8/5/2023 – From the diagram position White embarked on a brilliant idea to triumph on the dark squares. Will you be able to crack this tough nut?

8/5/2023 – The FIDE World Cup is up and running. Svitlana took her time to find some of the most exciting tactics of the first rounds. For us, it is the challenge to not only find "one move" solutions, but actually think about the path to get to the actual tactics!

8/5/2023 – Top grandmasters continue to be left out of contention at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. In the open, Alexander Grischuk and David Anton were knocked out by Bardiya Daneshvar and Abdulla Gadimbayli in Friday’s tiebreaks. Among the women, Mary Ann Gomes defeated Kateryna Lagno, while Klaudia Kulon got the better of Nana Dzagnidze. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

8/4/2023 – The inaugural KCF European Trainers Conference brought together around 150 trainers from more than 25 countries. The distinguished speakers, including Michael Khodarkovsky, Ivan Sokolov, Adrian Mikhalchishin, and Garry Kasparov, shared their expertise, enriching the conference with valuable insights and experiences. | Photos: Lennart Ootes / Anastasiya Karlovich / Kasparov Chess Foundation

8/4/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at two fascinating games from the World Cup, in which White and Black tried new ideas in the Sicilian Sveshnikov with 7.Nd5. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/4/2023 – Shocking results were seen on the fifth day of action at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. In the open, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov were knocked out by players in the 2500-2600 rating band — Vahap Sanal and Tin Jingyao (pictured) respectively — while sixth seed Wesley So barely escaped with a draw to take his match against Emre Can to tiebreaks. In the women’s section, Yan Tianqi and Maili-Jade Ouellet surprisingly won on demand to even the score against Alexandra Kosteniuk and Irina Krush. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova

8/3/2023 – Howard Staunton (April 1819 – June 22, 1874) stands as a controversial figure in chess. Not only did he establish himself as the strongest player in the 1840s, but also elevated the comprehension of the game as the most prominent analyst and author of his generation. His influence as a player and organizer contributed to the standardization of the chess pieces and to the development of international competition. Yet, he was also a complex character who made foes out of his competitors and friends alike. | Picture source: World Chess Hall of Fame.

8/3/2023 – The Bundesliga is one of the strongest team tournaments in the world. Next season, it will be even stronger: Hikaru Nakamura, popular streamer and current world number two, will try to help SC Viernheim beat perennial champion Baden-Baden and become German team champion in 2023/2024. | Photo: Stev Bonhage/FIDE

8/3/2023 – Gukesh is one of the most promising youngsters in the world of chess. He is no longer just a talent, but has confidently marched to the very top of the chess world, where he is currently ranked no. 11, with an Elo of 2751. In March 2023, Gukesh visited the ChessBase India studio in Mumbai and together with IM Sagar Shah they recorded a video course on how to attack like a super GM. The video course was well received – here are some reviews, from a strong IM to an unrated player.

8/3/2023 – Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dommaraju Gukesh were the highest-rated players to start their participation at the FIDE World Cup with victories. Gukesh’s win prompted him to join the world’s top 10 in the live ratings list, while Praggnanandhaa and Wei Yi scored brilliant wins. In the women’s section, more than half the games ended decisively, as most favourites failed to get more than half points in the first confrontations of round 2. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

8/2/2023 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the ideal addition to ChessBase Magazine for all ambitious chess players who want to know more than their opponents. In the new issue, for example, the up-and-coming Indian grandmaster Leon Mendonca shows a tricky variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined (from White's point of view), while Romain Edouard continues his video course on the Dragon Variation, and Anish Giri comments on a brilliant game of his own. Plus much more!

8/2/2023 – FIDE has informed us that they have put the youngest chess player ever on their rating list. The lad has participate in five national tournaments and won a number of titles in his age category. Last March, for example, he won his stat's Under 8 Championship. Like to guess how old Tejas Tiwari is? Wrong, younger!