4/23/2025 – Anthony Miles was one of the best players in the world in the 1980s. He died in 2001 at the age of just 46 from a heart attack caused by diabetes. Today he would have celebrated his 70th birthday. | Photo: British Chess News

4/23/2025 – This year's World Junior Championships in Rapid and Blitz were held on the island of Rhodes in Greece. The most gold medals went to the team from Kazakhstan. Bettina Trabert led the small delegation and was particularly pleased with the silver medal won by her son Max in the U16 Blitz World Championships.

4/23/2025 – Everyone knows FIDE, which in July last year celebrated its 100th anniversary. But how did the organisation come about? The book "100 Years of FIDE" is an illustrated history of the World Chess Federation. From it we excerpt passages to retrace the foundation of FIDE and its progress in the first half of the last century.

4/23/2025 – The fifth leg of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix series is taking place in Pune, India, on 14–23 April. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has Humpy Koneru, Zhu Jiner and Polina Shuvalova 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 11.00 CEST (5.00 ET, 14.30 IST)

4/23/2025 – Humpy Koneru narrowly escaped defeat against Alina Kashlinskaya in round eight of the Women's Grand Prix in Pune, salvaging a draw that keeps her tied for the lead with Zhu Jiner. Zhu delivered a strong recovery from Monday's loss, defeating Divya Deshmukh in a sharp game. The remaining games also featured tense moments, including a 116-move battle and a missed win in time trouble. | Photo: Abhilash Shinde

4/22/2025 – Most players prefer to attack rather than defend. But what is the correct way to do it? GM Dr Karsten Müller has compiled many rules and motifs to guide you, along with sharpening your intuition for the exceptions. This week only: instead of €29.90, only €19.90 Get it now and strengthen your attacking play!

4/22/2025 – The organisers of the Biel Chess Festival have once again put together an interesting line-up for their Masters and Challengers tournaments for the 58th edition of the event (12-25 July 2025). Top seed is Aravindh Chithambaram, second seed is Le Quang Liem. And anyone who registers for one of the open tournaments now may be able to take advantage of a discount offer. | Photo: Biel Chess Festival 2024

4/22/2025 – I have told the story often: in an interview in 2020 I said that in five years I expected at least two of the top ten players in the world would be Indian. My prediction was met with deep scepticism. It was clearly the unrealistic optimism of a friend and admirer of young Indian talents. It is true I was wrong. In five years since the prediction three have risen into the top ten bracket, and a fourth is on his way into it.

4/22/2025 – In the diagram position it is White to move and win. He is a pawn up, but has to keep an eye on Black's f-pawn - and should not forget that knights are tricky pieces! What should White do to win the game?

4/22/2025 – Magnus Carlsen claimed victory at the 2025 Grenke Freestyle Chess Open with a flawless 9/9 score - an exceptional achievement at this level of competition. The event, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 17 to 21 April, featured a nine-round Swiss format and classical time control in the Freestyle (chess960) variant. Carlsen secured first place with a round to spare and finished two points clear of the field. Seven players tied for second place and will play a tiebreaker to determine Grand Slam qualification. | Photo: Dariusz Gorzinski

4/21/2025 – Humpy Koneru seized the lead at the Women's Grand Prix in Pune with a crucial win over Zhu Jiner in Monday's round seven, turning the tournament standings on their head with just two rounds remaining. Divya Deshmukh also impressed, scoring a dominant victory to stay in contention ahead of her key clash with Zhu. While three other games ended in draws, they were far from uneventful, with tactical complications and endgame fortresses keeping things exciting across the board. | Photo: Abhilash Shinde

4/21/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #294, Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler look at endgames from the European Championship that was won by German Grandmaster Matthias Blübaum. German Grandmaster Frederik Svane finished in second place. In the course of the tournament, both showed their endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.