5/25/2024 – The seventh edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on May 21-25 at the “Centro Internacional del Español” in the city’s prestigious university. The Masters Tournament, featuring four men and four women, is a single round-robin with a time control of 40 minutes plus 5-second increments. Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 ET, 20.30 IST)

5/25/2024 – In the diagram position White could have won with the immediate 21.Bxh7+!, while the game continuation 21.f4 Ng4 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxf8 was nicely refuted by Black. Two queens in enemy territory - enjoy!

5/25/2024 – Kirill Alekseenko defeated Mariya Muzychuk on Friday to become the sole leader at the Salamanca Masters. With two rounds to go, Alekseenko, the defending champion, has a half-point lead over Eduardo Iturrizaga and Ruslan Ponomariov. In Saturday’s final rounds, Alekseenko will face Iturrizaga with the white pieces and will play black against Michael Adams. | Photos: Official website

5/24/2024 – In the 1971 Candidate Matches Bobby Fischer faced Mark Taimanov In Vancouver, Canada. The American defeated his opponent from the Soviet Union with a "dry" 6-0 score. But matters could have started differently. In the first game it was Taimanov who put on the pressure, and even had winning chances. He played 27.h3, which nobody considered a bad move – until Kasparov pointed out its defect in 2004. Today's riddle deals with the position before White's 27th move. Computers find it devilishly difficult to find the best continuation. Can you?

5/24/2024 – The Candidates Tournament 2024 took place last month in Toronto, Canada. The tournament turned out to be quite exciting, with many twists and turns. Sanket Nawle lives in Toronto, and is an excellent photographer. He tried to capture a few moments outside the playing hall — and managed to take some beautiful photos! In this article, he takes you through some of his most favourite photos from the Candidates, shortly describing why he likes them. | Photos: Sanket Nawle

5/24/2024 – After four rounds of rapid games, Kirill Alekseenko and Eduardo Iturrizaga are tied for first place at the Salamanca Masters. The co-leaders have collected 3 points each and stand a half point ahead of Ruslan Ponomariov. Thursday’s rounds saw all eight games ending decisively, as tactical, hard-fought chess has been the rule at the age-old University of Salamanca. | Photos: Official website

5/21/2024 – Round 7 of the Sharjah Masters saw former sole leader Aravindh Chithambaram losing his game with white against Iranian GM Bardiya Daneshvar, the 50th seed in the event. Daneshvar thus leapfrogged Aravindh in the standings, as he is now sharing the lead with Sam Shankland. Shankland defeated his compatriot Hans Niemann after the latter misplayed a king and pawn endgame. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

5/20/2024 – In any sport, the win can be the result of a mistake, and a player's exploitation of it! The time has come to cut out the funny business, quit over-thinking, and go mate your opponent. There's no better way to claim a quick victory than an efficient, well-executed attack. But then you need to have a sharp tactical eye and a will to go all-in! In the Sharjah Masters two wild games drew the attention of the public. Analysis by Efstratios Grivas.

5/20/2024 – Magnus Carlsen scored 4½/6 points to claim outright victory in the inaugural edition of the Casablanca Chess Tournament. On the second day of action, Carlsen beat Bassem Amin and signed draws against Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand. Nakamura finished in second place with 3½ points. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/20/2024 – In every issue of ChessBase Magazine, Robert Ris invites you to replay a recent top-class game with him “Move by Move”. In this interactive session with video feedback, you have the opportunity to find out the right moves yourself and enter them on the board. For CBM #219, Ris chose Nodirbek Abdusattorov's win against world champion Ju Wenjun from the Tata Steel Masters 2024. In the Italian Game with the rare 4...Be7 completely unknown territory was already entered after 5.0-0 0-0 6.Bb3 a5 7.c4. Use this week's CBM reading sample and take your game to the next level with the help of Robert Ris! Now also available for iPad, smartphone, Mac et

5/20/2024 – Draws on the top three boards in round 6 of the Sharjah Masters allowed Aravindh Chithambaram to keep the sole lead in the standings. Arjun Erigaisi and Alexey Sarana grabbed full points to join the chasing pack, which now includes six players. Meanwhile, fourth seed Teimour Radjabov obtained a remarkable win over Arseniy Nesterov, his first of the event. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

5/19/2024 – Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Bassem Amin are testing the Casablanca Chess Variant in Morocco, as they play rapid games (15+10) starting from carefully selected positions derived from historical games. Rounds 1-3 take place on Saturday, while rounds 4-6 take place on Sunday. | Follow the games live starting from 20.15 CEST (14.15 ET, 23.45 IST)