WR Chess Masters - Live!

2/18/2023 – The WR Chess Masters is taking place in Düsseldorf on February 15-25. A 10-players single round-robin, the event features a mix of established, elite players and young, ambitious talents. A prize fund of 130,000 Euros is up for grabs. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri and Wesley So are the top seeds. | Follow the games live with expert commentary, starting daily at 14.00 CET (8.00 ET, 18.30 IST)
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Endgames from Munich

2/18/2023 – Last Monday, Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) won the second stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, a 12-player single round-robin that took place in Munich, Germany. GM Karsten Müller followed the games closely, and sent us a selection of thought-provoking endgames. Find here six instructive positions, annotated by our in-house expert. | Photo: Mark Livshitz / FIDE

A clear(ing) case

2/18/2023 – In the diagram position, White has to act quickly in the face of Black's threat e5-e4 - and in the end it will be he who triumphs on the diagonal c2-h7. Happy uncovering!

WR Masters: Abdusattorov on the attack

2/18/2023 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Dommaraju Gukesh joined Wesley So and Levon Aronian in the lead of the WR Chess Masters after beating Andrey Esipenko and Praggnanandhaa in the super-tournament’s second round. Abdusattorov’s victory featured a demolishing attack, while Gukesh saw Pragg blundering the game away in a double-edged position. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Explained by the engineers! - The new beauty function guide for ChessBase 17

2/17/2023 – Today: Matthias Wuellenweber shows us how to use the new beauty function for ChessBase 17, so you can find the most remarkable games in chess history in no time. ChessBase 17 offers many new features. We help to use them optimally! In our new video series, our developers personally explain the new features they have developed themselves. From the new data format to the beauty index. In no time at all, you'll learn how it's done.
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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: How an opening develops

2/17/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King tells the story of how an opening variation develops, taking as his starting point the spectacular game Giri-Gukesh, Tata Steel Masters 2023. It is interesting that since then, there have been two subsequent games that followed Giri's idea. How did Black fare? Were improvements found? Watch the show to find out! | 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.

FIDE joins the Sport Integrity Global Alliance

2/17/2023 – FIDE has joined the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA). SIGA is a non-profit, global, independent organisation with a mission to ensure that sporting organisations are run to the highest standards of integrity in order to protect the values of sport.

Bela Khotenashvili wins 80th Georgian Women’s Championship

2/17/2023 – Bela Kotenashvili dominated the 80th Georgian Women's Championship, and won the tournament with 8.0/9. With 7.0/9 Lela Javakhishvili and Meri Arabidze shared second and third place, but thanks to her better tiebreak Lela Javakhishvili finished second. | Photos: Georgian Chess Federation

WR Masters: So, Aronian and Esipenko score with white

2/17/2023 – Wesley So, Levon Aronian and Andrey Esipenko kicked off the WR Chess Masters with wins, as they defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Praggnanandhaa and Vincent Keymer respectively. Out of the three, So was the first one to leave the playing hall with a full point to his name. Aronian and Esipenko needed to work harder to convert their superior endgame positions against resilient opponents. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: The Semi-Slav Meran

2/16/2023 – In his 'Fast & Furious' show, Robert Ris has a look at the game Mamedyarov-Sevian from the Pro Chess League 2023. The game featured a sharp line from the Semi-Slav Meran variation which became popular after the World Championship match between Kramnik and Anand in Bonn 2008. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Opening ceremony of the WR Masters

2/16/2023 – Yesterday, the ceremonial and stylish opening of the WR Masters took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Düsseldorf. After a press conference and a small show programme with a simul and "chess doubles", the lots were drawn. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
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Remembering Erich Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997)

2/16/2023 – The name Erich Eliskases is familiar to only a few chess enthusiasts today. However, the Austrian was one of the best players in the world in the late 1930s. In 1941 he was supposed to play for the World Championship with Alexander Alekhine. But things turned out differently. 15 February 2023 is the 110th birthday of Eliskases, who was born in Innsbruck, Austria, and died in Cordoba, Argentina.
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Johannes Zukertort and the First World Chess Championship Match

2/15/2023 – Johannes Zukertort is one of the great but tragic figures of chess history. A former title contender, he was as brilliant as he was misunderstood. On the 137th anniversary of the first World Chess Championship Match, his life, career, and legacy are worth re-examining.
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Game of the Week #555: M. Warmerdam - J. van Foreest

2/15/2023 – In his “Game of the Week” show #555, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a complex and fascinating game that Max Warmerdam and Jorden van Foreest played in the Dutch League. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Sara Khadem speaks to the BBC

2/15/2023 – Top Iranian chess player Sara Khadem has gone into exile, like many other Iranian chess players before her, and now lives with her family in Spain. Yesterday, the BBC published a podcast in which Sara Khadem talks about her motives for leaving Iran. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Texas Tech claims 3rd Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup

2/15/2023 – The Kasparov Chess Foundation organized the third annual KCF University Cup. This event was played on lichess.org and hosted on chessstream.com on the weekend of February 4 and 5, 2023. The tournament attracted well over 500 university students from every continent and from nearly thirty countries. The event was a resounding success.
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ProChess Diaries: Masterclasses by Anish and Sandipan

2/15/2023 – Grandmasters Anish Giri and Sandipan Chanda gave master classes on the same day (21 Oct 2022) in ProChess, and I got to witness the interesting chess lessons being discussed in those sessions. Any chess fan would be thrilled with it, and my experience was absolutely fascinating! In this article, I share a few interesting positions and thought processes I encountered from these sessions. | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
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The WR Chess Masters 2023 starts on Wednesday

2/14/2023 – Wednesday evening will see the official opening of the WR Masters at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Düsseldorf. The tournament starts on Thursday at 14:00 with the 1st round. A number of players from the next generation will face the current world elite. For Ian Nepomiachtchi, the tournament is also a dress rehearsal for the World Championship in April. German chess fans are keeping their fingers crossed for Vincent Keymer in particular.
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Jorge Vega Fernandez (1935-2023)

2/14/2023 – The chess world mourns the death of Jorge Vega. The long-time President of the American Continental Chess Federation was a comrade-in-arms of Che Guevara in the Cuban Revolution, though he was later imprisoned in Cuba because of his international contacts. Vega then lived in Mexico and was president of the Confederacion de Adjedres para America (CCA) from 20202. | Photo: Anastasia Karlovich
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