Fun with quizzes

5/26/2022 – Among the growing number of apps and functions available with ChessBase Account is the Quiz. Most of the functions in a subscription have an inherent training or educational factor in their usage, and the quiz is no exception, But even more than what it can teach you is the plain old 'fun' factor. Read on to learn more!
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Svitlana's Smart Moves - Positional Sacrifices by Kramnik, Kasparov, Tal and Petrosian

5/26/2022 – Normally, we sacrifice a piece to win material, or even set up a check-mate attack. But occasionally, we can also sacrifice a piece to gain a positional advantage! Svitlana demonstrates how this is working with some very instructional games by Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, and Tigran Petrosian - the "Master" of positional sacrifices.
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Game of the Week #517: Levon Aronian vs Vishy Anand

5/25/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #517, Merijn van Delft shows how 52-year old former World Champion Vishy Anand won a fine attacking game against Levon Aronian at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Warsaw, where Anand surprisingly won the rapid portion of the tournament. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Chessable Masters Finals: Live

5/25/2022 – The Chessable Masters is the fourth of nine tournaments of the current Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. In the preliminary 16 players will fight for a place in the knockout phase. Magnus Carlsen will be up against a number of promising talents and a number of strong veterans. Play starts daily at 18.00 CEST (12.00 EST, 16.00 UTC). Follow the games live and with commentary.
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How chess is helping an Ukrainian player to cope with the war

5/25/2022 – At the recently held Malakoff Open near Paris, Woman International Master Anastasiya Rakhmangulova scored 6.5 points in nine rounds to finish in 11th place. While her performance wasn’t extraordinary, the mere participation of the 27-year-old Ukrainian at the annual chess tournament was. She was in Kyiv when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. | Photo: Anastasiya Rakhmangulova at the Cappelle-la-Grande tournament 2022
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The Winning Academy 10: Karpov's Secret Weapon

5/25/2022 – Anatoly Karpov, born 23 May, 1951, is one of the strongest players in the history of chess. He was World Champion from 1975 to 1985, finished first in 160 strong tournaments, and was the world's number one for 102 months. However, he seemed to win many of his games without much effort, without striking moves or crushing attacks. But he had a secret weapon - which Jan Markos analyses in more detail. | Photo: V. Savostianov, Novosti Press (via D. Griffin)
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Young refugees learning chess in the US

5/25/2022 – In a time of strife and war, everyone suffers, but few more than children yanked from their homes in a storm of confusion. Thrown into a world of strangers and strange languages is a huge challenge, which is why it is heartwarming to see NBC news report that Afghan refugee children in the US are helped through chess with the help of GM Elshan Moradiabadi.
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Chessable Masters: Ding knocks out Carlsen, Pragg stuns Giri

5/25/2022 – Rating underdogs Ding Liren and Praggnanandhaa moved on to the finals of the Chessable Masters after knocking out Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri respectively. After drawing their first three encounters, Ding defeated Carlsen in game 4 to clinch match victory. Meanwhile, Pragg and Giri traded blows to take their match to tiebreaks. The 16-year-old Indian prodigy was stronger in blitz, and thus knocked out his famed opponent.
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Sheripov announces his candidacy for FIDE President

5/24/2022 – On May 19, Inal Sheripov (Belgium) announced his intention to run for FIDE President. His ticket has already been officially submitted to the FIDE office, with supporting letters from the federations of Ukraine, Zambia, Sierra-Leone, Barbados, and Timor Leste. The ticket includes Lewis Ncube (Zambia), current President of the African Chess Confederation, as a Candidate for the position of FIDE Deputy President.
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Two invitational tournaments in Hamburg

5/24/2022 – The Hamburger Schachklub von 1830 (HSK) is the largest and second oldest German chess club. It is also very active and currently organises two invitational tournaments in Hamburg: a GM tournament and an IM tournament, both featuring promising young players (pictured: Leon Mendonca) and experienced masters. With 3.0/3 GM Vasilios Kotronias from Greece (in the GM tournament) and IM Brandon Clarke from England (in the IM tournament) had the best start. | Photos: Frank Bracker
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Duda comes from behind, wins Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland

5/24/2022 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament in Warsaw. The Polish star collected 6½/9 points on the final day of action to overcome long-time sole leader Vishy Anand in the standings table. Anand tied in second place with Levon Aronian, who scored 13½/18 points in the blitz section and thus climbed to first place in the blitz world ranking. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Chessable Masters: Carlsen, Ding, Praggnanandhaa and Giri qualify for the semifinals

5/24/2022 – In the quarterfinals of the Chessable Masters, Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Anish Giri beat their opponents quite confidently. In the duel of talents, Praggnanandhaa won 2.5-1.5 against Wei Yi. | Photos and pictures: Play Magnus Group

The desperado rook

5/24/2022 – Stalemate motifs often play a role in endgames. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. What would you do?
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Karsten Müller's Endgame Magic Show #195 - with Arne Kaehler

5/23/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #195 Karsten and Arne look at endgame highlights and take a particularly close look at the strengths and weaknesses of knights and "zugzwang", a sharp weapon in the endgame. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: "From Ukraine With Love For Chess"

5/23/2022 – In his "Power Play Show" Daniel King takes a look at the book "From Ukraine With Love For Chess", that was just published by "New in Chess". The book celebrates the chess of notable Ukrainian players from the past and present, and all profits will go to charities in Ukraine. To quote Daniel: "A worthy project and a superb book with tremendous material." | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
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Ukrainian GM Andrii Baryshpolets is running for FIDE President

5/23/2022 – At the FIDE Congress during the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the elections for the FIDE Presidium are on the agenda. Arkady Dvorkovich is standing for re-election and is supported by Viswanathan Anand. In view of the candidacy of the Russian President, the election has a strong political colour. Now a Ukrainian, GM Andrii Baryshpolets, has announced his candidacy. | Photo: US Chess Federation
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Superbet Tournament Warsaw: Games and standings

5/23/2022 – The second tournament of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 took place in Warsaw from May 17-23, and consisted of a rapid and a blitz tournament. Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the event after collecting 6½/9 points on the final day of action to overcome long-time sole leader Vishy Anand in the standings table. Anand and Levon Aronian finished in shared second place.
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Stream FritzTrainers in the video portal!

5/23/2022 – The ChessBase video portal contains a wealth of videos on various topics (opening, middlegame and endgame). A helpful function for owners of the newer FritzTrainer courses is the possibility to view the contents of the purchased courses directly with the browser in the video portal. This makes it easier to access the courses as it is not necessary to view the contents of the courses with the ChessBase Reader, ChessBase or one of the chess programmes on the desktop.
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Chessable Masters: Giri wins prelims, Tari makes it to the KO

5/23/2022 – The preliminary stage of the Chessable Masters came to an end on Sunday. Anish Giri scored a win and two draws to keep the lead and win the single round-robin. Magnus Carlsen finished in second place, and was followed by Ding Liren and Praggnanandhaa. Wei Yi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, David Anton and Aryan Tari also made it to the knockout stage.
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