3/24/2025 – The fourth leg of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix series is taking place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 14–25 March. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has Aleksandra Goryachkina, Anna Muzychuk and Zhu Jiner as the top seeds. The top two finishers in the series will qualify for the next edition of the Women's Candidates Tournament. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST)

3/24/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a theoretically interesting and tactically fascinating game. You are invited to test your skills! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/24/2025 – With a crucial victory over Elisabeth Paehtz, Anna Muzychuk rebounded from her previous loss to join Zhu Jiner in the lead at the Cyprus Women's Grand Prix. The final round promises an exciting showdown, with Muzychuk facing Harika Dronavalli and Zhu Jiner taking on Nana Dzagnidze. Meanwhile, Divya Deshmukh claimed her first tournament win against Olga Badelka, in a game that featured a ceremonial first move by Vishy Anand. | Photos: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

3/23/2025 – The Punta del Este Masters Tournament was held from 14-20 March with six players taking part in a double round-robin format. Among the competitors were four GMs and two IMs, including Argentine Sandro Mareco, who started as favourite, and the 11-year-old Faustino Oro. Mareco was crowned champion with 6½/10 points, while Andrés Rodríguez and José 'Pepe' Cuenca shared second place with 5½ points each.

3/23/2025 – The American Cup, one of the United States' premier chess tournaments, returns to Saint Louis. Now in its fourth year, the event runs from March 15-24 at the iconic World Chess Hall of Fame, featuring sixteen of America's top chess talents. With $400,000 in prize money up for grabs, the competitors will prove their mettle under mounting pressure in the double-elimination knockout format. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CET (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST)

3/23/2025 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In episode 222 of his "Understanding before Moving" show Herman looks at the career of Levon Aronian. | Photo: Pascal Simon

3/19/2025 – Prepare for your next tournament with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2025! Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory in one product and is the ideal start for your opening training. Many new articles enrich the current theory with new or revisited ideas. The Encyclopaedia can help you learn openings quickly and give you a head start on your next opponent. Each article contains explanations and annotated games illustrating typical plans to deepen your understanding.

3/19/2025 – At the January Tata Steel Challengers tournament in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, at the start of their 4th round game, Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev refused to shake the extended hand of his opponent, Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu. This is what International Arbiter Alon Shulman, Councilor of the ECU Arbiters Council, has to say about the incident and about handshake history.

3/19/2025 – The fourth day of the American Cup saw intense battles in the semifinals of the Champions Bracket. Hikaru Nakamura secured his spot in the final by defeating Leinier Dominguez in the second classical game, while Fabiano Caruana edged out Levon Aronian in a blitz playoff after two drawn classical games. In the women's event, Alice Lee advanced with a draw, while Tatev Abrahamyan won a playoff against Carissa Yip. The finals will feature Nakamura v. Caruana and Lee v. Abrahamyan. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

3/18/2025 – Svitlana Demchenko introduces her new ChessBase training course, focusing on one of her favourite openings, the King's Indian Attack (KIA). She explains its universal nature, emphasizing that players only need to learn a basic setup (1.Nf3, 2.g3, 3.Bg2, 4.O-O, 5.d3), making it ideal for both creative and lazy players. She showcases how the KIA can be reached via e4 against various defences, including the French, Sicilian and Caro-Kann, offering flexibility in transpositions. A model game by Tigran Petrosian is analysed, demonstrating the strategic manoeuvring and attacking potential of the opening, particularly the h4-h5 push to weaken Black's kingside.

3/18/2025 – Sometimes, even a few pieces are enough to create a powerful mating attack. In the diagram position White is a piece up, but has to find a way to parry Black's attack. Any ideas?

3/18/2025 – The living chess legend from Argentina, Oscar Panno, celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday. The Argentine ranks sixth on the list of the oldest living chess grandmasters. His international career began in 1953 when he won the U20 World Championship. A number of remarkable achievements followed in what turned out to be a memorable chess career.