11/13/2022 – A small country, Norway has produced exceptional representatives in various disciplines. Magnus Carlsen, the chess world champion, is joined by fellow geniuses hailing from the Scandinavian country: Niels Henrik Abel, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg and Edvard Munch. Diana Mihajlova tells us more.

11/12/2022 – India has seen the rise of many fine chess players who have done exceedingly well in their junior years and have even become strong grandmasters, but have stumbled on their path towards becoming world class players. There was definitely something missing when it came to development of these talents. As on today, it is widely agreed in the chess world that India has the best crop of young talents with players like Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, Raunak Sadhwani and many others. In order to ensure that their potential reaches the right destination, Vishy Anand decided to start off with the WestBridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) in December 2020. How did it all begin? How does this academy function? And how has been the journey of WACA since inception? Get to know all of this and more in this article.

11/12/2022 – Anatoly Karpov was the sixth of the twelve World Chess Champions whom Frederic met. In our new weekly series he tells us how he met and befriended the top players, and the adventures they experienced together. Frederic has written a new book, together with Professor Christian Hesse, with fascinating chess stories from the last 50 years. It appeared (first in German) in October.

11/12/2022 – In the diagram position, White missed the moment to turn the activity of his pieces into something tangible. Without time pressure and with the certainty that 'something is possible' - can you do better?

11/11/2022 – This week, Daniel King looks at recent examples of brilliant defence using stalemate - a creative way and often surprising way to defend. | 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.

11/11/2022 – Every chess player blunders. Even the brains of the very best in the world sometime take a day off. We are humans, and errors are an inherent part of human nature. And yet, few things in chess are as discouraging as losing a good game after a silly mistake. Sometimes, one blunder spoils an entire tournament: a week’s amount of work is gone in a minute or two. But Jan Markos has good news for you. Huge portion of blunders can be avoided by a little discipline and a few simple tricks.

11/8/2022 – ChessBase India hosted its second "Death Match" duel and this time Gukesh D and Arjun Erigaisi played against each other. The show and other chess events, such as a comedian chess tournament, were part of the DreamHack gamers fair in Hyderabad. The match was broadcasted live and attracted about 200,000 viewers: Results and video... | Photos: ChessBase India

11/8/2022 – At the end of October, former World Champion Anatoly Karpov had a severe accident that caused a traumatic brain injury and a fractured neck of the femur. Moreover, he has been battling pneumonia. But according to current news Karpov is on the road to recovery and was even able to complain about the bad hospital food. | Photo: Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalia and his daughter Sofia

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!