5/13/2022 – The column "All in one" was introduced in ChessBase Magazine almost three years ago. The idea behind it: on the basis of a single extensively annotated game, you learn everything you need to know about a concrete opening line. In the new ChessBase Magazine #207, Igor Stohl and Tanmay Srinath introduce you to two concepts for White. One explores the pawn advance 3.h4 against Black's Fianchetto in the Gruenfeld and King's Indian; the other delves into a London System setup against the King's Indian. Take a look!

5/13/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #515, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a strategic masterpiece by Wesley So, who got a fine win with white over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/12/2022 – Levon Aronian and Wesley So continue to share the lead at the Superbet Chess Classic despite three games finishing decisively in the seventh round. After losing to Aronian on Wednesday, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave bounced back with a win over Richard Rapport — the Frenchman is now in sole third place, a half point behind the leaders. Meanwhile, both Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alireza Firouzja collected their first wins of the event. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/12/2022 – The All India Chess Federation has announced the biggest squad of Indian teams for the upcoming FIDE Olympiad. Vishy Anand has been named as the mentor for all four Indian teams, while the country’s third GM in history, Pravin Thipsay, will be the Head of the Delegation. | Photo: AICF

5/12/2022 – The King's Indian is a very straight-forward, aggressive opening. Basically, Black builds up a system in the first couple of moves, and once it is set up, the attacking begins! White tries to counter on the queenside, in most cases. But please take a look at it all for yourself in this episode of "Svitlana's Smart Moves".

5/11/2022 – Gukesh won his third consecutive tournament in Spain as he scored an unbeaten 8/10 to claim first place at the Chessable Sunway Formentera Open. After missing several tournament triumphs on tiebreaks, Gukesh got outright victory in Formentera by finishing a half point ahead of the field. Jaime Santos (Spain) and Shant Sargsyan (Armenia) completed the podium. | Photo: Official site

5/9/2022 – After the fourth round of the Superbet Chess Classic, Wesley So is leading the standings table with 3 points. With his win over Ian Nepomniachtchi, So single-handedly put a previously tied rival at a distance, while Bogdan-Daniel Deac, the third member of the pre-round leading trio, had to settle for a draw against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. There were also wins for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (over Fabiano Caruana) and Levon Aronian (over Leinier Dominguez). | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/9/2022 – The traditional TePe Sigeman & Co tournament took place on May 3-9 as an 8-player single round-robin event. An exciting mix of veterans and rising stars made for an enjoyable tournament, as defending champion Jorden van Foreest was joined by the likes of Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Arjun Erigaisi and Hans Niemann. | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

5/8/2022 – 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 78th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to talk about pawn majorities. | Photo: Pascal Simon

5/8/2022 – Some of the most regrettable chess stories are those of great players leaving the game at the peak of their powers. First, there was Paul Morphy, then, more than a century later, Robert Fischer. Very few probably know or remember that shortly after Morphy left, another brilliant player took his talents elsewhere. He was not of Morphy’s stature, certainly, but all the same, it was a pity that the world saw no more of his chess. That man was Ignatz von Kolisch.

5/7/2022 – For a third day in a row, we got to see one of five games ending decisively at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. Bogdan-Daniel Deac, the clear underdog in the field, joined Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead after making the most of Richard Rapport’s one-move blunder. Meanwhile, Levon Aronian escaped against Alireza Firouzja, who could not convert his advantage in a double-edged endgame. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/7/2022 – Bent Larsen is the "hero" of the new issue of ChessBase Magazine. In CBM #207 our authors — among others Emanuel Berg, Jan Markos and Yannick Pelletier — comment on their favourite game of the great Dane. CBM readers can expect a collection of 19 special encounters from the period 1956 to 1998. In addition, Mihail Marin presents Larsen as a "universal player" in his strategy column and Karsten Mueller analyses a selection of Larsen's best endgames. You can watch the Larsen-Andersson game (1982) with Jan Markos' analysis here. Enjoy!