3/26/2022 – In the diagrammed position Black found a fantastic way to make White's loose position collapse - please follow in the footsteps of Rustam Kasimdzhanov!

3/26/2022 – With a 2½-½ victory over Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Magnus Carlsen grabbed the lead in the finals of the Charity Cup. The world champion won games 2 and 3 to go into the second set of the match only needing a draw to secure tournament victory. All three encounters on Friday were hard-fought strategic battles, with Carlsen describing them as “exceptionally interesting”. | Photo: Alina l’Ami (2017)

3/25/2022 – In this week’s edition of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King focuses on a gambit line of the Italian Opening that has caught the attention of elite players. To illustrate his ideas, King analyses a spectacular game, in which White’s strategy paid off beautifully. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

3/25/2022 – "Chess has often been used as a metaphor for the conduct of war. ’Gambit‘, ’zugzwang‘, ’checkmate’, ’stalemate‘ are all chess terms which are often heard when describing events in the social sphere, especially in the realm of politics, diplomacy and warfare," writes Milan Dinic in the March 1st issue of the British Chess Magazine. The young Editor offers a lively commentary on how the war in Ukraine has affected chess all over the world. This issue also includes an interview with veteran Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky.

3/25/2022 – Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Ding Liren and Le Quang Liem respectively to reach the final of the Charity Cup. Much like in the quarterfinals, no tiebreaks were seen in the semifinals. Carlsen and Duda will face off in a 2-set match starting Friday, with each set a 4-game rapid confrontation. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

3/25/2022 – In the one game that had a decisive result in round 3 of the Berlin Grand Prix, 17-year-old Vincent Keymer defeated Daniil Dubov to catch Leinier Dominguez in the lead of pool B. In pool A, Grigoriy Oparin managed to get a clearly superior position against Hikaru Nakamura, but failed to finish the US grandmaster off in a tactical middlegame. | Photos: World Chess

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3/24/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes has a close look at a new idea in the Italian in which White sacrifices a pawn, castles queenside and throws all his pieces at the black king. This concept worked out fantastically for White in the game Van Foreest-Navara that was played recently in the Charity Cup. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/24/2022 – In his "Game of the Week" show #508, Merijn van Delft looks at two impressive games Le Quang Liem played at the Charity Cup - in both games Le demonstrated Black's attacking potential in the Italian. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/24/2022 – George Henry McKenzie led an interesting life and was one the strongest players of the 19th century but today he is almost forgotten. Born in Scotland and a soldier by profession, McKenzie lived in Germany, France, South Africa and India until he finally settled in the US. On the occasion of McKenzie's 185th birthday Eugene Manlapao takes a look at the life and at the chess career of this American Master.

3/24/2022 – Rating favourites Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Le Quang Liem all won their quarterfinal matches at the Charity Cup. Out of the four, only Le needed four games to defeat David Navara, as the remaining three winners of the day managed to knock out their opponents after only three encounters. | Photo: Alina l’Ami

3/24/2022 – All eight games played on Wednesday at the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin finished drawn, which means Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Alexandr Predke and Nikita Vitiugov continue to lead their respective pools. After the round was over, Dina Belenkaya asked the players to share their opinion on FIDE‘s decision to ban Sergey Karjakin from competitive chess for six months. | Photos: World Chess