7/6/2022 – One of the main topics of the new ChessBase Magazine #208 is the European Individual Championship 2022, which took place at the end of March/beginning of April in Terme Catez, Slovenia. Matthias Bluebaum achieved the greatest success of his career so far by winning the title. His game against Matej Sebenik - commented by the new European Champion - is "The Analysis" of the current issue. Aryan Tari, Nijat Abasov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Maxime Lagarde, Jaime Santos Latasa, Jules Moussard, and many other participants of the European Championship also analyse their best games in CBM #208. Take a look at a shortened version of Matthias Bluebaum's analysis.

7/6/2022 – On Tuesday, 5 July, the Candidates Tournament in Madrid officially ended with the closing ceremony, a banquet and a press conference. Guests of honour were Viswanathan Anand and Judit Polgar. In a press conference, Nepomniachtchi, Ding and Radjabov shared their impressions. | Photos: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

7/6/2022 – There are only 24 days to go until the start of the Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022. In celebration of the occasion, we have launched a series of 6 episodes where the most interesting stories of the past Olympiads are discussed. IM Sagar Shah is the host of this show and IM V. Saravanan is the man with all the stories. Together they dissect this game and the entire episode surrounding it. In today's episode, we discuss the crucial encounter between Viktor Korchnoi from Switzerland and Garry Kasparov from USSR at the Lucerne Olympiad in 1982. Each session is roughly around 40-50 minutes in length and will help you to improve your understanding and knowledge of the game! Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

7/5/2022 – Actually more players in the top 100: 13 US grandmasters vs 12 from Russia, down from 22 five years ago. But even the total is closing: In total Russia still has 246 grandmasters, compared to 101 from the US. Many Russian GMs from the older generation, like Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, have dropped out of the rating list, but the main reason for the decline is the reaction of players to Russia's war invasion of Ukraine. | Newsweek photo Getty

7/5/2022 – Finding games played with a specific opening is useful for chess tournament preparation. National Master Jeffrey Ashton shows how coaches and students can create their own model game database.

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7/5/2022 – Knights are tactical pieces and often very tricky. Black to move and draw.

7/5/2022 – The 2022 Candidates Tournament came to an end on Monday, with an eventful round that saw three decisive results and a hard-fought draw. In the most important game for the standings, Ding Liren beat Hikaru Nakamura to finish in sole second place. Teimour Radjabov and Alireza Firouzja also scored full points, while the champion, Ian Nepomniachtchi, managed to end the tournament undefeated, as he drew with black against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

7/4/2022 – The Candidates Tournament was the most important tournament of the year, and Ian Nepomniachtchi won convincingly. Endgame expert and aficionado Karsten Müller selected a few highlights from the first rounds to analyze them together with his guest Daniel Fernandez. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

7/4/2022 – The Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters compete for the right to face reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in a match for the crown. The event is a double round-robin held in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. Rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST (09.00 ET, 18.30 IST). Follow the games live with expert commentary!

7/4/2022 – Our software with the database program, the chess programs, the chess server, numerous FritzTrainer MultiMedia courses and the numerous apps for the online functions is manifold, and naturally questions about the operation of the programs arise again and again. Besides the manuals we offer another important source of information for our users: the ChessBase Wiki.

7/4/2022 – On 1 July the FIDE published the new world ranking list. Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan continue to lead the "Top 100" and "Top 100 Women" by a large margin. Alireza Firouzja, who turned 19 at the beginning of the Candidates, is still the best junior, while Zhu Jiner from China continues to lead the "Girls'" list.