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.

3/18/2025 – The third round of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Cyprus featured hard-fought games, with high accuracy scores across the board. Anna Muzychuk secured the only decisive result, defeating Nana Dzagnidze in a queen endgame that lasted 83 moves - the longest game of the tournament so far. The remaining matches ended in well-contested draws, reflecting the competitive nature of the event. Zhu Jiner maintained her tournament lead with 2½/3 points to her name. | Photos: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

3/17/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at a model game that helped Dutch grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen to win the Open at the Chess Festival Prague. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/17/2025 – Pawn sacrifices occur in chess in all phases of the game, and the intentions associated with the sacrifice can be of the most diverse nature. In his latest CBM article, Oliver Reeh sheds light on pawn sacrifices in a tactical context and states even here: ‘Pawn sacrifices can be motivated in very different ways.’ In his column, you can expect 40 games peppered with a total of 170 (!) training questions! The tactics expert has also recorded his four favourite combinations in interactive video format. Take advantage of this week's reading sample and solve the problems move by move - together with the IM from Hamburg. Have fun!

3/17/2025 – The American Cup's brackets are taking shape after two days of classical games ended in draws, leading to decisive playoffs. Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana advanced in the Champions Bracket, while their opponents moved to the Elimination Bracket. In the women's event, Alice Lee, Irina Krush, Carissa Yip and Tatev Abrahamyan (pictured) secured victories to progress. | Photo: Crystal Fuller

3/13/2025 – Thorsten Cmiel keeps a very close eye on the young talents in chess. During the Prague Chess Festival, he paid particular attention to how Divya Deshmukh played. Divya won the girls' category at the 2024 World Junior Championship. | Photo: Petr Vrabec

3/13/2025 – The King's Indian Attack is a universal opening: easy to learn, flexible and rich in both tactical and positional opportunities. By simply knowing the setup and some key ideas, it can become a lifelong addition to your repertoire - without the need for constant memorization. Played by fierce attackers like Bobby Fischer and great positional players like Tigran Petrosian, this opening is suitable for players of all styles.

3/13/2025 – The 2025 World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships will take place in London from June 10–16, featuring an expanded blitz competition with a new knockout stage. Hosted at Novotel London West, the event follows successful editions in Düsseldorf and Astana. The tournament format includes a rapid event and a two-day blitz competition, with teams advancing from a round-robin phase to knockout rounds. Open to teams worldwide, the event aims to promote inclusivity, requiring at least one female and one recreational player per team.

3/12/2025 – In the new episode of their "Two Knights Talk", Arne Kähler and Johannes Fischer explore the phenomenon of "killer instinct". They wonder what it is, which top players had or have a lot of it, and whether it makes you happy. And they show the end of a game of a top player who has lots of it.

3/12/2025 – The 2025 European Championship kicks off on Saturday in Eforie-Nord, Romania. As well as a €100,000 prize fund, the players will have the chance to qualify for the World Cup - with the top 20 players qualifying for the World Cup.

3/12/2025 – The Serbian Chess Federation organised its 56th International Women's Tournament in Belgrade from 1 to 9 March, on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March. German WGM Josefine Heinemann won with 7.0/9 and finished a full point ahead of IM Bhakhti Kulkarni from India. | Photos: Tournament page