11/24/2016 – If you know your openings and have an eye for strategic plans and tactics you are a dangerous opponent, no matter your rating. Of course, all these qualities do not protect against the occasional bitter loss but they certainly help to win fine games. As Han Schut, father of former Dutch women's champion Lisa Schut, demonstrates.

11/24/2016 – In the tenth game of the World Championship in New York Magnus Carlsen scored his first win to come back into the match. With two games to play the score is now 5-5. In a nervous game with mistakes by both sides Carlsen finally managed to convert a clear advantage into a win. Game 10 annoated by Wesley So. Newsblog, Nov. 24 2016

11/23/2016 – Is chess really thriving in the U.S.? Is the game really moving forward between New York City and Los Angeles after the U.S. won the Olympiad, has three players in the Top 10 and hosts the World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in New York? Our author Vanessa West takes a look at the chess scene in the U.S., browses through the media coverage and provides ample food for thought...

11/23/2016 – Another draw, a very tense one, it's 4-5 now. Some spectators expected the game to end in Karjakin's favour, but Carlsen survived a dangerous middlegame to escape into a worse endgame which he could hold. Theme of the fight: The Archangel. A complex struggle in the middlegame climaxed when Karjakin sacrificed a bishop on move 39. Carlsen struggled to stay in the match, trailing by -2 was a real threat. Notes by Fabiano CaruanaNewsblog 2016-11-13.

11/23/2016 – Karjakin wins with Black! The first decisive game of the match. Carlsen desparately went for a full point, overpressed and lost. After mutual oversights in time-trouble Karjakin reached a favorable endgame which he converted to a win. Karjakin now leads 4.5-3.5 with four games to go. Carlsen was too shocked to attend the press conference. It was a dramatic and crucial game. Fabiano Caruana investigates the scene.

11/22/2016 – Just four games remain at the World Championship 2016. Sergey Karjakin is leading the match with +1. There is a chance that we may have a new World Champion in the next ten days. A good opportunity to learn more about Sergey Karjakin's background. Alexander Turpin has directed a 22-minute documentary based of Karjakin's life right from his childhood to the World Championship. You can watch the movie for as little as $3. Read the article for the complete details.

11/19/2016 – Game No. 6, draw No. 6 - Tiger Hillarp Persson, who has spent his entire life as a chess player trying to find asymmetry where he can find it, is our man to annotate this technical issue. Read about his preferences on books for dungeon situations and follow his notes until a state of zero entropy is unavoidable. Check out our newsblog with game annotations.

11/18/2016 – Tactics can seem deceptively simple, particularly when seeing an engine analysing grandmaster games. Strange, however, how difficult it is to find the right move and to calculate variations properly when playing yourself. It is easier if you solve tactical puzzles regularly. In the ChessBase Magazine and his tactics column Oliver Reeh helps you to do so.

11/18/2016 – After one and half hours game six ended in a draw. Tiger Hillarp Persson on game No. 6 - Carlsen played a gambit with ...d5 in an 8.h3 Anti-Marshall and started a highly theoretical battle. The game soon headed towards an opposide coloured bishop endgame which was drawn in a completely equal position after 32 moves. Check out our Newsblog.

11/18/2016 – The last games of the match may have ended in draws, but if there ever was an example to point to with the words, “not all draws are created equal”, these are it. If Sergey Karjakin had shown extraordinary resourcefulness in saving his last two lost games, the question still remained unanswered: could he beat Magnus Carlsen? Unanswered until today when he lashed out after Carlsen mistakenly lowered his guard. This might have cost the champion big, but he dug very deep and managed to save it. Large illustrated report.

11/17/2016 – There is a reason why many players love to attack - it is fun! Even though you occasionally may have to suffer the agony of missing a brillant shot in a tactical game. But a bold and fierce attack can even confuse grandmasters!

11/17/2016 – Game five ended in a draw bringing the match-score to 2.5-2.5. In an Italian game Sergey Karjakin equalized easily with Black and seized the initiative. But his activity soon came to a halt and Carlsen was in control again. Which he lost once more after the first time-control. But then it was Karjakin who missed good chances. More...