6/14/2022 – Fritztrainer video courses now run everywhere! They run in a stand-alone app for Windows and Mac; they run in the ChessBase programme; and now, brand new, they are streamable in the ChessBase video portal - for tablets, iPads and smartphones! In fact, regardless of whether you order the download or the DVD: you can watch the Fritztrainer as a stream in the video portal!

6/14/2022 – All five games finished drawn in round 5 of the Masters section at the Prague Chess Festival, which left Le Quang Liem and Pentala Harikrishna sharing the lead on 3½ points. Meanwhile, in the Challengers, Vincent Keymer kept the sole lead after beating Peter Michalik with the black pieces. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (pictured) also won and is now in sole second place, a half point back. | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

6/13/2022 – Vishy Anand played some fantastic chess in the Norway Chess 2022. He finished 3rd in a very strong field, defeating Magnus twice in the event - once in blitz and other at the Armageddon. He very nearly got the better of World Champion in classical as well. In this article, we talk with Vishy about his overall performance, his games in the event, his resignation against Shakh, and a lot more.

6/13/2022 – In the Endgame Magic Show #198 Karsten takes a look at interesting rook endings played in the first half of the year. Rook endings occur more often than any other ending and the examples Karsten picked contain important theoretical positions and patterns. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

6/13/2022 – The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in this double round-robin event in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. The first place is all that matters, as the winner qualifies to face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the match for the chess crown. | Picture: FIDE

6/12/2022 – Are you able to play a game of chess without view of the board? Can you solve problems and studies by just looking at a position or a diagram? Well, grandmasters and very strong players can stun us with feats of mental skill that we mortals are scarcely able to comprehend. We start our series with an experiment in which you can try competing with some great chess prodigies.

6/9/2022 – A number of remarkable endgames from the Norway Chess tournament have caught the eye of GM Karsten Müller. In the four games included in this article, our in-house specialist shows examples of active defence with a pair of rooks, the strength of a bishop pair in an open position and the advantage of having outside passed pawns in an endgame. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Norway Chess

6/9/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #518, Merijn van Delft analyses Magnus Carlsen’s win over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from the sixth round of the Norway Chess Tournament — a trademark victory by the world champion. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

6/9/2022 – An extremely entertaining first round in the Masters section of the Prague Chess Festival saw Le Quang Liem, David Navara and Pentala Harikrishna scoring the first victories of the event to grab an early lead. Coincidentally, three players also won their first games in the Challengers. All six full points were collected by the player marshalling the white pieces. | Photo: Petr Vrabec

6/8/2022 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won their round-7 classical encounters to climb to shared third place at the Norway Chess Tournament. Magnus Carlsen lost in Armageddon against Aryan Tari, but is still leading the standings table, albeit only by a half point — second-placed Vishy Anand won the sudden-death decider against Teimour Radjabov on Tuesday. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

6/7/2022 – Alexander Nikitin passed away on June 5, at the age of 87. A strong International Master himself, Nikitin was one of the most distinguished chess coaches in history. Among others, he trained Dmitry Jakovenko, Etienne Bacrot and 13th world champion Garry Kasparov. GM Emil Sutovsky wrote an obituary.

6/7/2022 – What is he up to these days? He is difficult to reach – his almost daily appearance on international news report, meetings with influential figures, his copious writing in the media, those are the explanation. We share with you his latest newsletter, which links to the different activities, mainly connected with the war on Ukraine. And describing developments that can lead to President Putin's fall. In addition: you may want to visit his Kasparov Chess platform, where you can learn, play, watch and read about chess.