Study of the Month - Patterns and pictograms

11/26/2022 – Pattern recognition is a major feat of the human brain, albeit one that can lead to wrong outputs. Examples include seeing faces where there are none, known as pareidolia. Once it was believed that the planet Mars has a face structure on it, speculations about former inhabitants of the planet ran wild, later it turned out that this isn't the case and could be attributed to the low resolution of the photo. | Photo: Pixabay

China beats Uzbekistan, wins World Team Championship

11/26/2022 – By beating Uzbekistan in the final match, China won the World Team Championship in Jerusalem. The Chinese squad won both sets by a 2½-1½ score to claim the title. Meanwhile, in the match for third place, Spain got the better of India in tiebreaks, with wins for Jaime Santos and David Anton in the blitz decider. | Photo: Mark Livshitz

Frederic's mates - Garry Kasparov PART II

11/26/2022 – Garry Kasparov was the eight 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 appeared (first in German) in October.

Keep calm!

11/26/2022 – In the diagram position, White just played Rd1 to d4, threatening to take the black knight on b4 and to play Rh4 with a mating attack. But it's Black to move and win - if he keeps calm and calculates the lines! How should Black proceed?
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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Ivanchuk’s brilliant idea

11/25/2022 – This week, Daniel King looks at a problem theme appearing in practical games, incredibly, twice within a week. Living legend Vasyl Ivanchuk and rising star Arjun Erigaisi both played the ‘Novotny’! | 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.

Moscow 1925: The Rise of Soviet Chess (November 10-December 8, 1925)

11/25/2022 – Few tournaments brought as much stake to its host nation as Moscow 1925 did to Russia. The event brought a Russian into world title contention, but, more importantly, it proved vital to Russia’s rise as dominant force in chess. Eugene Manlapao takes a look at the tournament and its history. | Photo: Tournament winner Efim Bogoljubov (left) and Akiba Rubinstein during their game | Photo: Wikipedia

Chessbase 17: the amazing new Search function

11/25/2022 – The new Chessbase 17 is out, and among the numerous new features is the completely revamped Search function. On the surface this might not sound terribly exciting, but the proof is in the pudding, and when you see it in action you will understand. Check out this article and video to see what the fuss is all about!
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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: How to fight the Jobava-London (1.d4 2.Bf4 & 3.Nc3)?

11/25/2022 – This week Robert Ris presents a line to fight against the Jobava-London System (1.d4 2.Bf4 & 3.Nc3). The always well-prepared Anish Giri used this line to win a fine game with Black against Praggnanandhaa at the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

World Team Chess Championship - Live

11/25/2022 – The Israel Chess Federation is hosting the World Team Championship on November 19-26, with twelve teams from all around the world. The participant countries were split into two pools of similar strength, taking as a reference the rapid rating list. The four best teams from each pool will advance to the knockout stage. | Follow the games live with expert commentary by Almira Skripchenko and Vishy Anand starting at 13.00 CET (7.00 ET, 17.30 IST)
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World Teams: Tense matches, China and Uzbekistan reach the final

11/25/2022 – At the semifinals of the World Team Championship in Jerusalem, China and Uzbekistan defeated Spain and India respectively. In both cases, a draw in the first set was followed by a deciding victory in the second. The final and the match for third place will be played on Friday. | Pictured: Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov | Photo: Mark Livshitz
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Luca Moroni and Olga Zimina win Italian Championships

11/24/2022 – The 81st Italian National Chess Championships ended on Wednesday in Cagliari, Sardinia, with a clear victory for GM Luca Moroni. The Women's Championship was won by Olga Zimina while Gabriele Lumachi became Italian Junior Champion. | Photos: Official website
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FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2022: Registration is open

11/24/2022 – The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championship will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from December 25-31 at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, the arena that has hosted many international sports competitions as well as live concerts and various shows. You can now register for the event!

World Teams: Spain, India, China and Uzbekistan in semis

11/24/2022 – The quarterfinals of the World Team Championship were played on Wednesday at the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem. One of the four matches was decided in tiebreaks, with India beating France in blitz to get a spot in the semis. China, Spain and Uzbekistan, on their part, knocked out Poland, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, respectively. | Pictured: Spain’s David Anton and Daniil Yuffa | Photo: Mark Livshitz
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Carlsen in the endgame

11/23/2022 – The highlight of the Meltwater competition was of course the presence of Magnus Carlsen, and he did not disappoint as he showed off his endgame skills in game after game. They may not have all ended in resounding victories but every one of them was a lesson.

Game of the Week #543: Duda vs Giri

11/23/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #543 Merijn van Delft looks at a recently played brilliancy: Jan-Krzysztof Duda's spectacular win against Anish Giri at the finals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Yesterday's Live Stream with the Developers of ChessBase 17

11/23/2022 – ChessBase 17 is available now, and the amount of new options are immense. The four ChessBase developers Lutz Nebe, Mathias Feist, Jeroen van den Belt, and Matthias Wuellenweber shared their screens on a special discount day live stream, presented us all new features in detail, and answered questions from the chat. Whoever missed the stream yesterday, can rewatch it now.
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‘Strongest field ever’ at 85th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament

11/23/2022 – With both the number one and number two in the world (Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren), five top 10 players and a total of eight top 20 players, the Masters of the jubilee edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament has a very strong field of participants. The 85th edition promises to be a wonderful battleground, because a number of great talents are also present to compete with these world class players. The tournament will take place from 13 to 29 January 2023 in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.
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What's new in ChessBase 17: Livestream with the developers

11/23/2022 – What's new in ChessBase 17? The ChessBase developers Matthias Wüllenweber, Mathias Feist, Lutz Nebe and Jeroen van Belt show in conversation with Arne Kähler why the new ChessBase is indispensable for every ambitious chess lover. Live from 4 pm. At the end of the live show, Robert Ris reports on how he will use the new features as a trainer, for example to bring his student Eline Roebers further forward. From 4 pm, live on YouTube, Twitch or right here.
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World Teams: Poland edges out Israel

11/23/2022 – Day 3 of the World Team Championships saw four teams leaving the competition as the preliminaries came to an end in Jerusalem. South Africa and the Netherlands did not make it through in Pool A, while Israel and the United States were eliminated in Pool B. Poland barely qualified, after tying in match points and individual points with Israel — a better tiebreaker score allowed the Polish team to move on. | Photo: Mark Livshitz
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