's 'Power Play' series is one of ChessBase's most popular FritzTrainer course collections. Between 2007 and 2020, an impressive 28 volumes were published in the series, covering not only general topics such as tactics, attacking play and endgames, but also opening repertoires for both Black and White. Jochen Schwarz, a club player from Bremen, has known and valued the Power Play courses for many years and provides an overview of the individual volumes.

9/1/2026 – Dear chess friends! When discussing ChessBase authors and content creators, no name is more synonymous with high quality than British Grandmaster Daniel King. His courses, videos, and articles, have been essential viewing for decades! This week only, you can get ALL of his video courses at our lowest ever price. Save up to 50 percent!

9/1/2026 – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League returns for its fourth season, bringing the world's biggest chess stars to Bengaluru from September 5–13, 2026. With six power-packed franchises, fresh team combinations, exciting debutants and fierce rivalries, here's a complete look at every squad, their strengths and what makes this season the most anticipated yet. | Pictured: Vishy Anand with Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group

9/1/2026 – The lawn mower mate: Two rooks are a strong attacking force: White to move and win.

9/1/2026 – England 1 and Italy share the lead in the 50+ section of the European Senior Team Championships after five rounds in Crete, while Slovenia and England 1 are level at the top of the 65+ event. The leading teams have taken different routes to their positions, with England and Italy unbeaten in the younger category and Slovenia having already defeated their main rivals in the 65+ competition. | Photo: European Chess Union

8/31/2026 – Hikaru Nakamura will face Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc in a strategy-game challenge in Monza on 1 September, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. The pair will compete at Se!ze, a chess-inspired game developed with Leclerc's involvement. The event adds another chapter to the Monégasque driver's documented interest in chess, following earlier encounters involving Carlos Sainz and GM Teimour Radjabov. | Photo: Chivas Regal

8/31/2026 – GM Pranesh Munirethinam won Group A (2200+) of the 2026 Kanizsa Open with 7 points from 9 games. In the final round, Pranesh obtained a full point in his game against IM Vadym Petrovskiy. IM Or Bronstein, GM Andrei Volokitin and GM Karthik Venkataraman finished on the same score and took second to fourth places respectively on tiebreaks. Top seed Matthias Bluebaum could only manage 21st place. The 16-year-old German junior Mykola Korchynskyi finished ten places ahead of the Candidates Tournament participant. | | Photo: Tushar Damor / Chennai Grand Masters

8/31/2026 – Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov will meet in Saint Louis from 11 to 13 September for Clutch Chess: The Legends. The two former members of the sport's elite will contest a 12-game chess960 match, with the value of wins increasing on each successive day. The encounter follows Kasparov's 2025 victory over Viswanathan Anand and revisits a rivalry that also featured a chess960 match in Saint Louis in 2018.