9/17/2022 – In the fourth episode of “Olympiad Stories with Saravanan”, we focus on the 14th world champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik arrived at the world scene in 1992 at the Manila Olympiad, with a score of 8½/9. His performance rating was over 2900! This was the stage where he broke through, before eventually defeating Garry Kasparov in the World Championship. In this episode, you get to know not only about the 1992 Olympiad and Kramnik’s games, but also about Vladimir’s personality.

9/17/2022 – Some readers may have heard of this special tactics training regime, while others will wonder about the gimmicky sounding name. This is the name given to an intensive but very effective training method by the Swedish grandmaster Tikkanen, which just so happens to be a dream fit for the Replay Training feature in ChessBase 16. See how you can get this best of both worlds and watch the video to demonstrate!

9/17/2022 – Fabiano Caruana scored three wins in a row on Friday to catch Alireza Firouzja in the lead of the Champions Showdown event in Saint Louis. The American star then defeated his young opponent in play-offs, choosing white in the Armageddon decider and converting a better knight endgame into a win with little time on the clock. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared third place after finishing a half point behind the winners. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

9/17/2022 – You might think that an event such as the Chess960 event in St Louis would somehow be devoid of endgame articles, but as the good doctor explained, "for endgames Chess 960 does not make a difference". Of course world class players will lead to world class endgame tussles such as Svidler's masterclass. Enjoy this latest entry and commentary.

9/17/2022 – In his Power Play Show, Daniel King returns to the romantic King’s Gambit, using examples from recent games. How to resist?! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

9/17/2022 – In the diagram position, Black has active heavy pieces, and his bishops are dying to join in. Help them to do so - and win the game!

9/16/2022 – Fritz has fascinated the chess world for thirty years. And the success story continues. In Vienna, the most popular chess program ever was once again able to underline its premier position: the newly developed neural engine with NNUE technology won the official Chess Software World Championship! With Power Fritz 18 you have the world champion program on your PC!

9/16/2022 – High-stakes, classical games can be extremely enthralling as top grandmasters get enough time to discuss positions that are often cut short in events with quicker time controls. In round 8 of the Chennai Olympiad, Gabriel Sargissian scored a win that gave his team a crucial victory over India’s top team. Sargissian converted a slightly superior endgame against Pentala Harikrishna, who valiantly defended until move 102. Wolfram Schön sent copious annotations of the epic endgame struggle. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

9/16/2022 – Ten international chess superstars are battling it out over the board on September 13-16 at the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX extravaganza. The field includes living legend Garry Kasparov, an in-form Alireza Firouzja and defending champion Leinier Dominguez. | Follow the games live starting at 21.00 CEST (15.00 ET, 0.30 IST)

9/16/2022 – In ChessBase Magazine #208, our new author, GM Jan Markos, started his video training series "Practical Tips for the Tournament Player" with an article on "Time Management". In the new issue, CBM #209, he reveals how you should play in must-win situations. You certainly know such situations too - what would you tend to do? Play a risky opening line? Seek sacrifices? Try to put your opponent under time pressure? Jan Markos' recommendations go in a completely different direction. You can watch an excerpt from his video here. Have a look!

9/15/2022 – Dutch IM and well-known trainer Robert Ris has recorded a two-volume FritzTrainer in which he presents a complete Black repertoire against the opening moves 1.d4,c4 and 1.Nf3. His repertoire is based on the Queen’s Gambit Accepted after 1.d4 d5 2.c4. Free piece play is the idea. Philipp Hillebrand took an in-depth look at the course.

9/15/2022 – Ian Nepomniachtchi could not keep up the pace he had shown on Wednesday, as he is now standing in third place at the Champions Showdown tournament. Nepo was replaced at the top of the standings by Alireza Firouzja and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Garry Kasparov has lost all his games so far in Saint Louis. Do not miss GM Karsten Müller’s endgame analysis. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club