8/31/2024 – Venceslav Rutar from Slovenia is organising a match between GM Sam Shankland and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly on 2-3 September. What's so special about this event? As Venceslav says, "Draws are not the problem, the problem is how we score them!" A unique scoring system will be used in this match. The traditional system with 1 point (to the winner), ½ point (to both the players) and 0 points (to the loser) will be replaced by five possibilities: win, favoured draw, equal draw, disfavoured draw and loss. | Photos: Austin Fuller & Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club
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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.
Biel 2024 Chess Festival with analyses by Le Quang Liem, Donchenko, Bjerre and others. Sokolov, King and Zwirs show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the Dutch to King's Indian and much more.
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik discovered a unique way to combat the Nimzo-Indian through an alternative move order: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3/Qb3
Most of the material on which the Sicilian Paulsen Powerbook 2024 is based comes from the engine room: 439,000 games. An impressive number to which 51,000 games from correspondence chess and the Mega were added.
Looking for a realistic way to play for a win with Black against 1.e4 without taking unnecessary risks? The Taimanov Sicilian is a reliable system, and hence one of the best options out there!
Have you always wanted to play the Sicilian as Black, but been discouraged by the abundance of options for White? Here is the solution to becoming a lifelong successful Sicilian player!
8/29/2024 – A draw against R. Praggnanandhaa was all Alireza Firouzja needed to take first place at the Sinquefield Cup - and he safely kept the balance until getting the required half point after 47 moves. Firouzja had secured overall victory in the Grand Chess Tour with a round to spare. The eventful final round saw Fabiano Caruana (who grabbed second place), Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave collecting full points. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club
8/29/2024 – The 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest will feature a diverse array of side events, engaging participants and spectators alike. These events, ranging from conferences and exhibitions to artistic performances, highlight the cultural and social impact of chess. Find here the key side events to take place during the Olympiad.
8/28/2024 – Karthik Venkataraman won the 61st edition of the Indian National Championship after scoring 9/11 points at the event organised by the Haryana Chess Association. This is the second victory in a national championship for Karthik, who had also won the tournament in 2022. Surya Ganguly and Neelash Saha scored as many points as the champion, but finished in second and third place on tiebreaks. | Photos: Himank Ghosh
8/28/2024 – The final stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, will take place on 19-29 August in Saint Louis. Alireza Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana will be fighting for first place not only in the classical round-robin but also in the GCT overall standings. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CEST (12.00 ET, 21.30 IST)
8/28/2024 – A round of draws in Saint Louis allowed Alireza Firouzja to keep his 1-point lead over Fabiano Caruana going into the final day of action at the Sinquefield Cup. These results also granted Firouzja victory in the Grand Chess Tour series with a round to spare. The French representative thus repeated his success from 2022, when he also won the Tour after a strong showing in Saint Louis. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
8/28/2024 – Budapest is set to host the 45th Chess Olympiad from 10 to 23 September at the BOK Csarnok events venue. This year's Olympiad marks a new era, with several significant milestones: it will feature the highest number of participating teams in history, including a record number of women's teams. Notably, Hungary will be represented by three women's teams at this premier global chess event.
Biel 2024 Chess Festival with analyses by Le Quang Liem, Donchenko, Bjerre and others. Sokolov, King and Zwirs show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the Dutch to King's Indian and much more.
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik discovered a unique way to combat the Nimzo-Indian through an alternative move order: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3/Qb3
Most of the material on which the Sicilian Paulsen Powerbook 2024 is based comes from the engine room: 439,000 games. An impressive number to which 51,000 games from correspondence chess and the Mega were added.
Looking for a realistic way to play for a win with Black against 1.e4 without taking unnecessary risks? The Taimanov Sicilian is a reliable system, and hence one of the best options out there!
Have you always wanted to play the Sicilian as Black, but been discouraged by the abundance of options for White? Here is the solution to becoming a lifelong successful Sicilian player!
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