8/7/2021 – In the diagram position 23.Nxf6! gxf6 leads to a winning advantage for White. Knowing this, can you remove possible obstacles on the way?

8/6/2021 – By a score of 23–22, Northern California triumphed over Texas at the national tournaments of state chess champions held July 31–August 3. Each state could send five representatives, and each representative played six games. Individual champions were also crowned. Woman International Master Alexey Root reports from the Cherry Hill, New Jersey site, which also hosts the U.S. Open. | Photos: Alexey Root

8/6/2021 – Messi left Barcelona, Grealish is going to Manchester City for 100 million pounds, but how is a "transfer" working for chess players, and does playing in a chess league grant you a enough income? Lawrence Trent states, the coronavirus was troublesome for many chess players, relying on playing league games. What about Duda, winning the World Cup and receiving 110000 dollars? Besides the money business, Trent takes a close look at the two last World Cup games, and obviously Carlsen's game against Fedoseev, shouldn't be missed by anyone.

8/6/2021 – In the first set of the Chessable Masters semifinals, Le Quang Liem and Wesley So took the lead in their matches against Levon Aronian and Vladislav Artemiev respectively. Le won twice with the white pieces, while So scored a single victory against his Russian opponent. Expert analysis by GM Karsten Müller. | Photo: Champions Chess Tour

8/6/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at games from the Chessable Masters Tournament and enjoys and admires the genius of Magnus Carlsen. | 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.

8/6/2021 – Gata Kamsky won the Grandmaster Triathlon of the Biel Chess Festival. But there were many more winners: the Master Open was won by Salem Saleh in a photo finish. The best woman player was Vaishali. In the Amateur Open, the juniors dominated and the youngest on the podium was eleven-year-old Neeraj Harish from the USA. On the rest day, the players got insights into parts of life in Switzerland. | Photos: Schachfestival Biel

8/4/2021 – In the penultimate round of the Grandmaster Tournament in Biel Kirill Alekseenko (pictured) and Vincent Keymer came to victories, while Gata Kamsky defended his lead with a draw against Nihal Sarin. In the Masters Open, the Indian Grandmaster Murali Karthikeyan remains sole first. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival

8/3/2021 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda advanced to the final of the FIDE World Cup and secured a spot in the next edition of the Candidates Tournament by knocking out Magnus Carlsen in the rapid tiebreakers of their semifinal match. Meanwhile, Tan Zhongyi got third place in the women’s event, thanks to a 1½-½ playoff victory over Anna Muzychuk. | Photo: Eric Rosen

8/3/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent will take a look at the entertaining draw that meant that Alexandra Kosteniuk became winner of the Women’s World Cup. He will also look at other events e.g. the Chessable masters and the Grandmaster Tournament in Biel. | Lawrence's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.Does White have everything under control or can Black break his opponennt’s defences?

8/3/2021 – In October 2010, on the initiative and with financial support of London-based French pianist, composer, singer-songwriter, and chess fan Jason Kouchak, a large chess set was installed in Holland Park in London. Recently, and with a long Corona-related delay, Kouchak celebrated the ten-year anniversary of this event with a few friends. It was not the only public celebration of chess in London this summer: In July, Trafalgar Square saw a big chess festival with references to Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland who was also a big chess fan. | Photos: Julian Paix (if not otherwise indicated)

8/3/2021 – After analysing her first game of the World Cup in the last episode, today Svitlana Demchenko takes a more in-depth look at the second game. The game starts with the Petroff, which is considered one of the most drawish opening choices out there. After most of the pieces have been exchanged, a couple of pawns, two knights and two kings remain on the board. Now the endgame is very difficult for Svitlana. But luckily, we all know, she has some smart moves in her repertoire.

8/3/2021 – Wesley So continued his excellent run at the Chessable Masters and was the clear winner of the preliminary stage with an 11/15 score. There was not much of a fight to make it into the quarterfinals, as all but one favourite had almost fully secured their spots in the knockout with two rounds to go. | Pictured: Hikaru Nakamura | Photo: Amruta Mokal