12/3/2022 – Judit Polgar of Hungary, the strongest female chess player of all time, will be inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame during the 6th Annual Strategy Across the Board Gala hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club and World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) on Saturday, December 3 in Saint Louis, Missouri. | Photo: Bill Hook / Jana Maskova (Czechoslovakia) vs. Judit Polgar (Hungary) at the 1988 Thessaloniki, Greece, Chess Olympiad 1988

12/3/2022 – The 1972 World Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spasski is regarded as one of the most critical moments in the history of chess, occurring 50 years ago. To present you with this year's Christmas calendar in the proper setting, Arne swiftly constructed a time machine, and went back 50 years. Of course, the 1972 World Cup is the main calendar focus this time! You have the opportunity to guess, count, and conduct research every day for a chance to win one of 90 ChessBase prizes. Your chances of winning one of the major prizes increases, the more questions you can correctly guess. | Photo: Original by World Chess Hall of Fame

12/3/2022 – In the diagram position, the fork 18...e4?? blundered the game for Black, but he did have a subtle way to get a clear advantage - enjoy the notes by Wesley So!

12/3/2022 – After the last news announcing Hans Niemann's lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com and more to the tune of $100 million each, there have been developments such as the judge who was assigned the case recusing himself, as well as the latest in which the parties cited now seek a dismissal.

12/2/2022 – It's too expensive. It is overpriced. The complaints are as widespread as they are common. We hear it all around us, we have said it ourselves. So how does one handle this when on the fence? Some thoughts on the decision process.

12/2/2022 – Aleksandra Goryachkina broke the deadlock in Pool B of the Women’s Candidates, as she defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk with the black pieces in game 3 of their match. Meanwhile, Tan Zhongyi held a draw in a rook endgame a pawn down against Kateryna Lagno — their confrontation is still tied. The fourth and final games of this stage will be played on Saturday. | Photos: Timur Sattarov and Xushnud Baltaev

11/30/2022 – At 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday (11 a.m. CET) Pool B of the Women’s Candidates tournament kicked off in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Aleksandra Goryachkina gained an advantage against Alexandra Kosteniuk, but gave it away in time trouble. The game between Tan Zhongyi and Kateryna Lagno also ended in a draw. | Photos: Xushnud Baltaev / FIDE

11/30/2022 – The Tata Steel Chess India event kicked off on Tuesday in Kolkata. Each of the two tournaments has a sole leader with 3 out of 3 after the first day of rapid chess. In the open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has taken the lead, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze tops the standings with six rounds to go in the rapid section of the event. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/29/2022 – The 30th edition of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship in Assisi (Italy) ended on Saturday, November 26, after a hard fight until the last minute. In the 50+ group, the Georgian Grandmaster Zurab Sturua became the new World Champion. The Women's World Champion in this group was WGM Elvira Berend (Luxembourg). In the 65+ group the title went to English GM John Nunn (pictured), the women's title was won by GM Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia). | Photos: FIDE

11/29/2022 – It is a well-known but still slightly surprising fact that king, bishop and outside pawn cannot win against a bare king if the defending king is in front of the pawn and the bishop does not control the queening square of the pawn - a constellation Hans Kmoch called the "impotent pair". In the diagram position Black is close to such a draw but has to be precise to reach it. What should he do?

11/28/2022 – In the Endgame Magic Show #216 Karsten Müller and German female top player Jana Schneider look at endgame highlights from the finals of the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

11/28/2022 – Cheating in chess has a long and storied history, none of these stories ever penetrated the public eye, having been relegated to books on history and anecdotes on the game of chess. This all changed when a cheating controversy in chess became known throughout the US and then the world, and at its center was a 19-year-old American.