5/20/2022 – In the first day of the Champions Chess Tour, Gawain Jones played the Kings Indian against Vidit Gujrathi because it is a very legit weapon. One of Svitlana's favourite openings deserves a second part, to get into some deeper strategic territory. What if White is castling on the queen side? We adjust our plans, and build up some important decisions. Svitlana analyses an interesting King's Indian game between Ivan Cheparinov, and Wang Yue!

5/20/2022 – The second tournament of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 is taking place in Warsaw from May 17-23, and consists of a rapid and a blitz tournament. After three rounds of rapid, Vishy Anand is in the sole lead on a perfect 6 out of 6 score. Day 2 starts Friday, May 20, at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 12.00 UTC). Follow the games live with expert commentary.

5/20/2022 – After four rounds at the preliminaries of the Chessable Masters, 22-year-old Wei Yi is leading the standings table on 10/12 points. Three of the favourites stand two points behind — Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Anish Giri. The 16-player online tournament is played with a football scoring system. Half the players will move on to the knockout stage from the single round-robin set to run until Sunday. | Photo: Niki Riga

5/19/2022 – Vishy Anand scored three wins in as many games to take the lead at the rapid section of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz Tournament. With six rounds of rapid left to go, the former world champion has a 2-point lead over a chasing pack consisting of Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and Jan-Krzysztof Duda — players receive 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw in the rapid. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/19/2022 – This week Robert Ris shows how David Navara managed to beat the currently popular line with 3...a6 against the Queens Gambit Declined in a fine and instructive game played in the Czech Championship 2022. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/19/2022 – Munich will host the third leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-23, to be held from February 1-14, 2023. The venues, dates, and details for the other three legs in the WGP Series will be announced at the end of May. | Photos: FIDE

5/19/2022 – Users of ChessBase are undoubtedly familiar with the Player Encyclopedia that comes with Mega Database, a massive archive of players and photos that allow you to view games with a picture of that player instead of just their name. There is an online version with ChessBase Account, but offers much more. Read the tutorial or watch the video to find out why.

5/18/2022 – As expected, Ding Liren is the eighth participant in the Candidates Tournament 2022. The Chinese top GM replaces the suspended Sergey Karjakin as the highest-rated player after World Champion Carlsen. The Candidates Tournament begins on 17 June in Madrid and the winner will play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship.

5/18/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #516, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a fine attacking win by Dutch IM and ChessBase author Nico Zwirs. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/18/2022 – The world’s top two chess stars go head-to-head starting Thursday at the Chessable Masters, the fourth leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen will face Ding Liren, who returns having regained his second spot in the world ranking. The field also includes two of the most promising rising stars in the chess world, Praggnanandhaa and Abhimanyu Mishra.

5/18/2022 – On 17 May, the Polish National Championships ended in Kruszwica. In the open tournament, played in knockout format, defending champion Radoslaw Wojtaszek won his fifth title. But the women's tournament ended with a big surprise. | Photos: Polish Chess Federation

5/18/2022 – The Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland will be held at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw on May 17-23. It will feature four full tour players and six wildcard players. The field will be headed by Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Levon Aronian. Vishy Anand and Jan-Krzysztof Duda are the highest-rated wildcards included in the mix. The first round of the Rapid Tournament starts 19 May, 14.00 CEST (8.00 EST, 12.00 UTC). | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Croatia GCT, 2019)