6/14/2024 – Games between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Parham Maghsoodloo are often exciting - these two seem to inspire creativity and competitive spirit in each other. In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents their latest encounter, a fine attacking game in which Abdusattorov showed his remarkable attacking skills. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

6/14/2024 – The 2024 Cairns Cup kicked off yesterday in St. Louis. Three World Champions take part in the strong women's tournament, and all three won in the first round. Chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili opened the tournament as guest of honour. | Photos: St. Louis Chess Club/ Lennart Ootes

6/14/2024 – Before the last and final round of the UzChess Masters in Tashkent, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Nodirbek Yakubboev share the lead with 5.0/8. They are half a point ahead of Yu Yangyi and Alexey Sarana. And as luck would have it, these four meet in the final round: Abdusattorov has White against Sarana, and Yakubboev plays with White against Yu Yangyi. The UzChess Masters is a strong 10-player round robin, in which all players have an Elo rating of 2600+ while eight of the participants have a rating of 2700+. Round 9 starts on Friday at 9.00 CEST (3.00 ET).

6/14/2024 – Every summer Greece organises chess tournaments that give participants the opportunity to combine chess games with holidays in scenic travel destinations. The international tournament with the longest tradition in Greece is the ‘Ikaros’ tournament, which for 47 consecutive years, every July, takes place on the island of Ikaria. In a truly relaxed atmosphere chess players from all over the world can enjoy an international tournament in a magnificent island landscape. This year, the 47th edition of the tournament, will be from 11 to 18 July 2024 and is part of the celebration of the 100 years of FIDE.

6/13/2024 – The FIDE Ethics Commission is threatening to expel the Russian Chess Federation from FIDE for, among other things, organising chess tournaments in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia in violation of international law. It has also reprimanded FIDE President Arkadij Dvorkovich for his close ties to sanctioned members of the Russian government. Unsurprisingly, Russia criticised the Ethics Commission's decision.

6/13/2024 – The prison yard of the Penitentiary Institution Alphen, a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, has undergone a special enhancement: a self-made chess table, crafted by the inmates themselves. This black-and-white checkered table is not only a testament to their craftsmanship but also a contribution to a stimulating environment within the prison. The initiative was inaugurated with a ceremony led by eight-time Dutch chess champion Loek van Wely. | Photo: Shireen Habiballah

6/10/2024 – The FIDE Ethics Commission caused a stir with a decision over the weekend. At the request of three FIDE members, including Peter Heine Nielsen, it threatened to expel the Russian Chess Federation for violating FIDE guidelines and also reprimanded FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. | Photo: The FIDE Ethics Commisstion at a meeting 2020: on the screen: Francois Strydom (RSA). From left to right: Ravindra Dongre (IND), Rajesh Joshi (NEP), Yolander Persaud (GUY), non-voting member Yuliya Levitan (USA). | Photo: FIDE

6/10/2024 – In an exclusive interview for ChessBase, the international chess arbiter Shohreh Bayat sat down with international chess journalist Tatiana Flores to talk about how her life has changed since the hijab incident in 2020 and how she’s built a new one for herself in the UK. The 37 years old Iranian also looked back on her early successes as a chess player and gave interesting insights into the challenges of an arbiter’s job.

6/10/2024 – Bishops often wonder where they should be going. This is a difficult question that Jan Markos answers in his new course 'The Career Paths of Bishops'. Using carefully selected examples, he provides an instructive insight into the world of the specialists on the diagonals.

6/9/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 181st episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to look at the career and games of Anatoly Karpov, World Champion from 1975 to 1985. | Photo: Pascal Simon

6/9/2024 – The Cairns Cup, an elite-level female chess tournament created by the Saint Louis Chess Club, returns this June and will feature ten of the world’s best female chess players. The ten-player round robin tournament will be hosted at the World Chess Hall of Fame from June 12 to 23. The top seeds are Tan Zhongyi, Mariya Muzychuk and Nana Dzagidze, while rising star Alice Lee and defending champion Anna Zatonskih (pictured) are also included in the field. | Photo: Crystal Fuller

6/9/2024 – The inaugural edition of the Norway Chess Women tournament, an event featuring the same format and the same prizes as the open super-tournament, saw top seed Ju Wenjun grabbing outright victory after beating Lei Tingjie in their classical-chess confrontation. Anna Muzychuk, who beat Humpy Koneru in Armageddon, finished in sole second place. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess