4/30/2024 – The Queen's Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses against 1.d4. From a rock-solid position, the black player can pursue many ideas and plans without having to worry about coming under quick pressure. In this video course, the young Indian Grandmaster Leon Mendonca presents the most solid black responses in various variations.

4/30/2024 – Prague Masters 2024: analyses by tournament winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov as well as Erwin l'Ami, David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Praggnanandhaa and many more. - "Special" on Fabiano Caruana: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world no. 2 - exclusive collection of 26 annotated games from 2007 to 2023 – A fresh English repertoire: Felix Blohberger presents an idea based on the game Gukesh-Navara from the Prague Masters 2024 with 3.e3 and 4.Qb3 (video) – Everything okay for Black: Sergey Grigoriants updates 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5!? – Active defence: Jan Markos shows in his series "Practical tips for the tournament player" which strategy you should pursue in a pressure situation – Endgames with knight versus pawn(s): "Knight check shadow", "Karpov distance" and what else you need to know, part #9 of Dr Karsten Mueller’s video course and much more.

4/30/2024 – The World Rapid & Blitz Cadet Chess Championship 2024, organized by FIDE and the Albanian Chess Federation at the Fafa Resort & Spa Hotel in Durres, Albania, is in the books. The competition took place from April 25-29, bringing together 375 participants from 43 countries in rapid and 336 players from 43 countries for the Blitz event.

4/30/2024 – Ulviyya Fataliyeva is European Women's Champion 2024. The International Master from Azerbaijan dominated the tournament from beginning to end and led by one point going into the final round. With a last-round-draw against her closest rival, Nino Batiashvili, Fataliyeva secured the title. | Photos: European Chess Union

4/30/2024 – Have you ever been there? You're happy with the advantage you've worked so hard for, you've been holding on to it for hours, and then: one mistake and the point goes down the drain! In his ChessBase video series "Understanding Middlegame Strategies", now in its ninth part, Ivan Sokolov, one of the world's best trainers, gives deep insights into his wealth of experience and reveals how to find the right moves in the future.

4/30/2024 – He was the coach of the USSR Youth National team from the mid-60s, until the collapse of the Soviet Union – a driving force behind the great generations of Soviet chess, but always in the shadow. On 30 April Anatoly Awraamowitsch Bykhovsky celebrates his 90th birthday. Chess Trainer Adrian Mykhalchyshyn describes the career of the man who helped created the chess zenith of the USSR.

4/30/2024 – The diagram position is from a game Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand played in the Bundesliga. Black is a pawn down and obviously in trouble. However, there's a reason why Anand is well-known for his defensive skills. How did he save the game?

4/30/2024 – Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a third consecutive loss on Marc’Andria Maurizzi to join Vincent Keymer and Anton Korobov in the lead of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. All three remaining games ended drawn, including the clash of co-leaders between Keymer and Korobov. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com

4/29/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #265 Karsten Müller continues to look at endgames from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. In the last two episodes, Karsten discussed endgames from the Open Candidates Tournament, in this episode he takes a look the Women's Tournament. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/29/2024 – A week ago we showed you a famous game, played between Siegbert Tarrasch and Akiba Rubinstein in 1911. It ended in a draw, and is given as a model example for an active defence in rook endings. However, that was not the clear conclusion to draw from the game, and we asked you whether you could find the mistakes in the game play strategy? Wolfram Schön provided a very deep answer.

4/29/2024 – The Greek Chess Federation is hosting the European Women’s Individual Championship this year. The tournament is taking place on 18-30 April in Rhodes, Greece. The tournament is played over ten rounds according to the Swiss system. The top ten finishers will qualify for the next edition of the Women’s World Cup. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

4/29/2024 – After the little excursion to plenty of Anti-Sicilians, and how Chris Ward suggested countering them, we got back on track with a real Dragon game. Real? Well, this time, the British GM chose a very positional game, and points out, that it doesn't always have to be a tactical back and forth in this opening. Uncomplicated, straightforward chess is possible!| Photo: John Upham