7/3/2021 – In the diagram position Black seems to be able to win a pawn with 20...Rxa4?? 21.Rxa4 Rxa4. But taking this pawn leaves Black's back rank unprotected which White can exploit. How?

7/3/2021 – The French Team Championship is a 12 team round robin event in which some of the world's best players support their French clubs. After 9 rounds, Bischwiller is leading the standings table, with Clichy and Asnieres in shared second place. Round 10 starts at 14:15 CEST (8:15 ET, 12:15 UTC). Follow the games live.

7/2/2021 – Lawrence Trent is English, Arne Kaehler is German - time to analyse the recent Euro 2020 football game clash of both nations, which, funnily enough, had a couple of similarities to a grandmaster chess game. Furthermore, the "Wunderkinder" from India are breaking world records, winning tournaments, and are on top of the tables these last weeks. Lawrence Trent gives an analysis of the youngest chess Grandmaster Abhimanyu vs. Mendonca. We also take a look at the Goldmoney and Silver Lake tournaments, and talk about Larry Kaufman's interesting life.

7/2/2021 – In the new ChessBase Magazine # 202, Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2020/20201 and World Championship challenger, takes a close look at his crucial win against Wang Hao in the Candidates. Nepomniachtchi provides deep but also entertaining commentary. Here's a shortened version of his analysis. Enjoy!

7/2/2021 – The "Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez" is a four player online knock-out rapid tournament, organised by the Spanish city of Leon. In the first semifinal Leinier Dominguez won against Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun. In the second semifinal Boris Gelfand will play against local grandmaster Jaime Santos. | Photo: Justin Kellar

7/2/2021 – On the first day of play in the semifinals of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid, Magnus Carlsen won the first set against Levon Aronian while Ding Liren got the better of Vladislav Artemiev. | Photo: FIDE

7/1/2021 – You read it yesterday: the 12-year-ole New Jersey lad Abhimanyu Mishra gained his final GM norm, to become the youngest grandmaster in history. Sagar Shah of ChessBase India spoke to Abhi about the key game, and how he turned tables against his GM opponent; but also about his motivation and his future plans in chess. It is quite revealing to hear this boy speak about his remarkable accomplishments.

7/1/2021 – This week, the well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look how Black can spice up the Sicilian Dragon even if White tries to have a quiet life. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/1/2021 – The "Top 12" competition sees some of the world’s best players battle it out to claim the French club championship. This year players such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov and Jorden Van Foreest show their class in this 11-round event. However, this competition also serves as an excellent platform for amateurs who seldom get to play against such strong opponents. Dhananjay Khadilkar asked Mathieu Ternault (pictured), a wine maker by profession, and Mickael Hutois, a professor for mathematics, how it feels to play in such an event. | Photo: Dhananjay Khadilkar

7/1/2021 – Nihal Sarin was the dominant player at the Silver Lake Open: the young Indian and reigning U18 World Champion won the tournament with 8.0/9 and a rating performance of 2809. His compatriots Raunak Sadhwani and Abhimanyu Puranik won silver and bronze. | Photo: Rupali Mulick

7/1/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look how Magnus Carlsen surprised Peter Svidler - and chess fans around the world - with an unusual move in the starting position of the Najdorf Sicilian. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/1/2021 – Two of the four quarterfinal matches at the Goldmoney Asian Rapid tournament were decided on tiebreaks. After winning the first set and the first game of the second set, it seemed like Magnus Carlsen was going to have an easy day at the office, but back-to-back wins by Wesley So meant it would all be decided in blitz. The world champion finally moved on to the semis thanks to a win and a draw in the 5-minute games. Levon Aronian also had a tough time against Arjun Erigaisi, but managed to advance, while Vladislav Artemiev and Ding Liren won their matches in the rapid section of the second set. | Photo: Lennart Ootes