5/27/2023 – Norway Chess 2023 begins in Stavanger on Whit Monday (29 May), with Magnus Carlsen having warmed up in Warsaw, but now facing strong, young and hungry opponents in his homeland, including Firouzja, Abdusattorov and Gukesh.

5/27/2023 – The last of the four Women’s Grand Prix tournaments in the 2022-23 series took place on May 16-27 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Dinara Wagner, the lowest-rated player in the field, won the event with a remarkable 7/11 score. The two best players in the overall standings of the series, Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina, qualified to the Candidates Tournament. | Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

5/26/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at a trendy exchange sacrifice in the Schmid Benoni that was featured in two games played at the SuperBet tournament in Warsaw. When Rapport and Duda employ it, you should sit up and take notes! | 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.

5/26/2023 – On the last day of the ChessKid Cup Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will meet in the Grand Final. If Abdusattorov wins the match, he will also win the ChessKid Cup as the winner of the Winner's Bracket. If Caruana wins, there will be a second match to decide the winner of the tournament.| Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 EDT, 20.30 IST)

5/26/2023 – The 6th Sharjah Masters was a top tournament with many young players. Before the final round, eight players shared first place. In the top encounters of the last round, only Arjun Erigaisi managed to win his game and emerged as the tournament winner. | Photos: Tournament page

5/26/2023 – Fabiano Caruana lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov in Round 2 of the ChessKid Cup, but now he has a chance for revenge in the Grand Final. On Day 4, Caruana first defeated Jules Moussard in the semi-finals of the Loser's Bracket and then beat Jorden Van Foreest in the final. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

5/24/2023 – In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the "old masters". Those who study the subject intensively, as Frank Hoffmeister does in his work "Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735-1894", will find that the ideas of the "old ones" are surprisingly young. Review and interview with the author.

5/24/2023 – Only two players finished the rapid section of the Superbet Poland event undefeated. One of them was Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion, who was the top scorer with 13/18 points. Levon Aronian also went nine rounds without a loss, as he goes into the blitz in sole second place with 12 points to his name. Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave both collected 11 points on the first three days of action. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/23/2023 – Day 1 of the ChessKid Cup, a double elimination rapid (15+3) tournament, brought two big surprises: Alireza Firouzja lost his match against Dmitrij Kollars and Hikaru Nakamura lost against Jorden Van Foreest. Things went more smoothly for Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov: Caruana won 2.5-0.5 against Aleksandr Shimanov, as did Abdusattorov against Jules Moussard. | Graphics: Chess.com

5/23/2023 – Exactly 70 years ago today, on May 29, 1953, the world's highest mountain, Everest, was climbed for the first time – a heroic feat, exuberantly celebrated by all. Today, hundreds scale the mountain each year. 40 years ago the Mount Everest of problem chess, the daunting Babson task, which for a century had seemed quite impossible to do, was mastered for the first time. Today new versions appear regularly. Here are some of the best. It's great fun checking the symmetrical underpromotions with an engine.

5/23/2023 – Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda are sharing the lead after six rounds at the rapid section of the Superbet tournament in Poland. So and Duda have collected 9 points each, and have already faced each other — in their round-6 direct encounter, So failed to make the most of a clear advantage. Levon Aronian stands in sole third place, while a winless Magnus Carlsen stands 4 points behind the co-leaders, on 5/12. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/23/2023 – Rook endings have drawish tendencies, but pawn races can spice things up. In the diagram position it is Black to move. Do you see the way to win?