3/16/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent will look into arguably the best game of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational preliminary stage — an astounding win by the very talented Wesley So. | Lawrence's show is available at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12:00 ET) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/16/2021 – Half the field moved on to the knockout stage of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational after three days of preliminary action. Carlsen himself won the round robin after scoring 3/5 points on day 3 to finish atop the standings a half point ahead of former sole leader Anish Giri. Levon Aronian was the last player to secure his spot in the knockout — the Armenian will face the world champion in quarterfinals. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

3/16/2021 – Capablanca was twelve when he played his first famous game, Fischer, Kasparov, and Carlsen were teenagers. Of course, they stand out with the benefit of hindsight. It is impossible to predict the future, but in his article, study composer Gady Costeff presents some of the first notable work of six promising teenagers, taking their first steps in chess composition.

3/16/2021 – Far advanced passed pawns can be powerful. In the diagram position Black's passed pawns are powerful enough to cope with the white bishop and a potentially strong white pawn on the a-file. Black is to move and he can draw the game - do you see how?

3/15/2021 – The Austrian Bundesliga came to an end on Sunday with SV “Das Wien” St. Veit winning the title for the first time. A 3:3 draw in the last round was enough for the team from Carinthia, led by Hungarian star player Richard Rapport, to finish in sole first place, ahead of SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz. The league ran with modifications due to the coronavirus crisis. Instead of the usual twelve, only seven teams participated. All rounds were played on two 3-day meets in Graz. | Photo: Misty Pine / cca.imsa.cn

3/15/2021 – Anish Giri has been in tremendous form at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational event. In the first 10 rounds, he has scored 6 wins and 4 draws. It was not just about the fact that he won his games, he did so by showing very interesting chess. Although he has beaten strong players like Aronian, Wesley So and others, Anish's win against Magnus Carlsen stands out. After beating the World Champion, the Dutch no.1 joined the ChessBase India livestream commentary and broke down the game for us.| Photo: Lennart Ootes

3/15/2021 – Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So all scored 4/5 points on day 2 of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational preliminaries. Giri thus kept his spot as leader of the event, with Carlsen still a half point behind in sole second place. The last five rounds of the preliminary stage will be played on Monday, when half the field will be eliminated before the knockout stage kicks off the day after. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

3/14/2021 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 18th instalment of his ChessBase show “Understanding before Moving”, Herman demonstrates how to play against a passive bishop. | Photo: Hans Hoornstra

3/14/2021 – The European Chess Club Cup will be played online on March 27-31. So far, 47 teams have registered to participate, with Novy Bor, 4NCL Guildford, Clichy Eches 92 and Poland Hussars the top seeds. Over forty 2600+ rated players will be playing.

3/14/2021 – Anish Giri is the sole leader of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational preliminaries after finishing day 1 with three wins in a row, including one over Wesley So and one over the world champion. After five rounds, Levon Aronian and Carlsen are sharing second place, a half point behind the Dutchman. | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

3/13/2021 – On 8 February 2021, BBC revealed the nominees for Indian Sportswoman of the Year award. Koneru Humpy was one of them along with Manu Bhaker, Dutee Chand, Vinesh Phogat and Rani. It was announced that the winner would be decided by public vote with the results scheduled to be presented on 8 March, on International Women’s Day. Women's World Rapid champion Koneru Humpy won the award. | Photo: BBC News Press Team

3/13/2021 – The 200th issue of ChessBase Magazine was published at the beginning of March and to celebrate the anniversary, we present highlights from the various columns of the Chess Base Magazine. Karsten Müller's endgame columns regularly offer a wealth of material - the current issues contains four articles with his analyses and exercises! Due to the Corona pandemic, Karsten Müller currently cannot record in the ChessBase Studio but today we offer you a selection of his favourite videos from CBMs of the past few years. From "The eternal cut off" to the "Knightmare knight" and "The umbrella". Take part and test your endgame technique!