Good news for those who like to keep an eye on the top chess talent breaking through - the ground-breaking Challengers Chess Tour will return next week.

Play Magnus Group’s online event features a line-up of the world’s top juniors mentored by legend of the game Judit Polgar, who will also provide commentary.

The tour, won on its first outing by Indian superstar Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and shortlisted for a prestigious ESG Award for promoting gender equality, will start its first two-day event on September 3.

Sixteen of the world’s top Under 12, 14 and 16 age group players have been invited to take part in the first leg alongside Under 18 and 20 stars such as Raunak Sadhwani, Jonas Buhl Bjerre and Leon Mendonca.

The full line-up is as follows:

The Julius Baer Challenge (September 3 to 4) will be followed by the Magnus Academy Challenge (October 8 to 9) before the overall winner is crowned at the Challengers Final Four on October 29 and 30.

Each tournament will carry a prize pot of $10,000.

If that wasn’t all, in December the overall 2022 Tour Champion will go on to face 17-year-old Praggnanandhaa, the 2021 Tour Champion, in a finale to the season worth a further $10,000 in prize money.

That match, named the Julius Baer Challenger Championship, will be held on site in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Julius Baer supported last year’s Challengers Chess Tour, a unique gender-balanced chess event designed to promote new talent. Julius Baer is also a title partner for this year’s Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, which features the world’s best players.

Pragg won the 2021 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour and earned qualification for the senior Meltwater tour, where he hit the headlines immediately in January with a memorable win over World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

The series is part of a conscious effort by the Play Magnus Group and the Swiss private bank Julius Baer to develop young talent, advance gender equality in the sport and find the next big stars in the game.

Polgar, the strongest female player in history, will return to the commentary box to give expert insights on their players alongside Grandmaster Pepe Cuenca.

Every move of the 2022 tour will be streamed live and for free on chess24.com and on chess24’s Twitch and YouTube channels.