10/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game, played in round 2 of the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. This game saw a well-known line of the Caro-Kann, in which Black suddenly won with a nasty tactical trick. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/31/2024 – The second tournament of the 2024-25 Women's Grand Prix Series takes place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It's a ten-player-round-robin, the best two players in the Grand Prix series qualify for the next Women's Candidates Tournament. The top seed in Shymkent is Chinese Grandmaster Tan Zhongyi, second seed is Aleksandra Goryachkina. Rounds start daily at 15.00 local time (11.00 CET, 6.00 EDT). Follow the games live with commentary. | Photo: FIDE / Konstantin Chalabov

10/31/2024 – After a quick draw in game 2, Pia Cramling and Levy Rozman showed fighting spirit and enthusiasm in the third game of their "Battle of Generations" match in Stockholm. In a game that was complex from the start, Rozman managed to find ways to put Cramling under pressure, but the Swedish Grandmaster defended precisely and the entertaining game ended in a draw after 30 moves. Cramling now leads the match 6-3. | Photo: chess.com

10/31/2024 – ARTE Culture, the French-German film production and TV channel, recently made a full six-part dramatic re-enactment of the epic 1997 match between Garry Kasparov and the super-computer Deep Blue. At the same time they broadcast a 50-minute portrait that traces the extraordinary life and career of the global icon. The film contains many historically interviews by personalities from the time. It is well worth watching.

10/30/2024 – 2024 Chess Olympiad: Double gold for India! Analyses by Abdusattorov, Aronian, Giri, So and many more - ‘Special’: Dorian Rogozenco gets to the bottom of India's dominance at the Olympiad in four video analyses - ‘All in One’ on the modern Evans Gambit: Tanmay Srinath dissects Carlsen's victory over Anand after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4!? - ‘Biting the opening dust’: Oliver Reeh's tactics column with 39 games and four interactive videos is all about early fiascos! - ‘Action in the Spanish Exchange Variation’: Evgeny Postny examines 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 g5!? - and much more!

10/30/2024 – The Chess 9LX tournament, organised by the Saint Louis Chess Club, is taking place on 28-30 October at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Top US grandmasters, including Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, are joined by former world champion Garry Kasparov in a rapid, chess960 (a.k.a. Fischer Random) tournament. | Follow the action live from 19.00 CET (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST).

10/30/2024 – Pia Cramling and Levy Rozman needed only 14 moves to find a repetition and to draw the second game of their "Battle of Generations" match in Stockholm. Cramling, who won the first game of the match, now leads 4.5-1.5 - with 3 points at stake in each of the four classic games. However, in his post-match review, Rozman revealed some of the many subtleties and transpositions that the Queen's Gambit has to offer, and demonstrated why it can be difficult to play with ease and confidence when you are well prepared. | Photo: chess.com

10/30/2024 – At the Chess9LX event in Saint Louis, Fabiano Caruana holds a narrow lead after an unbeaten run through six rounds, including a critical win over Wesley So. Hot on his heels is Hikaru Nakamura, who impressed on Tuesday with two victories and a draw against Garry Kasparov, who missed a chance to secure a win but nonetheless sits in a solid third place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/30/2024 – The Kazakh city of Shymkent is the venue for the second Women's Grand Prix Tournament of the current Grand Prix series 2024-25. FIDE has changed the format of this series and involved more female players. The top two players in the series qualify for the next Women's Candidates Tournament. Josefine Heinemann reports from the venue.

10/30/2024 – In 1968 the Greek Chess Federation, which had organised multiple Olympiads and Zonal tournaments, invited the 25-year-old American grandmaster to play a clock simultaneous exhibition match against five strong Greek players. The historical games played in Athens have been recorded and carefully annotated by Greek grandmaster and trainer Efstratios Grivas.

10/29/2024 – With currently 5.55 million YouTube subscribers, Levy "Gotham Chess" Rozman is the most successful chess streamer in the world. He is an IM, his current Elo rating is 2347 and his declared goal is to become a Grandmaster. From 28 October to 3 November, he will now compete against Swedish chess Grandmaster Pia Cramling in an audience-attracting exhibition match in Stockholm. The two will play 4 classical games, 6 rapid games and 12 blitz games. The start went well for Pia Cramling: in the first classical game, she outplayed Rozman with Black to take a 3-0 lead. | Photos: chess.com

10/29/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at a crucial game from the US Championship 2024, in which Caruana wonhis 4th title after 2026, 2022 and 2023. However, with two draws this year Caruana had a slow start, but then scored an important win against Ray Robson in round 3. Merijn had a closer look at this important and instructive encounter. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.