5/4/2024 – On May 5th, the subscribers of Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy will gather for an exclusive interview with Veselin Topalov. He was born in 1975, etched his name into the annals of chess history with his remarkable achievements from 2005 to 2014. Renowned for his dynamic style of play, Topalov emerged as one of the most formidable players on the world stage. Listen to his interview this Sunday.

5/4/2024 – "Check all checks and captures" is a useful tip when accessing sharp positions, however, in the diagram White uncorked a bomb move of a completely different kind. I'm curious to see if you can find it!

5/4/2024 – Despite entering the final round a half point behind three co-leaders, Nodirbek Abdusattorov ended up claiming overall victory at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Abdusattorov defeated Marc’Andria Maurizzi in round 7, while co-leaders Arjun Erigaisi and Peter Svidler only managed draws in their games — Anton Korobov lost to Ju Wenjun and was left out of contention. A 3-player blitz tiebreaker saw Abdusattorov showing stronger nerves than his opponents to become the tournament winner. | Photo: Mikael Svensson / tepesigemanchess.com

5/3/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows one of his own games - a complicated and interesting fight with chances for both sides. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/3/2024 – Now, all of us chess players know that the World Championship is battled out by Gukesh and Ding Liren. Both players faced each other in classical chess only twice before, in Wijk aan Zee 2023, and 2024. One of their games was fairly interesting, and Svitlana is analysing it.

5/3/2024 – GM Yair Parkhov from Israel continues to lead the Sardinia World Chess Festival - with 6.0/7 he is half a point of no less than nine players with 5.5/7. In round 8 Parkhov has White against Kirill Shevchenko. In the B-Open Alexandra Botez leads with 6.5/7 and is one point ahead of five players with 5.5/7. Andrea and Alexandra Botez stream their games live with commentary by Jon-Ludvig Hammer and Dina Belenkaya. Round 8 starts at 15:00 local time (9:00 ET).

4/30/2024 – The Queen's Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses against 1.d4. From a rock-solid position, the black player can pursue many ideas and plans without having to worry about coming under quick pressure. In this video course, the young Indian Grandmaster Leon Mendonca presents the most solid black responses in various variations.

4/30/2024 – Prague Masters 2024: analyses by tournament winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov as well as Erwin l'Ami, David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Praggnanandhaa and many more. - "Special" on Fabiano Caruana: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world no. 2 - exclusive collection of 26 annotated games from 2007 to 2023 – A fresh English repertoire: Felix Blohberger presents an idea based on the game Gukesh-Navara from the Prague Masters 2024 with 3.e3 and 4.Qb3 (video) – Everything okay for Black: Sergey Grigoriants updates 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5!? – Active defence: Jan Markos shows in his series "Practical tips for the tournament player" which strategy you should pursue in a pressure situation – Endgames with knight versus pawn(s): "Knight check shadow", "Karpov distance" and what else you need to know, part #9 of Dr Karsten Mueller’s video course and much more.

4/30/2024 – The World Rapid & Blitz Cadet Chess Championship 2024, organized by FIDE and the Albanian Chess Federation at the Fafa Resort & Spa Hotel in Durres, Albania, is in the books. The competition took place from April 25-29, bringing together 375 participants from 43 countries in rapid and 336 players from 43 countries for the Blitz event.

4/30/2024 – Ulviyya Fataliyeva is European Women's Champion 2024. The International Master from Azerbaijan dominated the tournament from beginning to end and led by one point going into the final round. With a last-round-draw against her closest rival, Nino Batiashvili, Fataliyeva secured the title. | Photos: European Chess Union

4/30/2024 – Have you ever been there? You're happy with the advantage you've worked so hard for, you've been holding on to it for hours, and then: one mistake and the point goes down the drain! In his ChessBase video series "Understanding Middlegame Strategies", now in its ninth part, Ivan Sokolov, one of the world's best trainers, gives deep insights into his wealth of experience and reveals how to find the right moves in the future.

4/30/2024 – He was the coach of the USSR Youth National team from the mid-60s, until the collapse of the Soviet Union – a driving force behind the great generations of Soviet chess, but always in the shadow. On 30 April Anatoly Awraamowitsch Bykhovsky celebrates his 90th birthday. Chess Trainer Adrian Mykhalchyshyn describes the career of the man who helped created the chess zenith of the USSR.