4/29/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #265 Karsten Müller continues to look at endgames from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. In the last two episodes, Karsten discussed endgames from the Open Candidates Tournament, in this episode he takes a look the Women's Tournament. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/29/2024 – A week ago we showed you a famous game, played between Siegbert Tarrasch and Akiba Rubinstein in 1911. It ended in a draw, and is given as a model example for an active defence in rook endings. However, that was not the clear conclusion to draw from the game, and we asked you whether you could find the mistakes in the game play strategy? Wolfram Schön provided a very deep answer.

4/29/2024 – The Greek Chess Federation is hosting the European Women’s Individual Championship this year. The tournament is taking place on 18-30 April in Rhodes, Greece. The tournament is played over ten rounds according to the Swiss system. The top ten finishers will qualify for the next edition of the Women’s World Cup. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

4/29/2024 – After the little excursion to plenty of Anti-Sicilians, and how Chris Ward suggested countering them, we got back on track with a real Dragon game. Real? Well, this time, the British GM chose a very positional game, and points out, that it doesn't always have to be a tactical back and forth in this opening. Uncomplicated, straightforward chess is possible!| Photo: John Upham

4/29/2024 – For a second day in a row, 3 out of 4 games ended decisively at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Vincent Keymer (pictured) and Anton Korobov grabbed full points to become co-leaders with a perfect 2/2 score, while defending champion Peter Svidler obtained his first win of the event, as he defeated women’s world champion Ju Wenjun with the black pieces. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com

4/28/2024 – When you begin your journey of building an opening repertoire, how nice would it be to get a glimpse of what each opening looks like through the eyes of a super GM. It would help to build your opening repertoire and to understand the vast world of chess openings. It is exactly with this thought that "A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings with Anish Giri" was produced. Check it out!

4/25/2024 – In his Game of the Week show #616, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the crucial game Gukesh won in the penultimate round of the Candidates against Alireza Firouzja - a game which helped Gukesh to win the Candidates Tournament 2024. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/25/2024 – ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Our columnist Nagesh Havanur takes a look at our recent issue, CBM 218. 540 games from Tata Steel Chess and Chessable Masters 2024, 12 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, 6 demo lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Wei Yi, Anish Giri, Nordibek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Vidit Gujrathi and Praggnanandhaa among others. The icing on the cake is a special feature on Richard Rapport, with 28 annotated games. | Pictured: Gukesh D playing white against Ding Liren in Wijk aan Zee | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit / Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024

4/24/2024 – The top duels in the fifth round of the Women's European Championship ended in draws. This allowed 15-year-old Ukrainian WCM Bozhena Piddubna (pictured) to catch the leaders with a win. Piddubna is now sharing the lead with Ulviyya Fataliyeva (Azerbaijan) and Marta Garcia (Spain). Piddubna will play black against Fataliyeva in Thursday’s sixth round. | Photos: European Chess Union

4/24/2024 – Cheating in chess took centre stage when Magnus Carlsen lost to Hans Niemann in September 2022, and then tweeted about it. Now, top grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana are sharing numbers about how many cheaters there are. What is being debated, what is known, and what is only a feeling? In its latest issue, New In Chess magazine deals with a subject that concerns us all.

4/24/2024 – It is a famous game, played between Siegbert Tarrasch and Akiba Rubinstein in 1911. It ended in a draw, and is given as a model example for an active defence in rook endings in the books of Levenfish/Smyslov and Averbakh. However, matters are not that easy. Can you find the mistakes in the game play strategy?

4/24/2024 – Records were shattered and history was made at the 2024 FIDE Candidates. Two events — open and women’s — took place simultaneously for the first time at the same hall. We saw the first brother-sister duo, R Praggnanandhaa and R Vaishali, participating. In the end, D Gukesh broke a number of records: he was the youngest ever to win the Candidates Tournament and thus become the youngest ever challenger to the World Championship. Gukesh was interviewed by Sagar Shah in what turned out to be a conversation lasting close to two hours. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza