11/8/2022 – Rook endings often have drawish tendencies but pawn races are often very sharp. In the diagram position, we have both: a rook ending and a pawn race and the position is very sharp. Black is two pawns up but the far advanced white pawns are dangerous. White just played 53.Rd7+ - how should Black react?

11/7/2022 – The Yuri Averbakh/Isaac Boleslavsky Award for the best book published in 2021 goes to “The Secret Ingredient”, co-authored by Jan Markos and David Navara and published by Quality Chess. The runners-up were “Miguel Najdorf – ‘El Viejo’ – Life, Games & Stories”, by Zenón Franco and Zeev Zohar, and “Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc”, both published by Thinkers Publishing.

11/7/2022 – In the Endgame Magic Show #214 Karsten Müller and his guest Harald Schneider-Zinner look at endgame highlights from the last Bundesliga round. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

11/7/2022 – The second last part of the series tackles Lilit's mindset a bit. With just five more rounds to go, the Armenian IM had the chance to at least qualify for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023. Would she struggle with her overall condition, and get distracted from chess? One powerful opponent was waiting for her in round number eight - Mai Narva. But Lilit managed to prepare well, and surprise the Estonian WGM in the opening preparation. In the video, we can see how. And now, Lilit was actually playing for a medal!

11/7/2022 – At the end of October the FIDE and the Malta Chess Federation organised the World Amateur Chess Championships, in which about 200 male and female players took part. The titles all went to Mongolia or Kazakhstan. | Photo: Andreas Kontokanis

11/7/2022 – FIDE is happy to confirm the dates and the venue for the World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022. The prestigious event will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest metropolis, set in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains. The championship will be played on its traditional dates, between December 25 (arrival and opening) and December 30 (last playing day and closing). | Photo: advantour.com

11/7/2022 – After nine exciting rounds, the largest European Team Senior Chess Championship so far has come to an end in Dresden. A total of 76 teams from 16 nations took part and competed for the titles in two age categories: 50+ and 65+. England-1 won the 50+ section (pictured), while the German squad Lasker Schachstiftung got first place in the 65+ category. | Photos: Official site

11/6/2022 – Today’s column is dedicated to the memory of Michael Basman, who sadly passed away on Wednesday, October 26th, at the age of 76. It’s one of the great joys of the chess world that we provide a relatively safe environment for eccentric talent, and Basman was as engaging and eccentric in person as in his wonderful creations on the chessboard. | Pictured: Joel Benjamin facing Michael Basman (Lloyds Bank Open 1978)

11/6/2022 – Following three draws, Lei Tingjie beat Anna Muzychuk in the final encounter of the Women’s Candidates semifinals in Monte Carlo. The 25-year-old will face the winner of Pool B, a similar 4-player knockout set to kick off on November 28 in Uzbekistan. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

11/6/2022 – 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 98th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to discuss structures that are typical for the Queen's Gambit Declined. | Photo: Pascal Simon

11/6/2022 – With 10 opening articles, ChessBase Magazine #210 covers the usual broad spectrum of variations: From the English Opening á la Caruana (1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Be7) or the Sicilian O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 Part I: 3.d4/3.c3) to the Catalan (with the unconventional move 7.Qd2). In his contribution, Patrick Zelbel provides a concept against the Modern Defence (1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3), which is especially popular at club level and in which the move 4...a6 has become firmly established thanks to the Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp Persson. Our author begins the hunt for the tiger with 5.g4!? and thus makes it immediately clear where the journey is heading. "If Black plays the most natural moves, they easily finds themself in trouble", Zelbel writes in his conclusion. So you should definitely give this a try. Take a look!

11/5/2022 – Praggnanandhaa and Nandhidhaa P V won the open and women’s sections of the 2022 Asian Championships, respectively. Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead in round 8, and a draw in his final game was enough for the 17-year-old to win the open. Nandhidhaa, aged 26, claimed tournament victory with one round to spare. | Photos: All India Chess Federation and Shahid Ahmed