5/12/2017 – Round two of TePe Sigeman & Co. Chess Tournament saw the reigning Swedish Champion Erik Blomqvist bounce back from yesterday's loss and defeat the top seed Pavel Eljanov. Baadur Jobava is now leading the tournament after a super-charged victory against Nigel Short. India's Harika Dronavalli signed peace with Nils Grandelius after missing a couple of chances to win. Report with grandmaster analysis.

5/12/2017 – A move like 17.Qh6! in the diagram position is as clear as day: The queen appears in front of the open black king and takes f6 under fire. Unsurprisingly, after 17....Qd8 White has a forced win. Have you spotted it already?

5/11/2017 – The Russian Team Championship ended predictably in a clean sweep for Siberia-Sirius, winning all its matches with its unparalleled lineup (Kramnik, Giri, Mamedyarov, etc). The Women’s event was a far tighter affair, won by Yugra (Ushenina) over ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Kosteniuk), coming down to their individual match. Here is a large illustrated report by Alex Yermolinsky.

5/11/2017 – With a brand new sponsor, the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess tournament is back! The five-round event is being held in Malmo, Sweden. The tournament features a strong contention in the form of Nigel Short, Pavel Eljanov, Baadur Jobava, Nils Grandelius, Erik Blomqvist and Harika Dronavalli. And Short is off to a 'dream' start as he explained in his one-line tweet after the game. Report with grandmaster analysis.

5/11/2017 – When the 12-year-old Nihal Sarin visited ChessBase in Hamburg in April it was not just his incredible chess skills and understanding that impressed us all. The lad is blessed with a fair deal of humour, and sprouts entertaining chess puzzles at every turn. Like the series of problems that took advantage of an imprecise definition of the castling rules. Or one, which we passed on to our readers: "A game ends on move four with a b-pawn giving mate." We got a lot of feedback, and the winner has been drawn: the prize, a Fritz 15 program signed by three World Champions, goes to...

5/10/2017 – Wei Yi won his third consecutive Chinese title, making it three in a row at the tender age of 17. The field was missing his fellow 2700 players, making it easier, and he came through immaculate with 8.5/11. In the Women’s championship, Lei Tingjie took sole first with 9.0/11, outpacing Tan Zhongyi and Wang Jue in spite of a loss. Both events were hard fought, with plenty of fireworks.

5/10/2017 – Indian chess is growing at a fervent pace thanks to some of the best chess minds in our country. One of them is India's super coach GM R.B. Ramesh. In the second part of his interview he speaks about the mindset that trainers and parents must have, how to make chess more popular, why having a super tournament in India is important and much more.

5/9/2017 – Recently, a grandmaster was explaining that one of the biggest problems when travelling was that analyzing on his laptop would eat up his battery in an hour or two at most. When asked why he didn’t just connect to his desktop, he said he was not a ‘computer whiz’ like some. Do you sympathize with him? If so, learn how incredibly easy it is to set this up with Fritz or ChessBase so you can access your personal desktop anytime, anywhere.

5/9/2017 – Most chessplayers have at least a basic knowledge of opening theory. But how about the endgame? Knowing a little bit of endgame theory can help a lot. Karsten Müller has an example.

5/8/2017 – There is clearly something that works in the formula of the Reykjavik Open, which continues to attract a wide range of players every year, from the world's elite such as Giri, Andreikin, and Jobava this year, to rank amateurs who pack the venue. Looking back at the tournament and locale is Alina L'Ami in her report with games, quiz positions and of course high-res photos!

5/8/2017 – Fresh from the World Senior Team Championship, where he once more sat alongside mates Nigel Short and John Nunn, Jon Speelman takes a look at the two games sent by Andrew Medworth. Andrew is a software engineer working for Google and splits his time between London and Hong Kong. He enjoys chess, and sent detailed notes on his impressions and feelings during the game, now complemented with the grandmaster's expert eye.

5/7/2017 – It would have been a nice, but fairly normal chess initiative that would never have been reported here were it not for the highly unusual result. The Chittagong District Sports Association (CJKA) organized for the first time a school team chess tournament named the CJKS Nails and Wood Inter School Team Chess Tournament 2017. Open to all, with boys teams and girls teams, the unbeaten champion was the Chittagong Government School for the Blind.