7/10/2023 – Simen Agdestein emerged as the winner of the 2023 Norwegian Championship Championship and took his ninth national title. Aged 56, Simen beat his own record set last year and again became the oldest Norwegian champion of all time. | Photo: Helge Brekke (tournament page)

7/9/2023 – In the longest game of the Women’s World Championship match so far, Lei Tingjie surprised Ju Wenjun in the opening. Ju struggled at first, but later got to put pressure on her opponent in the endgame. A fourth draw in Shanghai means the score remains tied in what has so far been a high-quality, tense confrontation. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / FIDE

7/9/2023 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 133rd instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to talk about the skills and the legacy of Emanuel Lasker. | Photo: Pascal Simon

7/9/2023 – In the current ChessBase Magazine #214 you'll find three opening videos with a total playing time of over an hour. Ivan Sokolov presents Gukesh's novelty and pawn sacrifice 9.Qc2 in the Catalan from the Menorca Open 2023 - "excellent preparation by Gukesh!” Sipke Ernst examines the novelty 8.h4 in the Ragozin Variation of the Queen’s Gambit, which was discussed in the duel between his compatriots Van Foreest and Giri at the Tata Steel Tournament 2023. And Mihail Marin takes up the line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Be2 Nc6 5.0-0, which came up on the board in the 12th game of the World Championship match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, among others. You can watch an excerpt from Ivan Sokolov's analysis here!

7/9/2023 – The final day of action at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz tournament sees a host of strong players trying to keep up with Magnus Carlsen, who leads the standings after scoring a perfect 9/9 on Saturday. Follow the games live and with commentary from the Saint Louis Chess Center. | Rounds start at 15:00, 16:30 and 18:00 CEST.

7/9/2023 – Kazakhstan, host of the World Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, has a lively and thriving chess scene and continues to organise attractive tournaments. The Uralsk Open (20-29 July) and the World Schools Team Championships in Aktau (3-8 August) are in the pipeline, but below is a report on the recently concluded Aktobe Open, which took place from 19-28 June and was won by Iranian grandmaster Daneshwar Bardiya. | Photo: The main square of Aktobe | Photo: Kazakhstan Travel

7/6/2023 – The Opening Encyclopaedia 2023 impresses with a huge scope and is the largest collection on opening theory with almost 1400 theory articles and 7,444 opening surveys. In 70 videos with a total running time of 29 hours the latest trends are presented by grandmasters. Vojko Mencinger has taken a look at the work, which is available at a special price this week in the Summer Special bundle with ChessBase 17.

7/6/2023 – For five days, ten of the world’s best chess players, including former world champions Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, are playing rapid and blitz chess in Zagreb. The chess stars have been received with great enthusiasm in the Croatian capital. After the first day of rapid chess, living legend Anand has taken the lead. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/6/2023 – The column "All in One" was introduced in in ChessBase Magazine about four years ago. On the basis of a single, but very extensively annotated game, you learn everything you need to know about a specific opening line. A compact format with which you can improve your know-how without much effort. In the current ChessBase Magazine #214 Igor Stohl introduces you to the Hippopotamus setup, a system that can be used with Black against practically anything.

7/6/2023 – In his Game of the Week show #575 Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Dutch Championships, in which Anish Giri once again impressed with fine play and superb preparation. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/5/2023 – In the recent 2023 World Championship Match, Ding Liren won Game 12 against Ian Nepomniachtchi using the Colle System to tie the score at six. The match remained tied after fourteen games, and Ding went on to beat Nepomniachti in the rapid tie-breaks to become the 17th World Champion. With the Colle System utilized in the World Championship Match, it is a fitting moment to remember the life and career Edgard Colle.

7/5/2023 – The 36th edition of the “Magistral Ciudad de León” will take place on July 6-10. Once again, a 4-player knockout will be the main attraction in the city located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Boris Gelfand will attempt to defend his title against Francisco Vallejo, Nikita Vitiugov and local star Jaime Santos. Gelfand defeated Vishy Anand in the final of last year’s edition.