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12/15/2023 – Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So knocked out Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, respectively, in the semis of the Champions Chess Tour Finals. Carlsen twice beat Caruana by a 3-2 score, while So bounced back from his loss in the first set, and then won the 3-game decider by winning with the Armageddon decider with the white pieces. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio

12/15/2023 – In his new game of the week show Merin van Delft takes a look at the game Hans Niemann vs Mateusz Bartel, which was played at the London Chess Classic and which is perhaps one of the most creative and sophisticated swindles of 2023. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/14/2023 – The Chennai Grand Masters is the strongest ever classical super tournament to take place in India. The average rating of the tournament is 2711. Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh will be battling against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) for an improvement in the FIDE Circuit. They will also face Levon Aronian (USA), Sanan Sjugirov (HUN), Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov (UKR) and Alexandr Predke (SRB). The total prize fund is ₹5000000 (US$ 60000). The top three prizes are ₹1500000 (US$ 18000), ₹1000000 (US$ 12000) and ₹800000 (US$ 12000). Round 1 starts tomorrow at 14.45 IST (10.15 CET, 4.15 ET). | Photo: Amruta Mokal

12/14/2023 – A month after being crowned the new World Senior Champion 50+, Michael "Mickey" Adams wins the traditional London Chess Classic elite tournament outright. Adams has been a leading English player for more than three decades, consistently achieving outstanding results and being a formidable and reliable team player. A former child prodigy, Mickey won his first British Championship title (of eight to date) in 1989 and his most recent this year. The reigning British Champion (2023) and reigning World Senior Champion (2023) is truly Mister Evergreen! ChessBase congratulates the winner of the LCC 2023 by taking a brief look at a remarkable career and personality. | Photo: Adams at the Chennai Olympiad 2022 | Photo: FIDE

12/14/2023 – Nowadays you can easily download chess engines that play better than Carlsen, Caruana, Keymer or Nakamura. But if you feel like it, you can also try to program them yourself. Roger Lorenz has tried it. In one weekend - and with the help of ChatGPT. | Photo: Coding robot (image created with Automatic1111 and Stable Diffusion)

12/14/2023 – In the new episode of his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at the brilliancy Wesley So won against Magnus Carlsen in the finals of the Champions Chess Tour in Toronto. A theoretically important and really impressive attacking game! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/14/2023 – Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the first sets in the semis of the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Toronto. Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana in a thrilling match which featured five decisive results and the Norwegian winning from a lost position (a queen down). Abdusattorov, on his part, lost the first game against Wesley So, but then won two in a row and drew the fourth to claim overall victory. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio

12/13/2023 – The FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has deliberated on Magnus Carlsen's withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup following his defeat to Hans Niemann in September 2022 and has now reached a verdict. Carlsen has been fined 10,000 euros for his unjustified withdrawal. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Center

12/13/2023 – The Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most aggressive answers to 1.e4, and its theory develops dynamically - the young German grandmaster Luis Engel brings all aficionados up to date with his two-volume Fritztrainer course. Christian Höthe had a look at the course and is enthusiastic.

12/13/2023 – Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov advanced to the semifinals of the Champions Chess Tour Finals after going through the ‘survival stage’ on Tuesday. The two players who were knocked out of the competition in this stage were Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura, with the latter coming inches away from reaching the semis via the longest path. The U.S. star would have needed to win three matches on a single day — he beat Denis Lazavik and MVL before losing in Armageddon to Abdusattorov. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio

12/12/2023 – Magnus Carlsen is the world number one chess player and Pep Guardiola is regarded as one of the best football coaches in the world who has changed the way football is played and thought about. Guardiola has celebrated numerous national and international successes with FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. In a revealing conversation organised by PUMA, Carlsen and Guardiola talked about the similarities between football and chess and gave insights into their strategies and tricks.