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ChessBase 18 – Tips for beginners, part 23: Stay up to date with program updates

7/20/2025 – Working with ChessBase 18 is so enjoyable because it builds on the experience of the developers from 17 previous versions. But you don’t have to wait for the next release — you’ll receive ongoing improvements directly to your computer through the free update service. And don’t worry: staying up to date with the latest updates takes just a few clicks. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how.
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Women's World Cup QF: Humpy and Lei strike first

7/19/2025 – The first games of the Women's World Cup quarterfinals saw wins for Lei Tingjie and Humpy Koneru, who now lead their respective matches. Lei defeated Nana Dzagnidze in a game which saw the Georgian GM losing on time after a scoresheet miscount, while Humpy overcame Song Yuxin with the white pieces. Divya Deshmukh drew against Harika Dronavalli, while Vaishali Rameshbabu missed a chance to press against Tan Zhongyi. | Photo: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
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Freestyle Chess Las Vegas - Live!

7/19/2025 – The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam continues in Las Vegas from 16 to 20 July with a 16-player invitational event featuring a round-robin followed by a double-elimination knockout stage. Top players including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are taking part. All games will be broadcast live with commentary, and eliminated players will contribute to coverage. | Follow the games live starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)
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Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Aronian and Niemann reach the final

7/19/2025 – Hans Niemann and Levon Aronian advanced to the Grand Final of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas after winning their semifinal matches on Friday. Niemann defeated Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, while Aronian overcame Arjun Erigaisi in two classical games. In the lower bracket, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu stayed in contention for third place. The final weekend will decide the tournament's champion and remaining podium positions. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Biel Chess Festival - Live!

7/19/2025 – The 58th Biel Chess Festival, running from 12 to 25 July, offers a global celebration of chess with 16 tournaments spanning classical, rapid and blitz formats. The main events are the Triathlons, with a Masters and a Challengers section, each including six ambitious top competitors. | Follow the games live starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)
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Biel: Salem beats Fedoseev, Aravindh regains the lead

7/19/2025 – Aravindh Chithambaram has reclaimed the lead in the Biel GMT-Masters Triathlon following his draw with Radoslaw Wojtaszek, aided by Vladimir Fedoseev's defeat to Salem Saleh. The Emirati grandmaster, now in third place, secured his second classical win with a convincing performance. In the GMT-Challengers, all games ended in draws, a result that benefits Nikolas Theodorou and Aram Hakobyan, whose progression to next week's final phase now looks increasingly likely. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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Women's World Cup: Humpy, Harika, Vaishali and Divya win tiebreakers

7/19/2025 – All four round-four tiebreak matches at the Women's World Cup were won by Indian players, completing the lineup for the quarterfinals. Humpy Koneru and Divya Deshmukh advanced with wins in the 15+10 games, while Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali Rameshbabu needed additional rounds to progress. The quarterfinals will feature four Indian players alongside Lei Tingjie, Tan Zhongyi, Nana Dzagnidze and Song Yuxin. | Photo: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
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The French Defence: A powerful opening, but what's the best way to study it?

7/19/2025 – The French Defence is a powerful, combative opening that can bring you both enjoyment and success if you study it properly. But it’s not so easy to find the "right" course among the many ChessBase courses on the French. Jochen Schwarz, a player from northern Germany and a coach in the south, has been playing the French for many years and has gained extensive experience with the FritzTrainer courses on this opening. He wants to help you find the French Defence video course (or courses) that best suit your needs.
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On the whole board

7/19/2025 – From the diagram position, White won material by force, with the black queen a6 playing no insignificant role. Let's get to work!
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Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Aronian takes down Nakamura

7/18/2025 – Day 2 of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas saw long and dramatic knockout matches in both brackets, with several encounters going all the way to blitz and Armageddon. Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Hans Niemann and Arjun Erigaisi advanced to the upper bracket semifinals, while Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Vincent Keymer and Leinier Dominguez stayed alive in the lower bracket. Four players were eliminated and finished in shared 13th place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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New: CBM Extra #226

