5/15/2024 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave prevailed in an exciting pair of matches against Wesley So to win Division II of the Chess.com Classic. So reached the Grand Final by winning the losers’ bracket, which meant he needed to beat MVL twice to claim the title. The US grandmaster did win the first 4-game match in Armageddon, but was then defeated by his French colleague in the Grand Final Reset.

5/14/2024 – Two players from the leading quintet won their games in the final round of the Dubai Masters on Sunday: Aravindh Chithambaram (with Black against Alexander Donchenko) and Pranav V (with White against Abhimanyu Puranik). With 7.0/9 each, the Indians Aravindh and Pranav shared first place, but thanks to his better tiebreak Pranav V won the tournament. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

5/14/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #267 Karsten Müller has a prominent guest: Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin. They enjoy endgame highlights from Nihal's career! | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

5/14/2024 – Alireza Firouzja set up a showdown against Magnus Carlsen by winning the losers’ bracket of Division I in the Chess.com Classic. On Monday, Firouzja knocked out Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Vincent Keymer to reach the Grand Final of the online tournament. The deciding match between Firouzja and Carlsen will take place on Wednesday. | Photo: Tata Steel Chess Tournament / Lennart Ootes

5/14/2024 – In queen endings king safety is often crucial. How can Black draw in the diagram position?

5/14/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at an exciting and decisive game Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, two of the world's most promising young talents, recently played at the TePe Sigeman tournament in Malmö, Sweden. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/13/2024 – The newest Fritztrainer series from our beloved chess coach Sipke Ernst is here! Three volumes with hours, and hours of comprehensive insights about 1.d4, and all its positional continuations, by the Dutch Grandmaster. On our discount day, for a great price!

5/13/2024 – The new engines are not only producing new opening ideas, they are also reviving more and more old opening systems. One example is the Rubinstein System (4.e3) against the Nimzo-Indian Defence. What does a broken structure matter if you get dynamic options in return! In CBM #219 IM Balázs Csonka analyses the so-called Peralta Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Rb1!? - our free CBM reading sample of the week for your web browser!

5/13/2024 – Right after obtaining an impressive triumph at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Poland, Magnus Carlsen defeated Vincent Keymer to reach the Grand Final of the Chess.com Classic. The Norwegian will now get two rest days before facing the winner of the lower bracket, where Keymer, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Alireza Firouzja remain in contention. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio

5/12/2024 – Magnus Carlsen did it again! Despite entering the final day of blitz at a 2½-point distance from sole leader Wei Yi, the Norwegian scored 7 wins in a row (he had finished Saturday’s session with 3 consecutive wins) to overtake the Chinese GM and eventually claim outright victory at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Warsaw. Wei still finished only a half point behind the champion, leaving third-placed Jan-Krzysztof Duda a whopping 6 points behind. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

5/12/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 177th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to take a look at the career and games of Bobby Fischer, World Champion from 1972 to 1975. | Photo: Pascal Simon

5/12/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses a 21-move miniature obtained out of a Trompowsky Attack. The game was played in Warsaw between R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.