10/21/2025 – In an endgame often a knight can be sacrificed to create dangerous passed pawns: Black to move and win?

10/20/2025 – Today, his family announced the death of Daniel Naroditsky. The talented American grandmaster was an active online player and streamer, as well as a popular commentator. He would have turned 30 on 9 November. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/20/2025 – The European Club Cup continued in Rhodes with the favourites showing no signs of slowing down. After two rounds, all leading teams in both the open and women's sections remain unbeaten, setting the stage for decisive clashes in the coming days. Alkaloid and Paul Keres #1 lead the open standings with strong individual performances, while in the women's competition, Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica's flawless 8/8 start keeps them ahead of Monte Carlo (pictured), Turkish Airlines, SuperChess and Tajfun Ljubljana. | Photo: Patricia Claros

10/20/2025 – Can you imagine writing about rising chess stars who are up to 86 years younger than you? The indefatigable Leonard Barden, who at 96 still fills his weekly London Guardian column, has been keenly following the youngest talents, players between ten and sixteen playing at GM levels. If you want to keep up-to-date on some mind-boggling developments in the game, it is definitely advisable to put Fridays on your schedule to read what Barden has to say.

10/20/2025 – In October and November 2000, the World Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik took place in London under unusual circumstances. With the rediscovered Berlin Defence, Kramnik neutralised Kasparov’s attacking power and became the 14th world champion. A look back. | Photo: Ben Bartels

10/20/2025 – Round seven of the US Chess Championships unfolded like a day of redemption and resolve. Fabiano Caruana struck back with a fierce kingside attack to defeat Hans Niemann, a day after missing a winning blow, while Wesley So calmly ended Andy Woodward's hot streak to stay level with Caruana atop the standings. In the women's Championship, Alice Lee edged ahead by outlasting Atousa Pourkashiyan, while Anna Sargsyan bounced back from two consecutive losses with a win over Thalia Cervantes. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/17/2025 – Born from a Reddit post and a shared love of chess, Beers by the Bay (PB Chess Club) has become one of San Diego's most vibrant social hubs. Founded by Mark Laturno, Aidan Ryan, and Julia Gale, the club celebrates its first anniversary on 17 October at Tavern in Pacific Beach. Blending chess, conversation, and community, it offers a welcoming space where players of all levels gather weekly to connect, relax and unplug.

10/17/2025 – The concept behind the "60 Minutes" courses is simple: one hour of video instruction for just under 10€. There are also courses on middle game and endgame topics, but most courses focus on opening variations. In the first instalment of a short series, Jochen Schwarz presents the most important "60 Minutes" courses for 1.e4 players against the Sicilian.

10/17/2025 – Take a look at this position. In order to have any winning chances, White must clearly move his rook. There are nine squares it can safely occupy, but only one retains the win. Can you find it? Today we have four problems that will challenge your endgame skills. Try to solve them by moving pieces on our interactive diagrams. The video solutions will be provided in a week.

10/16/2025 – Wilhelm Steinitz, born in Prague in 1836, is regarded as the first official World Chess Champion after winning the historic 1886 match against Johannes Zukertort. He founded modern chess theory by replacing romantic, attacking chess with strategic and positional thinking, formulating numerous principles that still shape the game today. The Master Class, featuring four international experts, presents his most important openings, strategic ideas, endgames, and combinations through engaging video lessons.

10/16/2025 – Hans Niemann was the sole winner in Round 4 of the Open section at this year’s U.S. Championships. Playing Black, he defeated Sam Shankland to move into a tie for second place with defending champion Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian, half a point behind leader Wesley So, who drew his game against Abhimanyu Mishra. In the Women’s Championship, by contrast, five players scored victories. With second-placed Alice Lee drawing against defending champion Carissa Yip, leader Anna Sargsyan extended her lead to a full point thanks to her win over Megan Paragua. Thursday is a rest day in St. Louis. | Photos: Lennart Ootes / St. Louis Chess Club

10/16/2025 – In the diagram position, Black found a brilliant way to give his attackers access to the white king h1. Please copy!