8/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana from the Sinquefield Cup. Caruana tried the Sicilian Dragon, and Nepo played a few subtle queen moves in the opening - i.e. lines worthy of careful analysis. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/31/2024 – The final stages of the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship will take place on 2-5 September, with the quarterfinals set to start on Monday. A stellar field is participating, including Hou Yifan, the highest-rated woman player in the world, and Ju Wenjun, the reigning world champion. Alice Lee, aged 14, also made it to the quarterfinals.

8/31/2024 – ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Our columnist, Nagesh Havanur takes a look at our recent issue, CBM 220. 512 games, 38 annotated from the Candidates’ and 7th Sharjah Masters, 11 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, 6 demo. lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Gukesh, Firouzja, Giri and Praggnanandhaa among others. The icing on the cake is a special feature on Gukesh with 24 annotated games. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/31/2024 – In the diagram position 23.Nf6+! is the first move to blow out the black king's life-light - you are welcome to contribute the other three yourself!

8/31/2024 – As part of the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, a conference entitled "Chess and Sports Science" will take place on 9 September at the Hungarian University of Sports Science, in which the sporting and decision-making aspects of chess will be examined. ChessBase author Jan Markos will be among the speakers.

8/30/2024 – A very special offer awaits you in this week's summer special - two products that are indispensable for serious chess players are on special offer and available as a bundle: ChessBase 17 and the Opening Encyclopaedia 2024. Take the chance and get both for the summer special price of only €249.90 (instead of €299.90)!

8/30/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses an encounter between two of the biggest stars of the chess world, Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja. The latter seems to be in great shape now and came out on top! | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/30/2024 – Just like a year ago, both the open and the women's French Chess Championships were held as 16-player knockout tournaments. The events took place from August 16-25 in Alpe d'Huez. Jules Moussard and Deimanté Daulyte-Cornette were crowned champions in the open and women's sections respectively. The final matches saw Moussard beating Laurent Fressinet and Daulyte-Cornette getting the better of Pauline Guichard. | Photo: Official website

8/30/2024 – Biel 2024 Chess Festival: The winner of the Masters, Le Quang Liem, comments on one of his games. In addition, Jonas Bjerre, Alexander Donchenko, Abhimanyu Mishra and Ihor Samunenkov contribute analyses from Biel - "Special" on Ju Wenjun: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world champion, an exclusive collection of 24 annotated games awaits you! - "If one piece is bad, the entire position is bad": Jan Markos develops a winning strategy for your games in his "Practical tips"! -Bomb in the Panov Attack: Robert Ris analyses the promising piece sacrifice 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qc5+!? and much more!

8/30/2024 – On the 15th of August 2024, as Indians celebrated Independence Day, another celebration quietly took place in Mumbai. While one group was busy hoisting the National Flag, the other group was busy cutting the ribbon to launch a special place. GM Vidit Gujrathi inaugurated the 'Temple of Chess', a new concept by ChessBase India for all chess lovers. The main attraction of this place is the vast collection of books. A very kind and generous person named Deodatta Modak from Nashik donated thousands of books to this temple. ChessBase India's Rasika Ratnaparkhi travelled to the home of Deodatta Modak and had the privilege of speaking with him about his chess journey, book collection, and his views on the Temple of Chess. Read on to discover his inspiring story.

8/29/2024 – With an unchallenged draw against Leonardo Costa, Dmitrij Kollars secured the 2024 German Championship title, held as a round-robin tournament for the first time in a long time. Fiona Sieber won the Women's Masters (which is not the national championship), despite Luisa Bashylina not making it easy for her in the final round. | Photos: Katherina Reinecke / German Chess Federation

8/29/2024 – The inaugural FIDE World Solving Championships for Youth (Florianópolis, November 4) and Cadets (Montesilvano, November 21) will take place this autumn. For the first time, the FIDE solving events will be organized in cooperation with the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) as a part of the FIDE & WFCC Special Projects 2024, celebrating FIDE Centenary. Marjan Kovačević, WFCC president, reports.