3/6/2021 – FIDE has announced that, as the epidemical situation remains complicated all over the World, a significant number of qualifiers will be held in the hybrid format. This decision is considered inevitable and exceptional. | Pictured: Ding Liren at the Danzhou Tournament, an online event in which the Chinese participants played from the Country Garden Havana Holiday Hotel. | Photo: Liang Ziming

3/5/2021 – One of Argentina’s and the world’s greatest chess players, a man shaken by life, a victim of war and its inevitable pain, a passionate man who never lost faith. Najdorf reminisces on his life story. | An interview from 1988 by José Luis Barrio for “El Gráfico”.

3/5/2021 – Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, who loves to travel, is severely restricted in his activities by the coronavirus crisis. What can he do? He is writing his second book of chess stories, and he keeps his friends busy solving chess puzzles. He sent us two.

3/2/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent looks back to the great tournament San Sebastian 1911 that was played 110 years ago, from February 20 to March 17, 1911. Capablanca won the tournament and on his way to victory he showed some impressive chess. | Lawrence's show is available at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12:00 ET) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/2/2021 – The ChessBase Magazine celebrates its anniversary! On the occasion of the recently published issue #200, today and in the weeks to come, we present highlights from various sections of the ChessBase Magazine! We start with Simon William's "Move by Move" series and present seven selected articles by the popular English Grandmaster. Celebrate with us! Enjoy the interactive training and seven brilliant games!

2/27/2021 – Burkard Starke was first an enthusiastic chess player and later a committed trainer in Leipzig. He wrote instructive material and (chess) history books. He died a few days ago at the age of 79. An obituary by Rainer Knaak.

2/28/2021 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 16th part of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving" Herman looks at ways to restrain the activity of your opponent. | Photo: Hans Hoornstra

2/28/2021 – Hovhannes Gabuzyan goes into the last round of the 2021 Armenian Championship as the sole leader, a whole point ahead of Arman Pashikian and Samvel Ser-Tahakyan. The leader faces Tigran Petrosian with the black pieces. The games start at noon CET (11:00 UTC, 7:00 ET). Follow the action live.

2/23/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent takes a look at the FIDE World Online Corporate Championships, which took place last weekend . The team of GRENKE Bank (Georg Meier, Alina Kashlinskaya, Hanna Marie Klek, and Inna Agrest) won this huge worldwide online event by narrowly beating the the team of the Russian bank SBER in the finals. Lawrence presents a game between Georg Meier and Ian Nepomniachtchi, the top encounter of the finals. Lawrence's show is available at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12:00 ET) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/22/2021 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 15th part of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving" Herman looks takes a look at knights on the rim. | Photo: Hans Hoornstra

2/21/2021 – The knockout stage of the FIDE Corporate Online World Championship is being played from 16:00 CET (15:00 UTC, 11:00 ET). Eight teams fight to win the inaugural edition of the tournament. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anton Korobov and Georg Meier are the strongest players still in contention. Follow the games live.

2/21/2021 – After two days of qualifying round-robin tournaments, eight teams moved on to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Corporate Championship. Most of the elite players were eliminated, as more balanced squads outscored them in their pools — except for Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anton Korobov and Georg Meier, whose teams are still in contention.

2/19/2021 – Vlastimil Hort is a living chess legend and great and popular storyteller. He regularly shares his stories on ChessBase and recently published a book with memories of his long career. Now Ben Johnson invited Hort to his "Perpetual Chess" podcast and as always it is a pleasure to listen to the Grandmaster and his many stories.

2/19/2021 – The FIDE World Corporate Championship will take place online on February 19-21. It will be a team tournament in which companies will present a roster made up of employees and at the most one invited player. Giants like Amazon, Samsung, Ford, Microsoft and Gazprom have registered to participate, with some of them inviting elite grandmasters to join their teams — among them, Kindred (Magnus Carlsen), Sberbank (Ian Nepomniachtchi) and Optiver (Anish Giri) just to name a few.

2/18/2021 – The traditional Spanish tournament in Leon is preparing a new star-studded lineup for its 34th edition, to be played on 8-12 July. The organizers intend to make it an over-the-board event if the sanitary situation allows it. If necessary, however, the tournament will take place online. The 6th edition of the International Open and the 2nd edition of the Invitational for Young Grandmasters will also take place.

2/16/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent looks back to the Opera Euro Rapid Tournament and forward to upcoming events like the FIDE World Online Corporate Championships and the resumption of the Candidates. When looking back to the Opera Euro Tournament Lawrence will talk about Carlsen's bad form and possible reasons for this. Lawrence's show is available at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12:00 ET) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/15/2021 – The Candidates Tournament, the biennial 8-player event that decides who will be the Challenger for the World Chess Championship title, will resume on the 19th of April in Yekaterinburg, Russia, as announced by the International Chess Federation. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / FIDE

2/14/2021 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 14th part of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving" Herman looks at a fine attack crowned by an unusual move. | Photo: Hans Hoornstra