8/22/2022 – In chess, you learn best by making mistakes. And best of all, through the mistakes of others - because that hurts less. That is the concept of Nicholas Pert, the English grandmaster, who is an experienced trainer and knows the problems at every chess level. In 3 Fritztrainer courses he presents the typical mistakes categorised according to playing strength in order to increase sensitivity to one's own sources of error. This week we offer all 3 courses as a bundle at a special price: instead of €79.90 this week only €59.90

8/22/2022 – In the Endgame Magic show #208 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler take a look at endgame highlights from the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/22/2022 – Ever since the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) emerged as chess’ governing body, the Candidates’ Tournament has been vital to the selection and making of the game’s world champion. Remade more than a few times in the seventy-two years that it has been running, the tournament has been a story on its own. Eugene Manlapao traces its history from its first edition in 1950, to its latest in 2022 that may have produced the combatants for the next world championship match. | Photo: The participants of the Candidates Tournament 1956 in Amsterdam | Photo: Herbert Behrens (ANEFO) (Cropped from GaHetNa (Nationaal Archief NL)) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

8/22/2022 – Robocop. This was what GM Yermolinksy dubbed IM Conor Murphy as he followed his superlative result. While the 2022 Olympiad was dominated by the performance of the youthful and brilliant Gukesh, and other stars on the rise, it is also much more than a collection of super grandmasters, so let us sing the praises of the unlikely heroes who rose to the occasion.

8/22/2022 – Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami after losing in tiebreaks against Praggnanandhaa in the final-round tournament-deciding match. Pragg stood two points behind the world champion before the round, so his victory was not enough to claim first place (he gained 2 points to Carlsen’s 1). The youngster nonetheless finished in second place, despite tying on points with Alireza Firouzja, as he had defeated the Frenchman in their round-1’s direct encounter.

8/21/2022 – The FTX Crypto Cup kicked off on Monday with world champion Magnus Carlsen and new rival Alireza Firouzja topping a stellar line-up. The all-play-all tournament is the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s second Major of the season and is taking place on-site at the Eden Roc Miami Beach in Miami, Florida, from August 15 to 21. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CEST (12.00 ET, 21.30 IST)

8/19/2022 – The junior players impressed at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. 13 of the world's top 20 juniors played on their countries' national teams. And ten of these 13 juniors improved their ratings significantly. But a few "oldies" also had remarkable results.

8/19/2022 – This week Robert Ris will have a look at a model game in the Sveshnikov, played by Fabiano Caruana (with Black) against Greek GM Dimitris Mastrovasilis at the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/19/2022 – With three rounds to go at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu continue to dominate the field, as they both won a fourth consecutive match on Thursday. Carlsen defeated Le Quang Liem, while Pragg got the better of Levon Aronian. Alireza Firouzja, who beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda, stands in sole third place, four points behind the leaders.

8/18/2022 – Fischer leads by three points. The Match of the Century was coming to a head, with Spassky, despite all his efforts, unable to reduce the deficit. "I felt that Fischer was like a large fish in my hands," he lamented, "one that was slippery and hard to hold on to. At certain moments I let him slip. And then again the psychological torment would begin. Everything had to be begun again from the start ..." Spassky was beginning to feel despondent. | Photo: Skáksamband Íslands

8/18/2022 – Finally, the beloved WIM from Canada is back, and shows us a couple of games from the Olympiad in Chennai. In the first game, she crushed the strong female Dutch GM Peng Zhaoqin with the London system. In preparation, she discovered the interesting manoeuvre 11. Qa4!?, which you can add to your repertoire now. In the second game, Svitlana used the peculiar Horwitz attack against the French Defense. The Gambit is also known as "Papa-Ticulat Gambit". Due to a pretty knight sacrifice, she succeeded in her game against the Puerto-Ricon player.

8/18/2022 – Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen are sharing the lead with perfect scores at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. In Wednesday’s third round, Pragg defeated Hans Niemann while Carlsen got the better of Levon Aronian. Le Quang Liem and Alireza Firouzja were the remaining winners of the day, with the latter climbing to shared third place after beating Anish Giri in Armageddon.