8/16/2023 – In his Game of the Week show #581, Merijn Van Delft shares a fantastic attacking game. Playing white against Ferenc Berkes, Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa combined great opening prep with imagination and a keen tactical eye! | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/16/2023 – Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi both won with black to take a 1-point lead in their quarterfinal matches against Dommaraju Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa, respectively. Leinier Dominguez got winning chances but failed to find precise continuations against Fabiano Caruana, while Vidit Gujrathi and Nijat Abasov signed a 109-move draw on Tuesday. In the women’s section, Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Tan Zhongyi, also with black. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

8/15/2023 – Structures with "Hanging Pawns" can occur in many openings and it helps to know how to play these structures. In the following article Jan Markos gives some general guidelines, but focuses on one piece in particular: the "Restless Knight".

8/15/2023 – Recently the 3rd Chess Olympiad for Pre-school Children took place at the Faculty of Mining, Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland. Honorary patrons of the tournament were Arkadiusz Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Franciszek Plewa, Dean of the Faculty, and Piotr Pyzik from the Ministry of State Property. The event was organised by the Hetman Gliwice Chess School, Anna Kohut, and in cooperation with the Faculty of the Silesian University of Technology. Anna Kohut prepared an illustrated report and a video of the event. | Photo: Anna with some of her preschooler-champions | Photo: Magdalena Tomczyk

8/15/2023 – The flexibility of ChessBase shows in the variety of functions. It starts with the recording of games and continues with the analysis of games, the building of an opening repertoire or the preparation for an opponent. And sometimes you want to work no engine, sometimes with one, sometimes with two engines at the same time. Whatever you do, you want to see it on the screen. This tutorial shows you how to master your screen with the help of ChessBase.

8/15/2023 – The duel knight against bishop can be complicated. The knight often wants static positions while the bishop likes dynamics. In the diagram position Black is a pawn up, but has problems to solve. White's h-pawn is dangerous and White's king threatens to invade. However, Black can save the draw. How?

8/15/2023 – Four out of the eight players who reached the quarterfinals in the open section of the FIDE World Cup are Indian, as Vidit Gujrathi joined Praggnanandhaa, Arjun and Gukesh by beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the tiebreaks of the round-of-16. In the women’s section, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Anna Muzychuk and Nurgyul Salimova advanced to the semifinals. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

8/14/2023 – The FIDE World Youth Olympiad! It often gets overshadowed by the World Cup, but is actually one of the bigger tournaments at the youth level. This year, it’s being hosted in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. 63 teams from all around the world are competing, each with four young players. Report by Bram Klapwijk.

8/14/2023 – One opening variation in the Sicilian Dragon is getting more and more popular. The Hungarian Dragon! A somewhat "safer" Dragon than usual, with a twisty idea to push h5 forward very soon, and avoid all of White's pawn rushes better. Dragon tamer Chris Ward shows us a game, probably inspired by Richard Rapport, where our Dragon bishop causes some havoc on h3, instead of g2!| Photo: John Upham

8/14/2023 – Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana scored wins on Sunday to knock out Ferenc Berkes and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively. While Pragg is set to face Arjun Erigaisi in an all-Indian quarterfinal, Caruana will play Leinier Dominguez in a duel of US grandmasters. Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen also secured their spots in the next stage when they will face each other. In the women’s section, three out of four quarterinal matchups will be decided in tiebreaks, as only Tan Zhongyi has secured a spot in the semifinals. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

8/13/2023 – It is always frustrating to learn of a shot or move that you missed in a game but that was well within your ability to find. It happens to everyone, of course, but the question is how can we reduce this. In this article we will look at a strategy to help fight some of these misses.

8/13/2023 – The 56th edition of the Biel Chess Festival saw Le Quang Liem successfully defending his title in the Grandmaster Triathlon, an innovative event featuring classical, rapid and blitz sections. As ever, GM Karsten Müller attentively followed the action, and found outstanding endgame positions to share with us. Find here six instructive endings from the unique event! | Photo: Official site