8/9/2025 – Vincent Keymer took the sole lead in the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters after defeating Pranav Venkatesh in round two, his second win in as many days. Ray Robson also scored, beating Vidit Gujrathi, while the remaining games were drawn. In the Challengers, Abhimanyu Puranik and P Iniyan joined M Pranesh and Diptayan Ghosh in the lead, as both claimed victories to reach 1½ points after two rounds. | Photos: Anmol Bhargav

8/8/2025 – The round six game between Michael Adams and Nikita Vitiugov at the British Championship ended in a draw. Since none of the closest pursuers managed a win, Adams remains the sole leader. He stands at 5.0/6, followed by ten players on 4.5/6. | Photos: Yury Krylov/English Chess Federation

8/8/2025 – 15-year-old Lu Miaoyi claimed her fourth consecutive win in round four of the International Women's Tournament, securing overall victory with two rounds to spare. In the Open, German GM Luis Engel defeated Rinat Jumabayev and now shares the lead with GM Matthias Blübaum, who won against Ashot Parvanyan. | Photos: Michelle Lassak

8/8/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris shows how Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov used an aggressive line of the London to score a fine victory. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/8/2025 – The Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters began a day later than scheduled after a minor fire at the Hyatt Regency Chennai delayed the start. The opening round of the Masters saw wins for Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer, while the other three games ended in draws, including a sharp battle between Vidit Gujrathi and Jorden van Foreest. In the Challengers, Leon Luke Mendonca, Diptayan Ghosh and Pranesh M scored the day's victories to take an early lead. | Photos: Anmol Bhargav

8/7/2025 – It has been a long time coming, but Malaysia finally has a chess grandmaster in 26-year-old Yeoh Li Tian. This milestone comes 51 years after the formation of the Malaysian Chess Federation in 1974. With this achievement, Yeoh joins an elite group of about 2,000 players recognised by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) for their mastery of the game. Quah Seng Sun reports. | Photos courtesy of Malaysian Chess Federation

8/7/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn Van Delft shows how it helps to know typical patterns and instructive games in the lines you play. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/7/2025 – Since the other players in the leading group at the British Championship had to settle for draws, Michael Adams took sole lead with a win. Facing Shreyas Royal's Sicilian Defence, Adams chose a seemingly quiet setup that was everything but harmless. | Photos: Yury Krylov/ English Chess Federation

8/7/2025 – The trend is toward speeding things up, chess being no exception. Today in Katowice, Poland, World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and Poland’s number one, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, face off in a six-game blitz match (3+2). If the score is tied after six games, an Armageddon game will decide the winner. ChessBase India will broadcast the short duel live, starting at 11:00 CEST.

8/7/2025 – Round three of the Women Masters and round five of the A-Open took place on Wednesday at the Dortmund Chess Festival. In the Women Masters, Lu Miaoyi kept her perfect score by defeating Elisabeth Paehtz in a sharp, tactical battle, while Dinara Wagner bounced back with a win over Deimantė Daulytė-Cornette. Meanwhile, in the A-Open, draws on the top boards allowed International Masters Nitish Belurkar and Ashot Parvanyan to join the leading group. | Photo: Dariusz Gorzinski

8/6/2025 – German national player Dinara Wagner has won the blitz tournament at the Sparkassen Chess Trophy International Women's Tournament. She prevailed against the competition at the German Football Museum – a strong performance that will have an impact on the ongoing main tournament at the International Dortmund Chess Days. It was not only a closed tournament on the stage of the "N11" in the football museum, but also served as an early tiebreak for the classic tournament format, which will continue until Sunday. | Photo: Dariusz Gorzinski/ Dortmunder Schachtage

8/6/2025 – Seven players share the lead at the halfway mark of the traditional Zeeland University Open in Vlissingen, each with 4.5 points after five rounds. Among them are top seed Pavel Eljanov, as well as two Germans: Daniel Hausrath and Tim Ronge, the U16 champion of Rhineland-Palatinate. A mid-tournament report by Gerd Densing. | Photos: Gerd Densing