2/6/2018 – Tuesday at 6pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will be discussing a positional masterpiece by Levon Aronian. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer. Puzzle and the live video...

1/25/2018 – Thursday at 8pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will be discussing the game Carlsen-So from the Tata Steel torunament 2018. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer. Puzzle and the live video...

1/11/2018 – Starting tomorrow, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and their colleagues will be making a return trip to the Dutch hamlet of Wijk aan Zee. ChessBase will have daily round-up live shows, following each round starting with GM Yannick Pelletier for Round 1 which kicks off on Saturday. But earlier this week Anish Giri, visited the city of Hilversum to promote the "chess on tour" initiative, which will see the fifth round of the Masters group, held on Wednesday, January 17th, at the museum "Beeld en Geluid" ("Image and sound") | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

1/8/2018 – Monday at 6pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will be discussing games from the World Blitz and Rapid Championships 2017. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer. Puzzle and the live video...

11/23/2017 – Thursday at 6pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will discuss the latest news on the FIDE Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca, showing how Magnus Carlsen de-fangs the London System and, as usual, will be setting puzzles and answering your questions. Puzzle and the live video...

11/11/2017 – Ding Liren, the Chinese number one and participant in the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin, enjoys the reputation of being a solid positional player. But in round 18 of the Yingmei Cup — the Chinese Team Championship — he showed that he is also a world class attacking player by demolishing Bai Jinshi with Black in one of the most beautiful and most spectacular games of the year. Grandmasters Daniel King and Rustam Kasimdzhanov both had a closer look. Enjoy! And tell us about your favourite games of 2017. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

10/12/2017 – Thursday at 5pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will have a special guest for this show: GM Karsten Müller. For this episode some endgames will be discussed as well as some puzzles. Puzzle and the live video...

9/28/2017 – Thursday at 8pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. Daniel King will focus on the Chess.com Isle of Man International which is going on right now. Danny will take a look at Magnus Carlsen's games. Puzzle and the live video...

9/28/2017 – Every evening at 9 pm CEST we offer you a round-up show of the games played at the World Cup in Tbilisi. Yesterday Daniel King showed the highlights of the tiebreak between Ding Liren and Levon Aronian. Aronian did win the World Cup for the second time in his life. Have a look here...

9/25/2017 – Every evening at 9 pm CEST we offer you a round-up show of the games played at the World Cup in Tbilisi. Yesterday Daniel King showed the highlights of game 2 between Ding Liren and Levon Aronian. Who will win the World Cup in Tbilisi 2017? Have a look...

9/21/2017 – Every evening at 9 pm CEST we offer you a round-up show of the games played at the World Cup in Tbilisi. Yesterday Daniel King showed the highlights and upsets of game 2 of the semifinals. Who will go through to the final and qualify for the candidates? Have a look...

9/20/2017 – In an attempt to sidestep mainline opening theory, a lot of today’s 1.d4 players have switched to systems like the Trompowsky or the London. Therefore players — whether amateur or professional GMs — can no longer rely on their Nimzo-Indians or Queens Gambits and have had to look for antidotes to these systems. One such club player, Davide Nastasio, got his hands on Daniel King's Powerplay 25. Going through the contents of the DVD, he found that King's work not only provides an easy-to-learn remedy against these systems but also helps amateurs get a better understanding of themes like pawn breaks, destroying opponent's centre, opening and closing lines, etc.

9/5/2017 – Every evening at 9 pm CEST we offer you a round-up show of the games played at the World Cup in Tbilisi. Yesterday Daniel King showed the highlights and upsets of round 1.2. Who did qualify and who goes into the tiebreak? Have a look...

7/26/2017 – The second round, like the first, provided viewers with ample entertainment value. Alexander Morozevich rebounded from yesterday's loss by beating David Navara. Ruslan Ponomariov sprung a trap on Peter Leko that netted a pawn and the game and Etienne Bacrot played the French against an Armenian playing the Armenian variation!

7/12/2017 – Wednesday at 8pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode here on live for free. Daniel King will focus on the game Can - Robson from the World Team Championships. More information...

6/23/2017 – Yesterday at 8pm UK time Daniel King went on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode here on chessbase.com if you have a Chessbase Account. The show's title is "Reti studies and crushing attacks". More information...

6/12/2017 – While many know and enjoy the videos made by GM Daniel King to comment on games from a wide variety of sources, including as is the case here: Norway Chess. While readers can certainly watch his videos in his YouTube channel, we present you the videos here as they appear in the video library in ChessBase Account, where you can find literally hundreds of videos to watch, including many that are normally for sale, that can be viewed at no extra cost to Premium subscribers.

5/23/2017 – Tonight at 8pm UK time Daniel King goes on air on playchess.com. He will present a bunch of practical examples and show you how to handle different kinds of positions, which will help improve your practical results. An example and more information...

4/4/2017 – The new issue contains lots of chess highlights: Wesley So, Levon Aronian and Adhiban Baskaran annotate their best games from Wijk aan Zee. Analyses of the Grand Prix in Sharjah. A wealth of training material. And highly topical: Daniel King shows a video in which he discusses the pros and cons of the Italian.

3/29/2017 – "Knight on the rim is dim!" Dr. Tarrasch knew right from wrong in chess. Indeed, knights on the edge of the board often lead a miserable life and can easily make life miserable for their colleagues. But no rule without exception. Which former U20 World Champion Ahmed Adly showed in round 3 of the Sharjah Masters by playing a little masterpiece with a knight on the rim.

3/21/2017 – If there is one player in chess, whose mystique and fascination know no bounds, it is the legendary Bobby Fischer. Ask GM Daniel King, chess author and video maker extraordinaire, who asked the patrons of his channel what they most wanted to see him look at. The result is a series analyzing games by the former World Champion, Bobby Fischer and starts with a positional masterpiece he played when he was 16.

3/15/2017 – Daniel King has been one of the longest lasting fixture in the ChessBase family, and to celebrate his 25th PowerPlay DVD, the classic PowerPlay 7: Improve Your Pieces is now on sale 50% off! He will also be presenting a live PowerPlay show on Playchess, and finally here is a video interview with the English grandmaster, where he talks about his life, his love of chess, and a passionate comment on the World Championship.

2/15/2017 – Bobby Fischer was known for his eccentric behavior and for his principled, clear and aggressive chess. On his Power Play Chess Show on YouTube ChessBase author Daniel King recently analysed one of the many strategically instructive Fischer games. Daniel King on Bobby Fischer...

1/9/2017 – Baadur Jobava, rapid chess and a sharp modern line of the Najdorf is a mix that can easily lead to entertaining chess. This mix appeared in the game Jobava vs Atabayev from the World Rapid Championship 2016 in Doha. In the latest installment of his Power Play Show Daniel King takes a closer look at this brilliancy.