10/31/2022 – Next year Ding Liren will play Ian Nepomniachtchi in a match for the World Championship title. Magnus Carlsen's withdrawal and Ding's second place in the 2022 Candidates Tournament made it possible. High time to take a closer look at the top player from China and especially his playing skills in ChessBase Magazine! In the current issue our authors comment on their favourite game of the Chinese player. In addition, "Ding Liren's Positional Play" (Mihail Marin's strategy column incl. video) and "Endgame Highlights of Ding Liren" (by Karsten Müller, also with a video) are awaiting you. You can enjoy Romain Edouard's analysis of the game Ding Liren - Sergei Movsesian from the World Cup 2019 in full here!

10/31/2022 – An Armageddon game decided the Fischer Random World Championship 2022. In the finals of the World Championship Hikaru Nakamura played against Ian Nepomniachtchi and after a 2-2 tie in the four games of the initial mini-match, an Armageddon game had to decide. Here, Nakamura won with White to become new Fischer Random World Champion. The placement matches all ended 3:1: Magnus Carlsen won against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and came third, Vladimir Fedoseev beat Wesley So and came fifth, Matthias Blübaum made it to 7th place with his win against Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson. | Foto: FIDE / Lennart Ootes

10/31/2022 – It was a tiebreak that was worthy of the importance and drama that had led up to it. While Humpy Koneru and her fans will lament how it ended, the fact is the tiebreak was incredibly entertaining and had a bit of it all. Even the quiet start was crucial in setting up the very dramatic third and fourth games. Don't miss out on the report! | Photo: Michal Walusza

10/30/2022 – The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship is back with its second edition. The over-the-board final is taking place at the Berjaya Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 25-30 October. On Sunday, Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi will play the final for the title of Fischer Random World Champion 2022. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 16.00 CET (11.00 ET, 19.30 IST)

10/30/2022 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 97th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to discuss structures that are typical for the Queen's Gambit Declined. | Photo: Pascal Simon

10/30/2022 – Have you ever faced an opponent, who you played against many times, and lost the majority of the games? Well, Lilit had to face the player who was the favourite to win the European Women's Championship - Nana Dzagnidze. But how do you prepare against a stronger opponent? Maybe surprise them? Play for a draw? Or something different? Lilit shares her approach with us.

10/27/2022 – This week Robert Ris will have a look at a brilliant sacrifice in the Caro-Kann Advance Variation, which helped Pavel Eljanov to a fine win in the German Bundesliga. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/27/2022 – About a week ago Karsten Müller invited readers of his latest endgame riddle to take a close look at the 34th game of the World Championship match between Alexander Alekhine and José Raúl Capablanca in Buenos Aires 1927. It was the last and the decisive game of the match - Alekhine won in an instructive rook ending. Zoran Petronijevic and Wolfram Schön had a very close look at this historically important game and present interesting discoveries. | Photo: Capablanca (right) and Alekhine at the World Championship 1927, the man in the middle is the arbiter Carlos Augusto Querencio | Source: Wikipedia

10/27/2022 – On 24 February 2022, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine and war has been raging in the country ever since, and Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, has been the target of repeated airstrikes. But the Ukrainians still play chess. Mikhail Golubev sends a report about a small but remarkable tournament: the 1st Anfield Cup. | Photo: Lana Chess Photography

10/27/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #539 Merijn van Delft looks at a remarkable and unusual endgame German Grandmaster Rasmus Svane played in the new season of the Bundesliga. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/27/2022 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the youngest participant in Reykjavik, became the first player to secure a spot in the semis of the World Fischer Random Championship. The 18-year-old has a perfect 8/8 score (in match points) and has only drawn one game so far in the event. Abdusattorov’s qualification means either Wesley So or Ian Nepomniachtchi will be eliminated in group A. Meanwhile, in group B, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are sharing the lead, two match points ahead of Vladimir Fedoseev. | Photo: FIDE / Lennart Ootes

10/27/2022 – Following their losses on opening day, the Muzychuk sisters both faced the Petroff Defence on Wednesday. Mariya could not get much of an advantage in her game against Lei Tingjie and ended up signing a 40-move draw. Anna, meanwhile, got in trouble in a sharp struggle against Humpy Koneru, but managed to escape with a draw in the end. | Photo: Michal Walusza