9/12/2022 – Alongside a variety of videos and training columns, ChessBase Magazine #209 offers 32 deeply annotated games. One focus of these analyses is the Prague Chess Festival 2022 with contributions by Pentala Harikrishna, Vincent Keymer, David Navara and Sam Shankland. Another is the "Special" with 21 games of Anna and Mariya Muzychuk with analyses by various CBM authors. "The Analysis" of the current issue comes from David Navara: in his encounter with Saleh Salem an unusual structure came on the board, which had already proved comfortable for White in Navara’s preparation. Take a look!

9/12/2022 – Some endgames crop up more often than others as will be seen in this article. In this excellent taster, you will see classics such as Vancura's Draw, as well as a Knight Hunt set forth by Wojtaszek against his opponent. Finally there is a powerful 1-2 punch that breaks down the final barrier to victory.

9/11/2022 – Max Euwe was the first of the twelve World Chess Champions whom Frederic met in the late before and during his involvement with ChessBase. 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 will appear (first in German) in October.

9/11/2022 – From September 2 to 11 the Polish team championship, the "Ekstraliga", takes place in Bydgoszcz. The tournament is a round-robin event with ten teams, and after six rounds VOTUM SA POLONIA WROCLAW leads with 10/12. The best Polish players start in the "Ekstraliga" but also international stars such as Pentala Harikrishna, Nils Grandelius, Vincent Keymer, Lucas Van Foreest, Anton Korobov, David Navara, and others. Round 7 starts at 15:00 local time (9:00 ET, 13:00 UTC). Follow the games live.

9/11/2022 – The Sinquefield Cup is taking place on September 2-12 at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Magnus Carlsen heads a star-studded field, which includes eight ‘tour regulars’. The regulars are fighting for an extra $175,000 in prize money reserved for the three top-ranked players of the series. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)

9/11/2022 – A remarkable penultimate round at the Sinquefield Cup saw Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja scoring full points to climb to shared first place with 4½ points each. For Caruana, however, it is all but impossible to win the event, as he will not play in Sunday’s final round, when he was supposed to face Magnus Carlsen. In the one draw of the day, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov managed to escape with a half point from an inferior position against Leinier Dominguez. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

9/7/2022 – Our ineffable Karsten Mueller brings this lovely set of endgames for both your entertainment and enjoyment as well as one more learning lesson. Be sure to check out how to beat a 2800 in a rook endgame, not to mention scary positions you should not be afraid of, and when sending a knight to a corner can be a saving maneuver. The last position has some aesthetic ideas that serve as the cherry on top.

9/7/2022 – A major highlight of this year's Chess Olympiad was the stellar performance of the India 2 team. Composed mostly of teenage grandmasters, it finished third and narrowly missed gold. Grandmaster RB Ramesh was the coach of the young team. When he recently was in the Paris suburb of Asnieres to share his experience with 25 French coaches, he talked to Dhananjay Khadilkar about the Olympiad, his career, his students, the secrets of becoming a good coach, and more. | Photos: Dhananjay Khadilkar

9/7/2022 – In the Ragozin Variation of the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4) Black takes an active path with 4…Bb4. In his theory article in the current ChessBase magazine, Roven Vogel examines the continuation 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3, which has already been tested many times by Vincent Keymer. Our author has processed no less than eight games of the German number one in his article and shows that "both sides have possibilities to create interesting play in many places" and sees this "as a chance to play an interesting game of chess". Who wouldn't want that? Take a look!

9/7/2022 – At the end of the 22nd Dubai Open, no fewer than seven Indians were among the top ten, the best of them was Aravindh Chithambaram who was sole first with 7.5/9. Five players - Alexandr Predke, Pragg, Abhijeet Gupta, Sammed Jaykumar Shete and S.P. Sethuraman - followed half a point behind with 7.0/9 and shared second place. | Photo: Rupali Mullick

9/7/2022 – Following Magnus Carlsen’s intriguing withdrawal, the Sinquefield Cup continued in Saint Louis, now as a 9-player single round-robin. All four games finished drawn in round 5, with Wesley So keeping the sole lead after splitting the point with Levon Aronian. Wendesday is a much-needed rest day, as we look forward to impressive chess games regaining centre stage as soon as possible. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes

9/6/2022 – In almost every chess game there comes a moment when you just can't go on without tactics. You must strike, because nothing is more annoying than missing a winning combination in the decisive situation, and thus giving away the advantage you have worked for the whole game. So it is vital to train tactics properly - and Master Class Tactics offers you the perfect tool for this! On this Fritztrainer, IM Oliver Reeh has compiled his favorites from the CBM column " Tune your Tactics" issues 186 to 208.