4/26/2023 – The wild ride continues. Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a game full of ups and downs to level the score in the World Championship match. Ding had a good position out of the opening, but soon lost the thread, leaving Nepo with a real chance to all but secure overall match victory with a win. And then came Nepo’s collapse. The Russian first gave up his advantage and then blundered into a lost position. Two more classical games will be played in Astana. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

4/26/2023 – Hulu's Impact X Nightline is a weekly news magazine offering hard-hitting investigative reports, deep dives on stories in the news cycle, profiles of newsmakers, and celebrity interviews. Unfiltered, straight to the source reporting on the stories you're talking about and the ones you soon will be. This week, episode 24 is all about chess.

4/25/2023 – Our "Iniyan Challenge" saw a lot of readers getting interested, and we received some excellent analysis from them. Today we want to give you a Computer Challenge. It is a position in which your chess engines will not give you the solution if you ask them — even if you run them for a very long time. You have to come up with the logic and strategy of the solution yourself, and then confirm everything with the help of the computer. Can you do that?

4/25/2023 – The sixth edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on April 25-29. The Masters Tournament, including Veselin Topalov, Sara Khadem and Vasyl Ivanchuk, kicks off on Wednesday at 17.30. An eight-player field (four men and four women) will fight over the board in rapid chess (40 minutes plus 5-second increments). The festival includes a number of educational and cultural side events. | Pictured: The playing hall during the fifth edition (2021)

4/25/2023 – Middlegame secrets are revealed - in a series of articles featuring videos by Jan Markos. We'll begin with the Queen, exploring things to avoid when playing with the most powerful chess piece! If you wish to know more, we recommend the full course by Jan Markos: Middlegame Secrets Vol.1: The Power of the Queen | Photo: Alexis Fauvet/Unsplash

4/25/2023 – Organized by the Bibisara Assaubayeva Foundation and the National Lottery of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Satty Zhuldyz (“Lucky Stars”) Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournament is taking place on April 20-25. The likes of Vladimir Kramnik, Hou Yifan and Levon Aronian are joined by a host of rising stars, including Bibisara Assaubayeva, Vincent Keymer and Arjun Erigaisi. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

4/25/2023 – This is an important technique in rook endings and can be used by attacker and defender. How does White win in the diagram position?

4/25/2023 – Three games left, and Ding Liren is trailing Ian Nepomniachtchi 5:6. Will the top Chinese be able to catch his Russian opponent? The second-last free day of the Astana World Championship is a good time to take another look at the last two games. Once again we have deep, instructive analyses for you to study, kindly provided to us by grandmaster Efstratios Grivas, trainer and FIDE international organizer. Our replay app makes it very easy to follow the annotations. You can even start an engine to work out the most subtle questions you might have. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

4/24/2023 – Playing white, Ian Nepomniachtchi simplified the position on move 19 in game 11 of the World Championship match — a decision which led to a quick draw. Nepo still has a 1-point lead over Ding Liren, who will get three more chances to even the score. Tuesday is a rest day in Astana. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

4/24/2023 – An international Go tournament, the Chunlan Cup, with a $200,000 prize fund, has been wrapped in controversy. In the semifinal round, newcomer Li Xuanhao (China) managed to defeat the reigning world champion Shin Jin-seo (South Korea). Li’s own teammate accused him of receiving AI support during the game.

4/24/2023 – In this week's show, Karsten Müller looks at some recent endgame highlights from the German Bundesliga. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/24/2023 – The Satty Zhuldyz rapid and blitz tournament is taking place in Astana as a side event of the World Championship match. A number of international chess stars are participating. Karsten Müller has been following the games, looking for endgame highlights. Find here four instructive positions, with on-point analysis by our in-house endgame expert. | Pictured: Hou Yifan | Photo: Anna Shtourman