11/8/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game from the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, in which Aleksandra Goryachkina demonstrated the attacking potential of the Sicilian Sveshnikov. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/8/2024 – The second tournament of the 2024-25 Women's Grand Prix Series takes place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It's a ten-player-round-robin, the best two players in the Grand Prix series qualify for the next Women's Candidates Tournament. After eight rounds second seed Aleksandra Goryachkina leads with 6.5/8, one point ahead of the number one seed, Tan Zhongyi with 5.5/8. The ninth and final round starts at 13.00 local time (9.00 CET, 3.00 EST). Follow the games live with commentary. | Photo: FIDE / Konstantin Chalabov

11/8/2024 – Round 3 of the Chennai Grand Masters delivered compelling games across both the Masters and Challengers sections. In the Masters, Arjun Erigaisi continued his stellar form with a win over Alexey Sarana, joining Amin Tabatabaei in the lead, while climbing to second place in the live world rankings. In the Challengers, Pranav Venkatesh emerged as the sole leader after defeating Karthikeyan Murali, extending his perfect record. | Photos: Aditya Sur Roy and Anmol Bhargav / ChessBase India

11/7/2024 – In part two of his review of the ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia 2024, Nagesh Havanur explores the nuanced world of Semi-Open games, focusing on the Sicilian Defence and French Defence. From the explosive Najdorf Sicilian, favoured by Fischer and Kasparov, to the sharp Sicilian Dragon, each line offers distinct challenges and strategies. As our author transitions to Closed Games in his next instalment, he offers much practical advice for the aspiring tournament player.

11/7/2024 – In the European Club Championship, lower rated players occasionally faced GM superstars, such as Erigaisi, Gukesh, Abdusattarov, Praggnanandhaa or others. And in the very first round, Pragg had to deal with IM Francois Godart from Belgium, rated 2377. In a Sicilian Rossolimo, Godart had a pawn less, but strong counterplay. Counterplay that was so strong that the strong moves seemed to play themselves. Robert Ris took a closer look.

11/7/2024 – Aleksandra Goryachkina wins and wins and wins. In round 7 of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix she won with Black against Batkhuyag Munguntuul - her fifth win in her last five games. She now leads with 6.0/7 and is one point ahead of Tan Zhongyi who won in round 7 against Nurgyul Salimova. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/7/2024 – Round two of the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Tournament brought intense action in both the Masters and Challengers sections. In the Masters, Iranian players Amin Tabatabaei and Parham Maghsoodloo scored their first wins, with Tabatabaei joining Arjun Erigaisi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the lead. Meanwhile, the Challengers section saw Leon Luke Mendonca and Pranav Venkatesh claim victories to now share the lead with a perfect 2/2 score. | Photos: Aditya Sur Roy and Himank Ghosh / ChessBase India

11/6/2024 – Recently, the famous Babson task (Black promotes to one of the four possible pieces and White must promote to the same piece in all four cases to win) has been conquered by in an endgame study. Many thought it to be impossible to realize this extremely difficult task. In this second part of the three part series Harold van der Heijden describes how study composers progressed towards solving the problem.

11/6/2024 – In his series ‘Practical Tips for the Tournament Player’, Jan Markos deals with one of his favourite topics in chess in the new ChessBase Magazine #222: domination. In its pure form, it promises total control over an impotent opponent. Your own risk is minimised and you have all the time in the world to improve your pieces and work out a winning plan. It is therefore often worth investing time or even material to achieve a dominant position. Jan Markos explains the most important techniques based on three top-class games. You can now view the complete article in the free reading sample in ChessBase books format - directly via the web browser on your iPad, tablet, Mac, smartphone or Windows PC! Have fun.

11/6/2024 – In the 6th round of the Women's Grand Prix Tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Aleksandra Goryachkina won her fourth game in a row. She played against German Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz, who missed study-like drawing chances in a difficult endgame. Stavroula Tsolakidou, Tan Zhongyi and Kateryna Lagno also won their games. With three rounds to go Goryachkina now leads with 5.0/6, followed by Tsolakidou and Tan Zhongyi with 4.0/6 each. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/6/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks back to the European Club Cup, which was won by the team of Novy Bor. With a score of 5.5/7 German GM Vincent Keymer was the topscorer on the team, and his best game was probably his win against Alexey Sarana - which Merijn analyses closely. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/6/2024 – The Chennai Grand Masters Chess Tournament kicked off with enthralling action in both the Masters and Challengers sections. In the Masters, Arjun Erigaisi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their respective games, defeating Vidit Gujrathi and Parham Maghsoodloo respectively. Meanwhile, the Challengers section saw all four games ending decisively, with Raunak Sadhwani, Abhimanyu Puranik, Leon Luke Mendonca, and Pranav Venkatesh claiming victories. The intense opening day set a strong competitive tone for the tournament ahead. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy