11/26/2021 – In a smart move, the Spanish decided to hold a worldwide school chess tournament at the Expo 2020. The best teams, including a bunch of remarkably strong kids from India, are now competing in the finals at the Spanish pavilion. On Wednesday, they were visited by Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar. | Images: Patricia Claros

11/26/2021 – The World Championship is about to begin on the 26th of November 2021. Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal have made their way from Mumbai to Dubai to bring you on the ground coverage of the biggest event of the year. Magnus Carlsen is going to play his 5th World Championship Match in the last 8 years, while this will be the first shot at the title for the Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. A lot of interesting things have already happened leading to the match, and in this article we tell you about the venue of the event - the massive Dubai Expo 2020, the press conference and the opening ceremony! Along with it Sagar gives you a personal account of his experience of travel from India to the UAE and reaching the World Championship venue.

11/25/2021 – The World Championship match will start very soon, and is scheduled to run over 14 exciting games. When one of the rounds is over, says CHESS Magazine, London, why not enjoy a chess-themed crossword composition. We reprint the puzzle here, without the solution (which we will add at the end of the match). Maybe our readers can solve the puzzle communally, in the feedback section below the article?

11/25/2021 – This week, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris presents a fine attacking game and takes a look at a way to spice things up in the usually quiet Spanish with 6.d3. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/25/2021 – IM Jonathan Tisdall has been covering World Chess Championship matches for decades. His book "Moscow Marathon" from 1985 (co-authored with Jon Speelman) is a witty and insightful report about the 1984/1985 match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, and Tisdall's textbook "Improve Your Chess Now" from 1997 is considered a modern classic. In Dubai, Tisdall covers the match between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi as FIDE press officer and writing about the press conference on Wednesday, Tisdall revealed "the best advice for aspiring champions". | Photo: Eric Rosen

11/25/2021 – With the World Championship match in Dubai scheduled to kick off on Friday, we get ready for the showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi by recapping the four previous matches, which were all won by Carlsen (two of them in rapid playoffs). In the third instalment, we recapitulate what went on at the Fulton Market building in Lower Manhattan, where Carlsen came back from behind in the classical games before beating Sergey Karjakin in the rapid tiebreakers. | Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich

11/25/2021 – Who will win the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai? In video interviews a number of top players, including Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand, have commented on the possible outcome of the match in video interviews. Before the match, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi also revealed what they think about the other and the match. | Image: FIDE

11/25/2021 – Wednesday afternoon the World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai began with a press conference. In the evening, the opening ceremony followed and the colours were drawn. In the first game, that starts Friday, 26 November, 16:30 local time (13:30 CET, 7:30 ET, 12:30 UTC) challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi has White. | Photos: FIDE

11/25/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes another look at Alireza Firouzja's impressive performance at the European Team Championship which helped him to become the youngest player ever to cross the 2800+ mark and that made him the current world's number two on the live-rating list. The game of the week is A. Firouzja vs B. Jobava. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/24/2021 – In the afternoon of 24 November 2021 the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi officially opened with a press conference. On the grounds of the Expo2020 in Dubai, the representatives of FIDE, the representatives of the sponsors, the organisers and the two players answered questions of the journalists.

11/24/2021 – Probably one of the most anticipated events will take place in just a couple of days, and for this special episode, Svitlana took a closer look at some games between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The viewer, and Arne, have to guess as many correct moves and tactics as possible. If you can get all of them correct, maybe you should participate for the world championship in 2022!?

11/24/2021 – After 30 years, chess programs are now gradually reaching a level at which one can reasonably play against them. With Fritz 18 you have an unprecedented opportunity to train and learn sharp openings, helping you master the tactical motifs that are otherwise invisible in the 'perfect play' of normal computer games. Fritz 18 will even help you set up tactical tricks and sacrifices for you to deliver!