5/31/2024 – Vladimir Fedoseev (photo), Pavel Eljanov and Giga Quaparadze are the three leaders after six rounds of the Munich Open (5 points each). German grandmasters Dmitrij Kollars, Frederik Svane and Marco Baldauf are half a point behind. | Photo: Tournament page

5/31/2024 – Do you know the typical mistakes made by club players when choosing their opening? They follow fashionable variations; they stick to one opening because it's the only one they've learnt at some point; or they play secondary variations out of fear of their opponent's supposed knowledge. Things do not have to be this way. Play what suits you. Let yourself be inspired! The series of opening tutorials in the new, web-based ChessBase books format offers you a highly competent and innovative guide to opening theory. This is an updated new edition in the new web-based ChessBase-books format!

5/31/2024 – For the first time in this year’s edition of the Norway Chess super-tournament, all three games in a single round ended decisively. Hikaru Nakamura defeated former leader R Praggnanandhaa to climb to sole first place; Alireza Firouzja is Nakamura’s closest chaser after beating world champion Ding Liren; while Magnus Carlsen stands in third place thanks to his victory over Fabiano Caruana. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess

5/30/2024 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the ideal supplement to the ChessBase Magazine. In the new Extra #219: New double sacrifice against the French Defence (video by Felix Blohberger) and part 3 of the video series "Mikhalchishin's miniatures". "Lucky bag" with 44 analyses by Emanuel Berg, Romain Edouard, Alexandr Fier, Michal Krasenkow, Yago Santiago, Vaibhav Suri and many more. Plus over 50,000 new games for your database!

5/30/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a unique endgame: two knights and six pawns fight against the queen! | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/30/2024 – Building up a suitable opening repertoire is no easy task and can take some time. If you have an experienced trainer to help you with tips and advice, that is extremely helpful and also saves a lot of time. The Dutch grandmaster Sipke Ernst (photo: Frans Peeters) offers this help with his video course "A practical repertoire for the positional player after 1.d4".

5/27/2024 – Most of the time, chess pieces can rely on the pawn structure. Pawns serve as a shelter, as a support, and as a natural barrier. However, sometimes all the central pawns get exchanged. The pawn structure evaporates, and the pieces are hovering in an open, empty, pawnless space. What does change in the lives of chess pieces when pawns disappear? | Photo: David Baron

5/27/2024 – The 2024 Mindsports International Festival returns to the London Mindsports Centre this July. There will be an International Open with title norm opportunities up to Grandmaster for players with a FIDE standard rating of 2000+ from the 18th - 23rd July (six days consisting of three single round and three double round days). Limited to 50+ players and special conditions available for players holding IM & GM titles. There is a minimum £2,000 prize fund for the International Open.

5/26/2024 – The 12th edition of the Norway Chess super-tournament will take place from May 27 to June 7 at SR-Bank’s main building in Stavanger. A noteworthy addition is the introduction of the world’s inaugural equal female tournament, the Norway Chess Women’s Tournament, with an identical number of players, the same format and an equivalent prize fund. Both world champions — Ju Wenjun and Ding Liren — will participate besides local hero and world number one Magnus Carlsen.

5/26/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 179th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and looks at the career and games of Anatoly Karpov, World Champion from 1975 to 1985. | Photo: Pascal Simon

5/26/2024 – The 8th Youth Chess Composing Challenge is on the way! The youngest contributors to chess art (born 2001 and younger) were offered three different sections to inspire their creations till June 10, with five special prizes of 500 Euros vouchers each for the best representatives of the five most successful countries. The tradition of YCCC was established in 2016 to stimulate young minds and to mentor their work. | Pictured: Christopher Woojin Yoo | Photo: Eric Rosen

5/26/2024 – Ruslan Ponomariov scored back-to-back wins on Saturday to leapfrog former sole leader Kirill Alekseenko in the standings and win the Salamanca Masters. Alekseenko would have at least tied for first had he not lost his final-round game against Michael Adams. The Austrian representative finished in sole second place, while Eduardo Iturrizaga grabbed clear third place. | Photos: Official website