3/24/2017 – The Sharjah Masters 2017 was off to a rollicking start with about 180 players competing. While there were many upset draws, the one thing that stood out was the number of no-shows. The biggest upsets of the day were scored by the Indians—Viani Antonio Dcunha, Vignesh NR and Nihal Sarin. Illustrated report with video analyses by Daniel King.

3/23/2017 – Maik Naundorf, 36, from Germany, is a player who likes the artistic touch, and reading about the history of the game and biographies of chess players. In his games he prefers ECO-codes mainly in the A- or B-region. He submitted a game which cost him the chance to qualify for national championships, and the Extasy game was at the Dortmund Open, and allowed him to firmly cross the 2100 barrier. Jonathan Speelman has provided some good advice for Maik's play.

3/22/2017 – The final rounds of the Winter Classic, for both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ events were true nail-biters. In the ‘A’ tournament, Vladimir Fedoseev surged to catch up and pass David Howell, but in the end, after 129 moves, Howell took sole first. Andrey Baryshpolets who had been running away with the ‘B’ event nearly stumbled, but recovered and also won. Illustrated report with analysis by the winners.

3/22/2017 – "There have been many instances in history when an inspired cavalry charge disrupts the momentum of a battle," writes International Master Srinath Narayanan who thinks Tigran Petrosian is one of the greatest players of chess, ever. He dissects the play of the former world champion in the first of his planned series of articles on chess history. He tees off with an ode to the Iron Tigran. Enjoy.

3/22/2017 – He gained fame a few years ago, by playing in GM tournaments and crushing players many categories above him with flawless tactical play. Then Borislav Ivanov, who has been the subject of at least a dozen articles here, was disqualified and suspended – for not allowing the organisers to check his shoes for electronic signaling devices. That finally ended his chess career. Now Ivanov is in the news again, this time for selling counterfeit drivers licenses. He faces eight years in prison.

3/21/2017 – If there is one player in chess, whose mystique and fascination know no bounds, it is the legendary Bobby Fischer. Ask GM Daniel King, chess author and video maker extraordinaire, who asked the patrons of his channel what they most wanted to see him look at. The result is a series analyzing games by the former World Champion, Bobby Fischer and starts with a positional masterpiece he played when he was 16.

3/21/2017 – Being a pawn down in the endgame is rarely a pleasure. However, you can sometimes save the game by eliminating all enemy pawns. Or at least the most dangerous. Karsten Müller shows how to do this.

3/21/2017 – There has been considerable discussion surrounding the Penrose puzzle we recently presented, where computers "falsely evaluate" a drawn position as a win. We explained in our article that while they display a massive advantage the opponent, computers will play flawlessly to a draw for the defending side. That reminded us of a similar situation in the very early days of computer chess. In 1978 the most powerful computer in the world thought it was completely lost against a strong IM, but easily held the theoretical draw using nothing but brute force. You may enjoy the historic game.

3/20/2017 – By now you will already be aware of the Web-based replayer to follow live events with moves, times, and even on-the-fly comments. Not to mention an engine to use and the freedom to annotate. Still, once the event is over it disappears from the list forever, right? Wrong! Introducing the Live Game Archive where you can find months of recent events, with thousands of commented games, all for free!

3/20/2017 – The Association of Chess Professionals continues its tradition of appreciating and awarding the best chess organizers from around the world. To determine the best event, you are invited to pick your most-liked events from each of the following categories – Round Robin, Open, Official and Rapid/Blitz. See the list and voice your opinion.

3/19/2017 – Playing as the superstar in front of one’s home crowd is often as much a disadvantage as an advantage. This is true even of World Champions. When it came to playing in the strongest event held in his native Vietnam, the HDBank Cup, elite GM Le Quang Liem, a student in the US, did not wilt, and for a third time took the top honors. Here is the report with a great miniature by Wei Yi.

3/19/2017 – 'It's hard to name something that Maurice Ashley hasn't done in the world of chess. He's played, coached, taught, created tournaments, done play-by-play for tournaments and traveled the world, preaching the gospel of his beloved game.' Thus opens the article and video profile on Maurice Ashley by Budd Mishkin on One on 1.