8/6/2022 – Germany beat Serbia in round 7 of the Chess Olympiad, but only after Vincent Keymer successfully defended an imbalanced position against Aleksandar Indjic. Keymer had a queen against Indjic’s bishop pair and two dangerous connected passers. Zoran Petronijevic sent us instructive annotations to an intriguing endgame battle! | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/6/2022 – In the diagrammed position, White put all his pieces on light squares. A stable position? Not if you swing the wrecking ball with Black - I wish you massive pleasure!

8/6/2022 – Armenia defended its lead in the open section of the Chess Olympiad after drawing the favourites from the United States in round 7. The match was incredibly eventful, with Wesley So playing a brilliant sacrifice, Gabriel Sargissian upsetting Fabiano Caruana, and Sam Shankland losing after mistakenly touching his king. In the women’s section, India beat Azerbaijan to remain in the sole lead with a perfect score. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/5/2022 – Today, Lawrence and Arne are joined by German WIM Lara Schulze. She loves tactics, and we need help to reach the next chapter in our ChessBase tactics section - 2600. But sometimes, nightmares cross our path, and we have to think for much longer than expected. Join us in our Friday training, and sharpen your skills!

8/5/2022 – The young Indian Gukesh is one of the stars of the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. In the first six rounds he won all of his games, which adds up to an Elo-performance of 3329. But Gukesh is not the only player who started with 6 out of 6 in Chennai. Oliwia Kiolbasa from Poland (pictured) and the young FM Kazybek Nogerbek from Kazakhstan also achieved this feat. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/5/2022 – At the beginning of August, FIDE published the new world ranking list. With a rating of 2864, Magnus Carlsen remains the undisputed number 1 in the world. Ding Liren follows in second place with 2808, 56 points behind, Ian Nepomniachtchi is in third place with 2792. Numeber one on the women's list is Hou Yifan (2650), who is more than 70 points ahead of Aleksandra Goryachkina (2579). Best junior is Alireza Firouza, best female junior Zhu Jiner.

8/2/2022 – But over the board it is often difficult to defend them. In the diagram position White is a pawn down but he can draw. How?

8/2/2022 – The big rating favourites in the open section of the Chennai Olympiad were held to a draw in Monday’s fourth round: Uzbekistan drew the United States thanks to a remarkable victory by Nodirbek Abdusattorov over Fabiano Caruana on top board. Meanwhile, five teams scored a fourth consecutive victory and are now sharing the lead — the most surprising member of this group is Israel, which beat the Netherlands on Monday. In the women’s section, eight teams are sharing the lead on 8 out 8 match points. | Photo: Stev Bonhage

8/1/2022 – In Endgame Magic #201 Karsten Müller had a look at endgame highlights from the Candidates Tournament, and in this Endgame Magic Show he visits the Candidates Tournament again. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/1/2022 – Over 650 games are being played daily at the record-breaking Chess Olympiad in Chennai. GM Karsten Müller is attentively following the games, looking for instructive endings. Naturally, all sorts of setups and typical patterns show up with so many encounters running concurrently. Go over our in-house expert’s analyses, and you are sure to find something to learn or, at the very least, something to enjoy! | Pictured: Sumiya Bilguun (Mongolia) | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/1/2022 – ChessBase Magazine Extra #208 offers, among other things, almost an hour of video training: Ivan Sokolov presents 6.g3 as a surprise weapon against the Sicilian Four Knights. And Nico Zwirs examines the move 5...b5 in the Vienna Variation of the Queen's Gambit - an absolutely fashionable variation that leads to very dynamic play! "The brilliancy" is contributed by David Navara, who highlights his Black win with the Berlin Defense against Alexei Shirov. In addition, the "Lucky bag" with 59 annotated games - including contributions from Anish Giri and Kirill Shevchenko - holds a colorful mix of analyses and suggestions. ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect supplement to ChessBase Magazine. Available as a single issue or by subscription (6 issues per year). Available as download or on DVD.

8/1/2022 – As a chess site, it is not an exaggeration to say that the first and foremost obligation is to have the means to teach the game. ChessBase has programs such as the Fritz & Chesster series, but another way is through the Learn Chess app in the ChessBase Account, a beginner courses, which teaches the moves and then the core fundamentals. Here is a small tour.