7/11/2022 – Arne and Karsten look at endgame highlights form the Norway Chess Tournament, which was won by World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who is famous for his endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

7/11/2022 – Day 1 of the FTX Road to Miami online tournament saw Jeffery Xiong grabbing the sole lead after collecting three wins and a loss. The 21-year-old has a 1-point lead over four players sharing second place on 8/12 points. Some of the rating favourites, like Levon Aronian, Anish Giri and Teimour Radjabov, currently stand on the bottom half of the tournament table. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/11/2022 – On Sunday, the 55th Chess Festival Biel opened in the Congress Centre in Biel. To kick things off, the Chinese top grandmaster Yu Yangyi gave a simul. Today the GM Triathlon begins with the Fischerrandom Tournament, at 13:00 local time (7:00 ET, 11:00 UTC). Three of the world's best U18-players start: V. Keymer, N. Abdusattorov, and D. Gukesh.

7/11/2022 – Learn from the best players in the world! The "MasterClass" series introduces you to the facets of the chess legends. In interactive video format with training feedback! Volume 1 to 14 with Fischer, Carlsen, Kasparov, Karpov and many more! You can get them both this week at a sensational discount: instead of the €418 list price you can get them all, volumes 1-14, for just €199.90!

7/11/2022 – In one of the most exciting finals in recent years, Israeli GM Boris Gelfand won the blitz tiebreak against big favourite Viswanathan Anand to grab the Leon Masters title. No draws were seen in the final match between the living legends, as highly strategic games were featured from beginning to end. | Photos: Official site

7/10/2022 – At the end of 1997, the first FIDE World Knockout Championship took place in Groningen. Vishy Anand won the final against Michael Adams. Strictly speaking, however, it was not a World Championship, but only a preliminary stage, because the winner had to play the defending champion Anatoli Karpov in a final in Lausanne directly after the tournament. In the "Special" of ChessBase Magazine #208 our authors (among others Martin Breutigam, Romain Edouard and Jan Markos) comment on their favourite game from Groningen. Imre Hera's analysis of the Beliafsky-Short encounter can be seen here. Have fun!

7/7/2022 – The Russian rave band "Little Big" is known for provocative music videos. In June, the band released the video "Generation Cancellation", in which it takes a critical stance on Russia's war against Ukraine, using chess as a metaphor. | Photo: Little Big

7/7/2022 – At the Interzonal Tournament in Portoroz 1958, the then 15-year-old Bobby Fischer (pictured) finished in 6th place with 12.0/20, and narrowly qualified for the Candidates Tournament. Half a point behind, five players shared places seven to eleven with 11.5/20 each, which was not enough to qualify. One of these five players was David Bronstein, who failed to win a better endgame against Fischer in Round 6. Karsten Müller and Zoran Petronijevic took a closer look at this endgame and invite ChessBase readers to search for a win for Bronstein. | Photo: Tournament book

7/7/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #523 Merijn van Delft shows an interesting game he lost at the "Wine Open" in Naujac sur Mer, a unique tournament, in which prices are bottle of wines delivered according to the winners' weight. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/6/2022 – In the previous part of The Winning Academy, we have distinguished between four very different modes of defence: creating a fortress, playing for a counterattack, simplifying into a holdable endgame, and organizing a sabotage act. In this follow-up part, I would like to show you how important and practical this distinction actually is. When defending, you should keep all four modes in mind and be flexible in choosing the most suitable. | Photo: Garry Kasparov | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/6/2022 – This summer, from July 6-16, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host three national championship events showcasing the best American seniors, juniors and girls chess players. The three 10-player fields will tie together chess past and future for a celebration of the best of American chess.

7/6/2022 – Svitlana unpacks beautiful opening traps, which don't check mate you in three moves, but simply give you enough advantage to win a game. The Canadian WIM chose commonly played openings, like the queen's gambit, or the Sicilian Defence. You might know about some traps already, but it is good to 1. Refresh the knowledge and 2. Find out even more variations of the tricky openings.