7/31/2024 – Two players still have a perfect score after four rounds at the British Championship in Hull: 2017 British champion Gawain Jones and 15-year-old Shreyas Royal. While Jones defeated Matthew Wadsworth with white, Royal stunned top seed David Howell with the black pieces. Stuart Conquest, Ameet Ghasi and Svyatoslav Bazakutsa stand a half point behind the leaders. | Photo: Melinda Wilde

7/30/2024 – It's fascinating to see how Slovakian coach Jan Markos explains the strengths and weaknesses of kings at the end of his video course series, and the fascinating examples he has found to illustrate them. | Picture: Image by Tung Thanh from Pixabay

7/30/2024 – In the second half of July, the Turkish Süper Ligi team championship was decided in a major tournament. The team from Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor KülübüIn won after a close race, with the best player in the team being 13-year-old Turkish talent Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who had a 2730 performance. But the best player of the event was Hans Niemann with an Elo performance of 2744. | Photos: Turkish Chess Federation

7/30/2024 – Doesn’t every chess game get decided by mistakes? Absolutely. But most players never truly comprehend that they are making the same kind of mistakes over and over again. The first task is to identify these mistakes and label them. Then the next time you sit at the chessboard, you are aware and able to avoid them.

7/30/2024 – Knight endings are like pawn endings. Zugzwang, king actvity and outside passed pawns are crucial. Of course, in pawn endings you do not have to think about forks and the consequences of exchanging your knight. Without the knights the position shown in the diagram would be a simple win for White. With the knights, the position is still won, but the win is more complicated. What should White do?

7/30/2024 – After three rounds, four players still have perfect scores at the British Championship in Hull. The leading group includes two of the big favourites to take the title, David Howell (pictured) and Gawain Jones, who are joined by 15-year-old Shreyas Royal and Matthew Wadsworth - the latter obtained an upset victory over Luke McShane on Monday. A 9-player chasing group stands a half point back. | Photo: Dennis Dicen / English Chess Fedearation

7/29/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #277 Karsten Müller has a special guest: the renowned Grandmaster, author and trainer Ivan Sokolov. The two talk about an interesting game Ivan recently played at the Dutch Championship. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

7/29/2024 – International Master and patron Dietmar Kolbus passed away while taking part in the Master Open tournament at the Biel Chess Festival. He had sponsored the SG Trier Bundesliga team for years and then moved with his team to the 4NCL. Kolbus was a great chess enthusiast and regularly played in open tournaments. | Photo: Gerd Densing

7/29/2024 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect complement to ChessBase Magazine. In the new CBM Extra #220: Videos by Felix Blohberger: Repertoire idea against the Reti Opening and Mihail Marin: Nepo’s Petroff. "Lucky bag" with 36 analyses by Bogdan Deac, Shreyas Royal, Samuel Shankland, Vaibhav Suri and many more. Update Service with over 55,000 new games!

7/29/2024 – The FIDE Centenary celebrations include some new and promising projects in cooperation with the World Federation for Chess Competition. In November, the World Youth Solving Championships for girls and boys will be held in Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil's Santa Catarina state, where juniors will be solving eight problems and endgames on November 4, during the free day of the World Youth Chess Championships. You can try your hand at a typical puzzle like the ones they will get.

7/29/2024 – For a sunny chess summer, there are three great offers available only this week (29 July to 4 August): the ChessBase Magazine subscription for €99.90 (instead of €109.80) and the bundles Ganguly: Endgame Essentials 1 & 2 for €49.90 (instead of €69.90) and Nick Pert: Typical Mistakes for €59.90 (instead of €79.90). All at a particularly favourable price. Don't miss this chance!

7/29/2024 – The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships will be officially opened on 1 August in Astana, Kazakhstan. The five-day event will feature both the world champion, Ding Liren, and the world's top-rated player, Magnus Carlsen, alongside a star-stunned lineup of super-grandmasters playing alongside amateur players. Rounds 1-4 of the rapid are set to take place on Friday.