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The Rookly Summer League Heats Up!
Your weekly recap of league standings, plus our Move of the Match.
Lucas Thompson
July 20, 2026
Welcome to the first newsletter for the Rookly Summer League 2026! This is where we will share updates on the league standings as well as some exciting moments from our incredible players’ games each week.
Our next match is Today, Monday, July 20th at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT.
The Summer League continued last week with an excellent match that saw the Knights pull ahead by five points.
Will the Rooks catch up today, or will the Knights extend their lead? Tune in for the match today at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT to find out!
Don’t forget that anyone is welcome to watch the Summer League live. They can use their team’s spectator link:
Standings
Match Date | Rooks | Knights |
|---|---|---|
July 6 | 10 | 10 |
July 13 | 11 | 16 |
July 20 | ||
July 27 | ||
August 3 | ||
Total | 21 | 26 |
Move of the Match
This week’s Move of the Match goes to Chase A from the Knights for this excellent endgame maneuver. It’s White to move—can you find the best move in this position?
White to move
Did you spot queen to g5?
Qg5+
This brilliant move lands a check on Black’s king while also unleashing a discovered attack on Black’s queen from White’s rook on c7.
All of Black’s available moves give up the queen.
Black’s available moves
In the game, Black played Kh8.
Kh8
White scooped up the black queen, and this one ended here.
Rxf7
Great attacking by Chase! You can check out full game below.
Thank you again to all of our players for such a wonderful start to the Rookly Summer League! If there’s anything that you need help with please feel free to get in touch with Coach Lucas at Lucas@rookly.com.