10/20/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes some games from the Qatar Masters as his starting point, and then focuses on one of Carlsen’s games where he was outplayed. This takes him to a game of Boris Spassky, who played the same sideline of the Spanish back in the late 1980s! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

10/20/2023 – Like Henry Ernest Atkins, whom Eugene Manlapao featured in September, William Ewart Napier was an exceptional master, but is now almost forgotten. In this article, Eugene explores the life of Napier, who burned brightly in his short career as a chess player.

10/20/2023 – The Qatar Masters, one of the strongest open tournaments of the year, is taking place on October 11-20. A star-studded field with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri as the top seeds fights for a prize fund of $108,250. | Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

10/20/2023 – Round 8 of the Qatar Masters saw Arjun Erigaisi beating David Paravyan to enter Friday’s final round as the sole leader, with six players standing a half point behind. Among these six chasers are Hikaru Nakamura and Nodirbek Abdusattorov — Arjun’s rival in round 9 — who both grabbed wins on Thursday. Former co-leaders Karthikeyan Murali, Narayanan S.L., Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Yakubboev still have chances to win the event as well. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10/19/2023 – In the new episode of his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris is looking at a spectacular miniature played by Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the Qatar Masters Open. A very instructive masterpiece, completed with a splendid mating attack! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/19/2023 – At some point, it seemed like the title was going to slip away from her hands, but things finally went Carissa Yip’s way on Tuesday, as she claimed outright tournament victory to become a 2-time U.S. women’s chess champion. The 20-year-old lost her final-round game against Ruiyang Yan (her first loss of the event), and saw title contender Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova failing to find a drawing line and eventually losing to Jennifer Yu. In the open championship, Abhimanyu Mishra finished the tournament in style, beating Levon Aronian to climb to shared second place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/19/2023 – Karthikeyan Murali became the third Indian player to ever beat Magnus Carlsen in a classical chess game, as he defeated the former world champion with the black pieces in round 7 of the Qatar Masters. Thanks to the upset win, Karthikeyan joined a 6-player leading pack with two rounds to go in Doha. Smilarly, David Paravyan became a co-leader by beating one of the rating favourites, as he got the better of Dommaraju Gukesh on board 5. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10/19/2023 – In his Game of the Week show #590 Merijn Van Delft looks at a crucial game from the US Championship: Fabiano Caruana's win with Black over Hans Niemann, a fine game that helped Caruana become the 2023 US Champion. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/18/2023 – Four players are sharing the lead with 5/6 points at the Qatar Masters in Doha. Indian GM Narayanan S.L., the sole leader before the rest day, drew Nodirbek Abdusattorov on Tuesday, allowing Arjun Erigaisi (India), Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) and Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) to join the lead. Among the eight players standing at a half point distance are rating favourites Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. In round 6, Carlsen beat Aditya Samant with the black pieces. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10/17/2023 – More than 4,000 people visited the Hungarian National Gallery over the weekend on October 14th for the on-site events of the 9th Judit Polgár Global Chess Festival. This year, the festival expanded to a two-day event, and on October 15th, 220,000 people from around the world joined the online programs. | Photos: Global Chess Festival

10/17/2023 – The U.S. Chess Championships took place on October 5-18 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Both the open and the women’s tournaments were 12-player round robins. Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip were the outright winners, with Caruana grabbing his third U.S. title and Yip collecting her second U.S. women’s title. | Replay all the games with computer-assisted analysis.

10/17/2023 – Fabiano Caruana successfully defended his title at the 2023 U.S. Championship in Saint Louis. The 31-year-old beat Abhimanyu Mishra to secure tournament victory with a round to spare, and thus claimed his third U.S. title — Caruana won the championship in 2016, 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile, in the women’s event, Carissa Yip beat Anna Zatonskih to leapfrog Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova atop the standings. | Photo: Lennart Ootes