7/7/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the game Ding Liren vs Teimour Radjabov from the second part of the Candidates. Ding Liren finished second in the Candidates but in this game he fell victim to an interesting opening idea by Radjabov and lost quickly. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/7/2022 – The Russian rave band "Little Big" is known for provocative music videos. In June, the band released the video "Generation Cancellation", in which it takes a critical stance on Russia's war against Ukraine, using chess as a metaphor. | Photo: Little Big

7/7/2022 – At the Interzonal Tournament in Portoroz 1958, the then 15-year-old Bobby Fischer (pictured) finished in 6th place with 12.0/20, and narrowly qualified for the Candidates Tournament. Half a point behind, five players shared places seven to eleven with 11.5/20 each, which was not enough to qualify. One of these five players was David Bronstein, who failed to win a better endgame against Fischer in Round 6. Karsten Müller and Zoran Petronijevic took a closer look at this endgame and invite ChessBase readers to search for a win for Bronstein. | Photo: Tournament book

7/7/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #523 Merijn van Delft shows an interesting game he lost at the "Wine Open" in Naujac sur Mer, a unique tournament, in which prices are bottle of wines delivered according to the winners' weight. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/6/2022 – In the previous part of The Winning Academy, we have distinguished between four very different modes of defence: creating a fortress, playing for a counterattack, simplifying into a holdable endgame, and organizing a sabotage act. In this follow-up part, I would like to show you how important and practical this distinction actually is. When defending, you should keep all four modes in mind and be flexible in choosing the most suitable. | Photo: Garry Kasparov | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/6/2022 – This summer, from July 6-16, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host three national championship events showcasing the best American seniors, juniors and girls chess players. The three 10-player fields will tie together chess past and future for a celebration of the best of American chess.

7/6/2022 – Svitlana unpacks beautiful opening traps, which don't check mate you in three moves, but simply give you enough advantage to win a game. The Canadian WIM chose commonly played openings, like the queen's gambit, or the Sicilian Defence. You might know about some traps already, but it is good to 1. Refresh the knowledge and 2. Find out even more variations of the tricky openings.

7/6/2022 – One of the main topics of the new ChessBase Magazine #208 is the European Individual Championship 2022, which took place at the end of March/beginning of April in Terme Catez, Slovenia. Matthias Bluebaum achieved the greatest success of his career so far by winning the title. His game against Matej Sebenik - commented by the new European Champion - is "The Analysis" of the current issue. Aryan Tari, Nijat Abasov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Maxime Lagarde, Jaime Santos Latasa, Jules Moussard, and many other participants of the European Championship also analyse their best games in CBM #208. Take a look at a shortened version of Matthias Bluebaum's analysis.

7/6/2022 – On Tuesday, 5 July, the Candidates Tournament in Madrid officially ended with the closing ceremony, a banquet and a press conference. Guests of honour were Viswanathan Anand and Judit Polgar. In a press conference, Nepomniachtchi, Ding and Radjabov shared their impressions. | Photos: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

7/6/2022 – There are only 24 days to go until the start of the Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022. In celebration of the occasion, we have launched a series of 6 episodes where the most interesting stories of the past Olympiads are discussed. IM Sagar Shah is the host of this show and IM V. Saravanan is the man with all the stories. Together they dissect this game and the entire episode surrounding it. In today's episode, we discuss the crucial encounter between Viktor Korchnoi from Switzerland and Garry Kasparov from USSR at the Lucerne Olympiad in 1982. Each session is roughly around 40-50 minutes in length and will help you to improve your understanding and knowledge of the game! Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

7/5/2022 – Actually more players in the top 100: 13 US grandmasters vs 12 from Russia, down from 22 five years ago. But even the total is closing: In total Russia still has 246 grandmasters, compared to 101 from the US. Many Russian GMs from the older generation, like Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, have dropped out of the rating list, but the main reason for the decline is the reaction of players to Russia's war invasion of Ukraine. | Newsweek photo Getty

7/5/2022 – Finding games played with a specific opening is useful for chess tournament preparation. National Master Jeffrey Ashton shows how coaches and students can create their own model game database.