7/18/2025 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the ideal supplement to ChessBase Magazine. In the new Extra #226: Opening videos on the Najdorf Variation with 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 (Luis Engel) and the Taimanov Variation with 7.Qf3 (Nico Zwirs). ‘Lucky bag’ with 38 analyses by Anish Giri, Surya Ganguly, Abhijeet Gupta, Yannick Pelletier and many more. Update service with over 50,000 new games for your database. You can now read CBM Extra also in your webbrowser on your iPad, tablet or Mac in the "ChessBase Book" format!
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Summer Special: For positional and strategic players: A 1.d4 and a 1.Nf3 repertoire

7/18/2025 – How should a positional player begin with White - 1.d4 or 1.Nf3? In his Fritztrainer course, Sipke Ernst presents a practical 1.d4 repertoire. And in his Grandmaster course on 1.Nf3, Felix Blohberger also focuses on teaching ideas rather than memorizing lines. It's a tough choice! Stay flexible and take a look at both courses — this week (July 14–20), they’re available at a Summer Special price.
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Biel: Fedoseev regains the lead

7/18/2025 – With a victory over Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vladimir Fedoseev took the lead in the overall standings of the Biel Masters Triathlon. Aravindh is tied for second place after a draw against Volodar Murzin. Frederik Svane suffered his second defeat in a row against Saleh Salem. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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ChessBase Magazine Extra 226

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Women's World Cup: Zhu bounces back, Dzagnidze knocks out Muzychuk

7/18/2025 – Four players secured spots in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup following the second game of round four, while the remaining four matches will be decided in Friday's tiebreaks. Zhu Jiner won to level her match against Divya Deshmukh, while Lei Tingjie, Tan Zhongyi, Song Yuxin and Nana Dzagnidze qualified directly. Curiously, the four matches that went to tiebreaks features one Indian player each - Divya, Humpy Koneru, Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali Rameshbabu. | Photo: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
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Game of the Week #680: J. Van Foreest vs L. Van Wely, Dutch Championship 2025

7/17/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a close at the game that decided the Dutch Championship 2025: a scintillating attacking win by Jorden Van Foreest against Loek Van Wely. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Carlsen out of title race, Nakamura impresses

7/17/2025 – Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer are out of title contention at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas after failing to qualify for the upper bracket. In the White Group, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov shared first place with 4½/7, while Levon Aronian claimed the final qualifying spot after beating Carlsen in a blitz tiebreaker. In the Black Group, Hikaru Nakamura dominated with 6/7, ahead of Hans Niemann, Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigaisi. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Women's World Cup, Round 4: Four wins for White

7/17/2025 – After a rest day, the Women's World Cup in Batumi resumed with the fourth round, with 16 players remaining in the competition. Both Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi maintained their winning streak. However, Zhu Jiner was defeated by Divya Deshmukh. | Photos: Anna Shtourman
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12. Dhamso International Chess Festival in Sri Lanka

7/17/2025 – Chess is very popular in Sri Lanka. Well over 500 players, mainly children and young people, took part in the 12th Dhamso International Chess Festival in 2025. A A C B Amarasinghe scored 9 points from 10 rounds to win the tournament. | Photo: From left: Mr Nuwan Karunakalage, Mr Chamin Dennis Livera, CM A A C B Amarasinghe, Mr Yasindu Vithanage (organiser)
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Aravindh new leader of the Biel GMT-Masters

7/17/2025 – After the second round of classical chess at the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon, Aravindh Chithambaram has taken the sole lead in the Masters. Despite being behind at times, he managed to beat Svane, while his rivals Fedoseev and Wojtaszek both ended their games with an unspectacular draw. The Challengers tournament is now clearly structured: Theodorou, who defeated Navara today, is now 3 ½ points ahead of Hakobyan, who in turn even has a 6-point lead over the rest. | Photos: Official website
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ChessBase Magazine Extra 226

Focus on the Sicilian: Opening videos on the Najdorf Variation with 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 (Luis Engel) and the Taimanov Variation with 7.Qf3 (Nico Zwirs). ‘Lucky bag’ with 38 analyses by Anish Giri, Surya Ganguly, Abhijeet Gupta, Yannick Pelletier and many more.

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The Art of Sacrificing

Throughout the video course, Sasikran shows various examples from his career to explain sacrifices for initiative, an attack, a better pawn structure and much more.

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The top-tier Trompowsky

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