10/20/2023 – Like Henry Ernest Atkins, whom Eugene Manlapao featured in September, William Ewart Napier was an exceptional master, but is now almost forgotten. In this article, Eugene explores the life of Napier, who burned brightly in his short career as a chess player.

10/20/2023 – The Qatar Masters, one of the strongest open tournaments of the year, is taking place on October 11-20. A star-studded field with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri as the top seeds fights for a prize fund of $108,250. | Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

10/20/2023 – Round 8 of the Qatar Masters saw Arjun Erigaisi beating David Paravyan to enter Friday’s final round as the sole leader, with six players standing a half point behind. Among these six chasers are Hikaru Nakamura and Nodirbek Abdusattorov — Arjun’s rival in round 9 — who both grabbed wins on Thursday. Former co-leaders Karthikeyan Murali, Narayanan S.L., Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Yakubboev still have chances to win the event as well. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10/19/2023 – In the new episode of his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris is looking at a spectacular miniature played by Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the Qatar Masters Open. A very instructive masterpiece, completed with a splendid mating attack! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/19/2023 – At some point, it seemed like the title was going to slip away from her hands, but things finally went Carissa Yip’s way on Tuesday, as she claimed outright tournament victory to become a 2-time U.S. women’s chess champion. The 20-year-old lost her final-round game against Ruiyang Yan (her first loss of the event), and saw title contender Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova failing to find a drawing line and eventually losing to Jennifer Yu. In the open championship, Abhimanyu Mishra finished the tournament in style, beating Levon Aronian to climb to shared second place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/19/2023 – Karthikeyan Murali became the third Indian player to ever beat Magnus Carlsen in a classical chess game, as he defeated the former world champion with the black pieces in round 7 of the Qatar Masters. Thanks to the upset win, Karthikeyan joined a 6-player leading pack with two rounds to go in Doha. Smilarly, David Paravyan became a co-leader by beating one of the rating favourites, as he got the better of Dommaraju Gukesh on board 5. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10/15/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King features an extraordinary game played by Fabiano Caruana in the U.S. Championship. Andrew Tang, with White, plays a kind of Jobava London System, and Caruana makes an unusual sidestep that results in a highly unorthodox position. Yes, there are ways to upset your opponent if they play the London! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

10/15/2023 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 147th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to take a look at the ideas and games of Alexander Alekhine. | Photo: Pascal Simon

10/14/2023 – Fabiano Caruana has now a full-point lead at the U.S. Championship, as his closest chaser before round 8, Hans Niemann, was defeated by Ray Robson on Friday. Niemann is now sharing second place with Leinier Dominguez, Wesley So and Abhimanyu Mishra — the latter beat Sam Sevian in round 8. Meanwhile, in the U.S. Women’s Championship, Carissa Yip and Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova cannot stop winning, as each obtained a fourth consecutive win on Friday and now have a 2-point lead over their closest chasers. | Photo: Austin Fuller

10/14/2023 – In the new episode of his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris shows a way to take a crack at the Petroff - sacrificing a pawn! A concept that helped Ray Robson to defeat Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Championship. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/14/2023 – From the diagram position, Black takes down the white king in the center. 16...Qf2+ is obvious, but the other moves are more difficult to see. Can you find them?

10/14/2023 – Five players are sharing the lead with perfect scores after three rounds at the Qatar Masters in Doha. Arjun Erigaisi, Javokhir Sindarov (pictured), Narayanan S L, Rinat Jumabayev and Robby Kevlishvili are the co-leaders after Friday’s round. Due to the controversy surrounding Magnus Carlsen’s defeat and ensuing social media post on Thursday, the organizers put forth new anti-cheating regulations. Carlsen bounced back from the shocking loss by beating Al Muthaiah with the white pieces. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy