9/22/2024 – India made history by achieving a double gold in the Chess Olympiad, winning outright in both the open and women's sections. Both Indian teams dominated in the final round, securing convincing 3½-½ victories. In the open section, Dommaraju Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi led the way, while Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal starred in the women's section. All four players capped their stellar performances with individual gold medals. The United States and Uzbekistan took silver and bronze in the open section, while Kazakhstan and the United States claimed silver and bronze in the women's section.

9/22/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 196th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and looks at the career of Veselin Topalov. | Photo: Pascal Simon

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9/22/2024 – On the occasion of its 100th anniversary, FIDE honoured Magnus Carlsen as the "best player" in the world. The Norwegian thanked the Federation, but pointed out that the honour should have gone to Garry Kasparov, noting it was certainly no coincidence that he was overlooked in all FIDE honours. Carlsen also spoke out against the lifting of the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian Chess Federations.

9/22/2024 – The 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad is taking place on 11-22 September in Budapest, Hungary. A record 193 teams in the open and 181 teams in the women's category are fighting for collective and individual medals. | Pictured: Lu Miaoyi from China (FIDE / Michal Waluszha) | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting (four hours earlier than usual) at 11.00 CEST (5.00 ET, 12.30 IST)

9/22/2024 – India all but secured overall victory in the Chess Olympiad after defeating the United States in the penultimate round. Wins by Dommaraju Gukesh (pictured), who outplayed Fabiano Caruana, and Arjun Erigaisi, who beat Leinier Dominguez, granted the Indian team the crucial match victory over the tournament's top seeds. Only China can theoretically catch India in the final round, though it is highly improbable, given India's commanding tiebreak scores. China kept their slim hopes alive by defeating the defending champions from Uzbekistan on Saturday. | Photo: FIDE / Maria Emelianova

9/18/2024 – Sacrificing a queen is one of the most rewarding manoeuvres in chess. Such a drastic measure is often connected to a forcing sequence, which either delivers checkmate quickly or allows us to escape with a draw. In the first half of the Chess Olympiad, we saw both cases appear on the board in important matches of the open section. Arjun Erigaisi, who is on fire in Budapest, gave up his queen to checkmate Peter Prohaszka, while Valentin Dragnev (pictured) found a way to force a repetition by giving up his queen in his game against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

9/18/2024 – It is halftime at the Chess Olympiad. On Monday night, the famous Bermuda Party took place. On Tuesday, the players relaxed and recharged their batteries. Time for a little halftime review. | Photos: FIDE / Michal Walusza, Maria Emelianova, Mark Livshitz

9/17/2024 – At the halfway mark of the Chess Olympiad, India, the second seeds in the open section, have emerged as the sole leaders, with 6 wins from 6 matches. Not only have they maintained a perfect match record, but they are also the only team to remain undefeated in both individual and team performances across either section of the tournament. Arjun Erigaisi has been the star performer for the Indian team, winning all 6 of his games, including a round-6 victory over Hungary's Sanan Sjugirov. Meanwhile, former co-leaders China and Vietnam drew their match, with Vietnam's Le Quang Liem defeating world champion Ding Liren on the top board. | Photo: FIDE / Maria Emelianova

9/17/2024 – Heading into the rest day of the Women's Chess Olympiad, India emerged as the sole leaders after a 2.5-1.5 victory over Armenia in round 6. Divya Deshmukh (pictured) secured the win in the only decisive game of the match, helping India maintain their perfect score. Close behind, Georgia and Poland are tied for second place, just one match point behind India. Both teams won their respective matches by the narrowest of margins, with Salome Melia leading Georgia to victory and Oliwia Kiolbasa delivering the key win for Poland. | Photo: FIDE / Maria Emelianova

9/17/2024 – A knight often has problems to fight against a- or h-pawn. In the diagram position, White's knight could have won that fight, but in the game White failed to find the win. Can you do better?

9/16/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #284 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler continue to look at endgame highlights from the Sinquefield Cup. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.