Codgerly self-indulgence

10/2/2022 – Today is Jonathan Speelman’s sixty-sixth birthday, so he allowed himself a certain amount of self-indulgence, as he decided to present a selection of his favourite games and studies. His criterion: “A preference for either the breathtakingly simple or the mind-bogglingly complex”. Happy birthday, Jon! | Pictured: Julian Hodgson and Jonathan Speelman
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Understanding before Moving 93: Backgrounds of structures (3)

10/2/2022 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 93rd instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to discuss structures that are typical for 1.e4 e5 openings by showing a Fischer-classic. | Photo: Pascal Simon

Dorian Rogozenco’s Chess Classics - A review

10/2/2022 – In studying the classics, we get to know the elementary strategies and tactical motifs of the game, and thus we deepen our understanding of chess. At the same time, we gain an insight into chess history and chess culture. Dorian Rogozenco presents the most beautiful classics on his new FritzTrainer. Phillip Hillebrand has reviewed the training course.

Endgames from Astana

10/1/2022 – Kateryna Lagno took clear first place at the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. A 12-player single round robin, the event featured a number of remarkable confrontations. GM Karsten Müller analysed three of the most interesting endgames and shared his insights with us. Instructive and entertaining! | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

Frederic's mates - How I met Mikhail Tal

10/1/2022 – Mikhail Tal was the third of the twelve World Chess Champions whom Frederic met. In our new weekly series he tells us how he met and befriended the top players, and the adventures they experienced together. Frederic has written a new book, together with Professor Christian Hesse, with fascinating chess stories from the last 50 years. It will appear (first in German) in October.

Libra and their strategy

10/1/2022 – Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez and Sam Shankland all have something in common. They play for the US national team, and they are all Libra. Although many Libra grandmasters play excellent chess, none have won a world championship title, except for Ruslan Ponomariov, who won the FIDE title in 2002. Even legends like Ossip Bernstein, Viacheslav Ragozin and New York-born Reuben Fine were close, but not close enough. Maybe it's because Libras bring too much lightness to the game? | Photo: Pixabay
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Double Flop

10/1/2022 – Today your defensive skills are needed: Can you refute Black's 35...Ng6? or 35...Rg6? in the diagram position?
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The ChessBase Account – Training with WebApps (1)

9/30/2022 – There are many ways to train chess or to entertain yourself with chess: relaxed tactics training without time pressure or in competition with others? Or do you love the artistic appeal of studies? Do you like to follow live world-class tournaments or to watch training videos? Do you like to hone your opening repertoire by using the opening trends from the live ticker? The ChessBase Account offers you all this - and much more. Fully integrated in the ChessBase world, the WebApps work together and can be used perfectly with the ChessBase and Fritz programmes. The ChessBase Account offers a comprehensive access to the world of chess, no matter whether you play chess as a sport or as a hobby. In a new tutorial series Martin Fischer explains how to use the ChessBase Account. Part 1: Set up & get started!
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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: The Raging Rook

9/30/2022 – In his Power Play Show, Daniel King takes a close look at the game Saric-Ivanchuk, played at the Julius Bär Generation Cup. We see a bold attacking idea right out of the opening that almost catches Ivanchuk. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Tracking a player's progress

9/30/2022 – A few days ago Europe's biggest news portal, SPIEGEL Online, had YACS – yet another cheating story. It concentrated on a portrait of the accused Hans Niemann, and traced his chess development over the years. Did you know you can easily track the Elo progress in the ChessBase Players service? And also his best games, his best and his most difficult opponents, his favourite openings and most/least successful openings. If not, take a look at what you have been missing.

FIDE to form investigatory panel for Carlsen-Niemann controversy

9/30/2022 – After an initial statement that acknowledged the current controversy shaking the chess world, FIDE has now announced the creation of a panel by its Fair Play Commission to investigate the "the World Champion's claims of alleged cheating by Niemann and Niemann's self-statement regarding online cheating."

Kateryna Lagno wins Astana Women’s Grand Prix

9/30/2022 – Kateryna Lagno won the first stage of the Women’s Grand Prix series with an undefeated 8/11 score. Lagno finished a half point ahead of Aleksandra Goryachkina (pictured, left), who scraped a half point in the final round after Vaishali Rameshbabu failed to convert a winning rook endgame. Chinese youngster Zhu Jiner grabbed third place. Zhansaya Abdumalik and Dinara Wagner scored full points on the last day of action. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman
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The Winning Academy 14: The Trap of Beauty

9/29/2022 – What could possibly be more satisfying than playing a beautiful combination, or winning a splendid positional game? And yet, it is dangerous to rely too much on your sense of beauty, on your intuition. Why? Jan Markos explains. | Photo: Hardebeck Media on Pixabay

2022 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships Fields Announced

9/29/2022 – The Saint Louis Chess Club and the U.S. Chess Federation have announced the fields of participants for the 2022 U.S. Championships and and U.S. Women's Championships. Among others, Hans Niemann will participate as the winner of the 2021 U.S. Youth Championships. The two championships begin on October 4 at the Saint Louis Chess Center.
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Carlsen and Anand to play in European Club Cup in Austria

9/29/2022 – On Sunday (October 2), the European Club Cup begins in Mayrhofen (Austria). The event consists of an Open Tournament and a Women's Tournament, and some of the world's best player will come to Austria, including Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. The venue of the tournament is the "Europahaus". | Photo: Google
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New: CBM Extra #209

9/29/2022 – Over an hour of video training: Mihail Marin explains how Caruana achieved a clear advantage with a novelty in the Rossolimo Variation against Gukesh - and then missed the right continuation. Alexei Shirov shows with one of his games against Jorden van Foreest why you have to reckon with the Moscow Variation against him in the Semi-Slav again! "The brilliancy" comes from Greek GM Nikolas Theodorou, who led his team to the championship title in the 2022 Final Four of College Chess in the USA. The "Lucky bag" with 29 annotated games - among others Romain Edouard, Mihal Krasenkow and Spyridon Kapnisis analyse 17 games from the German Bundesliga - is again full of surprises and suggestions. ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect complement to ChessBase Magazine. Available as a single issue or by subscription (6 issues per year). Available as download or on DVD.

Women’s Grand Prix Astana: Live

9/29/2022 – The first event of the 2022-2023 Women’s Grand Prix Series is taking place on September 18-29 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Fielding 16 of the world’s top female players, the Grand Prix consists of four tournaments. Each player will participate in three out of the four tournaments. Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 10.00 CEST (4.00 ET, 13.30 IST) | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman
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Astana GP: Zhu scores, Smirin fired over sexist comments

9/29/2022 – Going into the final round of the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kateryna Lagno leads Aleksandra Goryachkina by a half point after both contenders for first place drew their games with white on Wednesday. Zhu Jiner (pictured) beat Alina Kashlinskaya to grab sole third place. Unfortunately for the chess world, another scandal made headlines on mainstream media: commentator Ilya Smirin was fired by FIDE after making sexist remarks during round 9’s broadcast. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

Game of the Week #535: M. Carlsen vs A. Erigaisi

9/28/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #535 Merijn van Delft shows how Magnus Carlsen won a fine and patient attacking game against Arjun Erigaisi in the finals of the Julius Bär Generation Cup. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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