6/26/2017 – The final rounds are ending and the gold medals in both Open and Women’s sections seem all but decided, though mathematically things can happen. In the Women’s event, Russia is all but certain of gold after their co-leader rivals, Ukraine, lost to Georgia. In the Open section, China has all but wrapped up the gold, while Russia beat India after a scare when Vidit Gujarathi missed a study-like win against Peter Svidler. Report with analysis by GM Alex Lenderman.

6/26/2017 – The third and final part of Ramesh's interview with ChessBase India by Niklesh Jain. In this section coach R.B. Ramesh talks about how ChessBase India has made a positive impact in Indian chess, the most memorable and hilarious moments of his life, how fitness is important for chess players and the correct approach of how the children should be taught chess. Ramesh also talks about his hobbies, family and in the end he signs off by singing a wonderful Hindi song! 23 minutes of video and entire transcript.

6/25/2017 – It was a thrilling finish on day five, with everyone expecting it to come down to a race between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, but the chess gods had other plans. In an amazing last day surge, showing nothing was decided, French player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave surged, while both Carlsen and Nakamura faded, and ended tied with the World Champion in the overall standings. Once again Magnus Carlsen showed his pressure play chops and won the playoff and title. Express report.

6/25/2017 – Round seven of the World Team Championship saw the match everyone had been waiting for: the clash between the top-rated teams China and Russia. Russia had been leading, with China behind, but a defeat to China inverted their positions. India defeated a struggling Ukraine, while the US scored their second win by beating Turkey and ending their Cinderella run. Illustrated report with GM analysis.

6/25/2017 – Day four, the first of the blitz phase, looked like it would be a runaway express by Magnus Carlsen as he charged with 4/4, but a distraction leading to a loss on time broke his rhythm. Fabiano Caruana, who had played very badly in the Rapid games, made a remarkable comeback and was the second best of the day in blitz. However, the name of the day was Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 7/9 and narrowed the gap with the leader to just one point. Illustrated report by GM Alex Yermolinsky.

6/24/2017 – Russia won their match in both open and the women's section with a score of 3.0-1.0. In the open section they beat Poland and Russian women got the better of India. Russian men are the sole leaders while the women lead with Ukraine. The sixth round witnessed a lot of decisive matches. Turkey, however, refused to lose and drew their match with India. We have grandmaster analysis along with a small explanation of how photographic draw works in chess.

6/24/2017 – Though Magnus Calrsen did finish in clear first in the Rapid stage of the competition, Day Three saw his supremacy challenged with the rise of Alexander Grischuk, a past winner of the World Rapid and World Blitz titles, as well as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura tied just behind. With two days to go, and 18 rounds of blitz games worth half the total points, the title is all but decided yet. Large report with analysis by GM Alex Yermolinsky.

6/23/2017 – In his series about great chessplayers of the past Vlastimil Hort honors Karel Opočenský, the first Czech chess professional. Hort knew him personally and Hort knows that it was Opočenský who once showed Najdorf an interesting new idea in the Sicilian.

6/23/2017 – Tactical details can play an important role when determining the best move. In the diagram position White's knight is hanging while Black's rook threatens to invade on d2. 26.Nc4 or 26.Nc6 - what would be your choice?

6/23/2017 – Yesterday at 8pm UK time Daniel King went on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode here on chessbase.com if you have a Chessbase Account. The show's title is "Reti studies and crushing attacks". More information...

6/23/2017 – Being swamped with work in a new job and looking for a low-effort way to keep his feeling for chess alive, GM Matthew Sadler watched DVDs on positional themes. He started with Sergei Tiviakov’s The Art of Defence and The Art of the Positional Exchange Sacrifice. He calls the first "masterly – a good DVD, with a slightly weaker start and a very strong finish! Recommended!" The second is "another fantastic effort from Sergei – I think we’ll stretch this one to five stars!

6/23/2017 – Shashikant Kutwal became the World Disabled Champion 2017 just a few days ago. It was a monumental day in his life as he not only got the World Champion's title, but also became an International Master. In this article we take you through the story of this great fighter. Shashikant was born in a small village, he was attacked by Polio, he faced financial difficulties and never got the right guidance in chess. But he never gave up. He kept fighting hard and today he has achieved his dreams. A motivational true story.