British Chess Magazine  |  June 2026
The June 2026 issue of British Chess Magazine is led by two striking stories of young talent at full speed. BCM follows Faustino Oro’s extraordinary rise from Covid lockdown beginner to grandmaster at 12, while also charting Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş’s emphatic 5-1 match win over Veselin Topalov and his record breaking climb past 2700. Alongside these portraits of a new chess generation, the issue looks at another English junior success through Kayal Vijay’s European Schools title, examines the coming FIDE elections and the battle for the most political office in chess. BCM rounds things off with the magazine’s rich regular mix of endgame studies, Problem World, and historical material, including a look back at Leopold Mitrofanov and a revisiting of London chess tradition.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in British Chess Magazine June 2026.