4/9/2020 – After 18 months in hiding Fischer is back and in the two events he has played since his return to the chess arena he has shown superb chess. But only in a four-game match and a blitz tournament. Now, at the Tournament of Peace in Rovinj/ Zagreb things get serious and Fischer has to show if he is indeed the best. However, the opening ceremony in Rovinj did not go smoothly. | Photo: turnir-mira

4/8/2020 – 50 years ago today, on April 8, 1970, Herceg Novi in Yugoslavia hosted a blitz tournament that might well be the best blitz tournament of all time. Twelve of the world's best players competed in a double round-robin. Bobby Fischer won with 19 out of 22. | Photo: Chess Life

4/7/2020 – The match between the USSR and the "Rest of the World" in Belgrade 1970 – the "Match of the Century" – was a fantastic event. Vlastimil Hort played in Belgrade for the "World" and in an interview with ChessBase he shares his memories and talks about Fischer and Keres and rumours that the Soviet cheated in the final round.

4/3/2020 – The fourth and final round of the "Match of the Century" between the USSR and the "Rest of the World" in Belgrade ended with a 5:5 tie. Larsen (against Stein) and Uhlmann (against Taimanov) scored for the "World" while Smyslov (against Olafsson) and Keres (against Ivkov) scored for the USSR. In the end the USSR won the match 20.5:19.5, with the narrowest possible margin. | Photo: Group photo with players and officials

4/2/2020 – The "Match of the Century" between the Soviet Union and the "Rest of the World" in Belgrade is close. After three rounds the USSR narrowly leads 15.5:14.5. In round two Bent Larsen had suffered a devastating defeat against Boris Spassky on board one, but in round three Larsen bounced back and won with Black against the World Champion. Samuel Reshevsky and Lajos Portisch also scored for the "World" but in the Soviet team Mihail Tal was the only one who could win.

4/1/2020 – The second round of the "Match of the Century" in Belgrade brought amazing games. Robert "Bobby" Fischer won with Black again former World Champion Tigran Petrosian but the game of the day was World Champion Boris Spassky's spectacular win against Bent Larsen. After 17(!) moves Larsen resigned. But in these 17 moves Spassky had managed to sacrifice a rook and to queen his h-pawn. After two rounds the Soviet Union now leads 11.5-8.5.

4/1/2020 – Currently, the world's best players meet in Belgrade to play the "Match of the Century" and chess makes headlines again. The game also inspires some of the most famous artists and musicians of our time. But not all developments are positive. | Photo source: Booklet of an album by Ringo Starr

3/31/2020 – In the 1980s the Hungarian Grandmaster Andras Adorjan was one of the world's best players. He was a renowned opening expert and worked as an author and trainer, assisting Garry Kasparov, Peter Leko and others. However, Adorjan's most famous legacy is the slogan "Black is OK"! Today the Hungarian celebrates his 70th birthday. | Photo: Dutch National Archive

3/30/2020 – Up to the last minute Max Euwe has tried to convince Bobby Fischer to play in the "Match of the Century" that starts today in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. With success! Ten of the best players from the Soviet Union will play four rounds against ten of the best players from the "Rest of the World" and Fischer has agreed to play on board two behind Bent Larsen. The match is one of the biggest chess events this year and will certainly lead to a number of classical games. It will also be remembered for a long time. ChessBase will follow the games "live". Start of the transmission: 16.00 pm CEST (10.00 EDT, 14.00 UTC).

3/16/2020 – Miaoyi Lu might be a name well worth remembering. The Chinese player was born in 2010 but is already surprisingly strong. In March, she won a women's grandmaster tournament in Belgrade and that was not her first success — and will probably not be her last. | Photo: David Halter (USChess.org)

3/16/2020 – The candidate tournament in Yekaterinburg is a major highlight in the eventful chess year 2020 and one of the few current events that has (so far) not been heavily affected by the Coronavirus epidemic. The opening is on Monday and the first of fourteen rounds follows on Tuesday. The winner will play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship at the end of the year. | Photos: FIDE

3/7/2020 – At the traditional Nutcracker battle of generations tournament 2020 in Moscow, four veterans compete against four young chess players. After three rounds the "oldies" lead 13:11. Perhaps this is thanks to players like Alexei Shirov (pictured) and Boris Gelfand who form part of the senior elites — actually dubbed the Kings Team. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

3/4/2020 – Geza Maroczy was one of the world's best players at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and at times even the best. A planned world championship fight with Lasker did not materialize in 1906. But two of Maroczy students became world champions. Maroczy was always underestimated in his role, and gennerally he had little luck in his long life. March 3rd was his 150th birthday. | Photo: Cuba News

3/3/2020 – The 80th Noteboom tournament took place in Leiden last weekend. In addition to the Open, a four-way battle was carried out by the "old masters". Nikolic won ahead of Hübner, Karpov and Timman. Casper Schoppen won the Open. | Photos: Harry Gielen

3/2/2020 – The third Grand Prix tournament for women starts today in Lausanne, Switzerland. The top seeds are World Champion Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina (pictured). Live games and commentary by Mikhail Gurevich and Keti Tsatsalashvili from 14:00 UTC (15:00 CET, 9:00 AM EST) | Photos: FIDE

2/13/2020 – In Vienna, chess is back in the public space. People play on streets and squares, in the Main Library, and even in coffeehouses where chess once was very popular. The driving force behind this movement is the Dutch chess activist Kineke Mulder. Who is very active indeed.

2/11/2020 – Today Evgeny Sveshnikov, a great personality in chess, celebrates his 70th birthday. Sveshnikov was, in his prime, among the leading grandmasters in the world and also breathed new life into a forgotten opening, one which came to be known as the Sveshnikov variation of the Sicilian. | Photo: Thorsten Cmiel

2/6/2020 – Starting Friday, most of the world's best female players will play the 2nd Cairns Cup in Saint Louis. The field is led by World Champion Ju Wenjun. The tournament winner will receive USD $45,000 from the total prize fund of $180,000. Rounds begin daily at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 14:00 EST) and the games will be broadcast live with commentary.