10/22/2021 – Team Mongolia became the winner of the first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners after defeating Team Zimbabwe in the final of the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities. In the women’s section, the Georgian team won all three matches and finished in clear first place.
10/19/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent focuses on the US Championships, especially on Carissa Yip's victory in the Women’s event. The game of the day is Yip's win against Nazi Paikidze. Lawrence will also talk about Pragg’s victory at the Julius Baer challenge, and other events. | Lawrence’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here
10/17/2021 – 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 49th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman shows how White conducts a typical attack in the Sicilian. | Photo: Tommy Grooten
10/13/2021 – The knockout Finals of the ground-breaking Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour kick off on Thursday with German chess prodigy Vincent Keymer favourite to be crowned champion, though he will face stiff competition from the likes of Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. At stake is $12,500 for the winner and a regular spot in next year’s elite Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
10/12/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent talks about the US Championships, looking a close look at the game J. Xiong vs S. Shankland, a brilliant bounceback performance from Xiong who had a horrid start to the tournament. Lawrence will also discuss the Russian Superfinals. | Lawrence’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here
10/10/2021 – Forty-three teams from 31 countries will play in the 1st Intercontinental Online Championship for Prisoners, a two-day event that starts on October 13, the International Day of Education in Prisons. The championship is a part of the “Chess for Freedom” Program, launched earlier this year.
Komodo Dragon 2 has both excellent positional play - thanks to the neural network - and tremendous tactical power and computing speed, thanks to the classic Alpha Beta engine.
10/20/2021 – All but one game in both sections of the Russian Superfinals finished drawn in Wednesday’s final round, and the one decisive game (which was played in the open section) did not alter the situation at the top of the standings table. Thus, Nikita Vitiugov and Valentina Gunina, who were the sole leaders after the penultimate round, were crowned as the 2021 Russian chess champions. | Follow the action live starting at 12.00 CEST (6.00 ET, 15.30 IST)
10/19/2021 – Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Sam Sevian finished the 2021 US Championship sharing first place on 6½/11 points. A rapid round robin tournament (10 minutes plus 2-second increments) will decide the winner. In case of a tie, blitz and Armageddon will follow. | Follow the action live with commentary starting at 13.00 local time (14.00 ET, 20.00 CEST)
10/10/2021 – 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 48th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman shows how to use "the target on g6" to build up an attack. | Photo: Tommy Grooten
10/9/2021 – The Russian Superfinals are taking place on October 9-20. An open tournament and a women’s tournament are taking place concurrently. The open event, which includes Aleksandra Goryachkina (pictured), has Dmitry Andreikin, Nikita Vitiugov and Andrey Esipenko as the top seeds. Polina Shuvalova, Alina Kashlinskaya and Natalija Pogonina are the highest-rated players in the women’s section. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili
10/6/2021 – On October 14-17, the last seven rounds of the 2019/2020 Bundesliga season will finally be played. The second half of the interrupted season will take place at the Hotel “Maritim proArte” in Berlin. At the halfway point, the two favourites for the championship title, Baden-Baden and Hockenheim, are tied at the top of the standings table without any losses. | Pictured: Peter Heine Nielsen and Peter Svidler during the final event of the 2019 season. | Photo: Maria Emelianova
10/5/2021 – In his “Weekly Show” IM Lawrence Trent will look at yet another great attacking win by Magnus Carlsen from the Finals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Lawrence also talks about the Women’s World Team Championships in Sitges. | Lawrence’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here
10/5/2021 – The Saint Louis Chess Club, headed by Rex Sinquefield, has done a lot for chess in the United States, and they continue to organize top tournaments. Beginning Wednesday, the club will host the national championships. With players such as Caruana, So, Dominguez, Shankland, Xiong, Krush and Yip, both tournaments are strongly contested, though Hikaru Nakamura is missing from the lineup. | Photo: Crystal Fuller
10/3/2021 – 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 47th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman shows how to use "the target on h6". | Photo: Tommy Grooten
10/2/2021 – The CFR team and the Indian team play in the final of the World Women's Team Championship in Sitges, Spain. In the semifinals CFR won against Ukraine and India narrowly defeated Georgia. The final match also consists of two rounds (starting at 14:00 and 17:00 CEST), followed by a blitz play-off (19:30 CEST) in case of a tie. Follow the games live.
9/29/2021 – Dutch Grandmaster Jorden Van Foreest, who in January had won the top tournament in Wijk aan Zee, impressed again at the TePe Sigeman & Co event 2021 in Malmö by winning the eight-player tournament with one round to spare. After 6 of 7 rounds Van Foreest leads with 5.0/6 and is one and a half point ahead of Nigel Short and Nils Grandelius who share second and third place with 3.5/6 each. The seventh and final round starts two hours earlier than the previous rounds, at 12:00 CEST (10:00 ET, 10:00 UTC). Follow the games live.
9/29/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent will look at an attacking masterpiece by Magnus Carlsen in his first game vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Duda took a poisoned pawn on c3 and was duly punished. Lawrence will also talk about what’s going on at the TePe Sigeman tournament and the Women’s World Team Championships in Sitges. | Lawrence's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here
9/26/2021 – 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 46th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to talk about the "Cooperation of the Pieces". | Photo: Tommy Grooten
Komodo Dragon 2 has both excellent positional play - thanks to the neural network - and tremendous tactical power and computing speed, thanks to the classic Alpha Beta engine.
Videos: Jan Werle takes a close look at Carlsen's 4.c4 in the Caro-Kann Advance Variation. Robert Ris shows a powerful attacking idea against the Taimanov Variation. "Lucky bag" with analyses by Edouard, Krasenkow, Kapnisis, Shah and Srinath.
Let our authors show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame.
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
Komodo Dragon 2 has both excellent positional play - thanks to the neural network - and tremendous tactical power and computing speed, thanks to the classic Alpha Beta engine.
Videos: Jan Werle takes a close look at Carlsen's 4.c4 in the Caro-Kann Advance Variation. Robert Ris shows a powerful attacking idea against the Taimanov Variation. "Lucky bag" with analyses by Edouard, Krasenkow, Kapnisis, Shah and Srinath.
Let our authors show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame.
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step
€54.90
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