1/7/2025 – With his new video course "Modern Classics" Dorian Rogozenco, former German national coach and renowned chess theoretician, takes us on a journey through the fascinating world of chess games that have made history. | Photos: Nils Rohde

1/4/2025 – The Hastings International Chess Congress, steeped in tradition since 1895, remains a cherished fixture in the chess world. This year's edition, held from 28 December to 3 January, showcased both seasoned grandmasters and emerging stars. In a gripping 9-round Swiss open, China's untitled player Haowen Xue triumphed with an undefeated 7 points. Close behind were grandmasters Pengxiang Zhang and Pierre Laurent-Paoli, alongside England's rising talent Shreyas Royal. | Photo: Official website

12/29/2024 – The World Championship match between Gukesh Dommaraju and Ding Liren demonstrated how important it can be to catch your opponent on the wrong foot in the opening. In her 60-minute course, Svitlana Demchenko shows how this can be achieved with both colours and very little theory. | Photos: Nils Rohde

12/24/2024 – 1.Nf3 is boring? Not at all! In his new opening course, Austrian grandmaster Felix Blohberger shows how exciting and promising it can be to quickly leave the well-trodden paths of theory and lure opponents into uncharted territory.

11/24/2024 – In 16 videos lasting up to twenty minutes each, the famed coach and former world-class player Ivan Sokolov takes the viewer on a journey into the depths of King's Indian middlegame strategies. A review by Stefan Liebig.

11/12/2024 – "My new baby," is how Elisabeth Pähtz describes the recently published Fritz Trainer “The ultra-creative neo-London system". In ten (!) hours of video, the German grandmaster explains everything you need to know to use this variation successfully.

11/9/2024 – Arjun Erigaisi clearly has no intention of slowing down after his leap to second place in the live ratings list. Facing Amin Tabatabaei, he played his typical bold brand of chess and threw the Iranian off his stride early in the middlegame. Arjun is now the sole leader with 3½/4 points. | Photos: Anmol Bhargav

11/4/2024 – Victor Bologan is an established ChessBase author. So far his speciality has been openings and he has published 25 Fritztrainers. Now he starts a new series with "Bologan's Chess Academy" and in the first two episodes he focuses on "Practical Endgames" and "Dynamic Play". Stefan Liebig had a look at the two courses and was pleasantly entertained.

10/15/2024 – Nicholas Pert reveals: in his two-part Fritz Trainer "Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets" the English GM shares grandmaster secrets. He covers all phases of the game, provides important tips and tests the viewer's learning progress with exercises. An ambitious project...

10/10/2024 – Of course, ChessBase and its customers are always affected by technological change. After floppy discs and CDs, DVDs are now disappearing from the range. We discuss this with ChessBase CEO Rainer Woisin.

9/30/2024 – Ian Nepomniachtchi is the winner of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shunsa, Azerbaijan. He won the rapid chess tournament and came second in the blitz - enough to take first place overall. The other two places on the podium were taken by Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Richard Rapport, who started the tournament in second place after day one, finished last of the eight players. | Picture: gashimovchess.com

9/6/2024 – The new issue of ChessBase Magazine is bursting with interesting topics: Ju Wenjun's career and style of play is just one of them. The often interactive format also deals with fortresses, the principle of bad pieces, current tournament games, endgames and much more.

9/1/2024 – Who hasn't experienced this? Many hours of good play are spoilt by a careless move. World-class coach Vishnu Prasanna gives tips on how to reduce the frequency of mistakes. His most famous pupil was the young Dommaraju Gukesh, whom he turned into one of the youngest GMs in chess history and who will be fighting for the World Championship crown in Singapore at the end of the year!

8/21/2024 – The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence stands for exciting games. GM Luis Engel provides a complete repertoire that allows you to play this attractive opening with confidence and gives you convincing answers to the lines White might try against the Najdorf and the Anti-Sicilians White might try to avoid the Najdorf.

8/7/2024 – IM Oliver Reeh continues to inspire with the third edition of his Master Class Tactics. Once again he has selected some real gems to put your brain to the test.

8/3/2024 – The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships kicked off in Astana, with four rounds of rapid chess taking place on Friday. Chessy, the team led by Richard Rapport and Haik Martirosyan, grabbed 4 wins in 4 matches, with Rapport stunning Magnus Carlsen in round 4. Decade China, led by Ding Liren, and Al-Ain ACMG UAE, led by Daniil Dubov, are sharing second place with 7/8 match points. | Photo: FIDE / Maria Emelianova

7/30/2024 – It's fascinating to see how Slovakian coach Jan Markos explains the strengths and weaknesses of kings at the end of his video course series, and the fascinating examples he has found to illustrate them. | Picture: Image by Tung Thanh from Pixabay

7/9/2024 – One thing was certain: when Boris Spassky sat down at the chessboard, something extraordinary happened. The 17th edition of the ChessBase Master Class series presents a detailed portrait of the tenth World Champion. The interactive features of the e-book offer the opportunity to actively relive important phases of his unique career ...