12/4/2022 – 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 102nd instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to explain why it is good to study and to play the Sicilian. | Photo: Pascal Simon

12/4/2022 – 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

12/4/2022 – The Tata Steel Chess India event took place from November 29 to December 4 at the National Library of India in Kolkata. An open tournament and a women’s event were played concurrently, with the same format and the same prize fund. A rapid and a blitz section took place, with ten players per tournament.

12/4/2022 – At the Women's Candidates Tournament in Uzbekistan, the fourth classical games of the quarterfinals both ended in draws on Saturday. Thus, Aleksandra Goryachkina beat Alexandra Kosteniuk 2½-1½ and qualified for the semifinals, while Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi will decide their match in tiebreaks. | Photos: Timur Sattarov and Xushnud Baltaev

12/3/2022 – After Nihal Sarin and Anna Ushenina claimed titles in the rapid tournaments of the Tata Steel Chess India event, the 2-day blitz section kicked off on Saturday. The women’s tournament saw Mariya Muzychuk having a blasting start, as she scored 8/9 points to grab a commanding lead. In the open, meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi tops the standings with 6½/9 points; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov stands close behind, a half point back. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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

12/1/2022 – Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand are certainly among the most prominent players in the chess world. Samuel Reshevsky, Akiba Rubinstein and Vasja Pirc are the Sagittarius legends. Karsten Müller, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Victor Bologan are super popular FritzTrainers. Sagittarius is chivalrous, swift as an arrow, and fair. And apparently Sagittarians are also absolutely brilliant chess players. | Photo: Pixabay

12/1/2022 – 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

12/1/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #544 Merijn van Delft presents a game in which the well-known commentator and streamer Jan Gustafsson demonstrated his attacking and his tactical skills. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/1/2022 – Day 2 of the Tata Steel India Chess event once again finished with sole leaders in both tournaments. In the open, Nihal Sarin climbed to sole first place after scoring 2½ out of 3 points, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze could have lost her last two games of the day, but instead drew both times and is still in sole first place with three rounds to go. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/30/2022 – Chess engines have been helping chess players for over 40 years, first as opponents, and later as analysts, but over that lengthy timeframe, very little has been added to the core landscape of chess engine analysis. ChessBase 17 aims to change that and seriously extend the analysis done, and the information it produces.

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