12/8/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 206th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving" Herman continues to look at the games of Ding Liren. | Photo: Pascal Simon

12/8/2024 – Sandro Mareco triumphed in the 99th Argentine Championship, held in Buenos Aires from November 26 to December 6. Mareco secured his second national title, finishing with a commanding 8½/11 after defeating Pablo Ismael Acosta in the final round. Top-seeded Mareco edged out defending champion Fernando Peralta, who claimed second place with 8/11, while Diego Flores finished third. Notably, 11-year-old prodigy Faustino Oro impressed on his debut, scoring 6½/11 and finishing fourth. | Photos: Argentine Chess Federation

12/7/2024 – As the World Chess Championship in Singapore nears its conclusion, the tension remains palpable, with the score still tied after ten games. Saturday's cautious game 10, a 36-move draw from a London System, reflected the heightened stakes as players avoid unnecessary risks with only four classical games left. Gukesh D, the challenger, and Ding Liren, the reigning champ, are both focused on precision, knowing that a single mistake could prove decisive. | Photo: FIDE / Eng Chin An

12/7/2024 – ChessBase 18 now offers direct access to lichess.org and chess.com. Simply enter your account name, select the type of game and the time period, and ChessBase will promptly deliver your desired game list from the 7 billion lichess games. The donation-funded lichess servers are buffered by a huge cache on ChessBase database servers, so that multiple requests do not create a load there. Chess.com games can also be accessed quickly and easily. This provides you with access to your own games, and of course, it's also useful to know the online games of other players when preparing your own! Chief developer Matthias Wüllenweber shows you how it's done in the video!

12/7/2024 – Gawain Jones (pictured with his two kids) delivered a brilliant performance at the 2024 London Chess Classic, winning the tournament with an undefeated 5/7 score. The 36-year-old grandmaster topped a strong field, gaining 15 rating points and securing a stellar 2795 Tournament Performance Rating. Jones, who led from start to finish, clinched victory with a final-round win over women's world champion Ju Wenjun. | Photos: London Chess Classic's Facebook page

12/7/2024 – According to his opponent, White's brilliant move in the diagram position "actually deserves a medal" - are you also able to distinguish yourself?

12/6/2024 – After the second rest day, three draws followed in the FIDE World Championship 2024, making the match score 4½-4½. D. Gukesh missed good chances to prevail in games seven and eight, while game nine was probably the ‘quietest’ and most ‘correct’ game of the championship. We are entering the dangerous zone, where every mistake counts double, as there are only six games remaining. The general feeling by now is that D. Gukesh has lost more chances to take the lead than his opponent, and he is fighting more (even sometimes unjustifiably) to take the initiative. My takes. | All photos by Maria Emelianova

12/6/2024 – The London Chess Classic elite section is an 8-player all-play-all tournament taking place from 29 November to 7 December at the Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club. Four English players and four international representatives make up the lineup, which includes Azerbaijani star Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, living legend Michael Adams and women's world champion Ju Wenjun. | Follow the games live and with commentary by Peter Svidler and Lawrence Trent, starting at 17.00 CET (11.00 ET, 21.30 IST)

12/6/2024 – In the latest episode of their show "Two Knights Talk" show Arne Kähler and Johannes Fischer - how could it be otherwise - talk about the World Championship match between challenger Gukesh D and defending champion Ding Liren in Singapore. The two "knights" reveal how and why they enjoy the match, talk about nervousness during a chess match and what can be done about it, and speculate on the winner of the match. They also invite viewers to identify the players and circumstances of one of the most famous positions in chess history.

12/6/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris uses game 6 of the World Championship match between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in Singapore to take a closer look at a sharp and entertaining line of the London. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/6/2024 – FIDE has published the participants in the Rapid and Blitz World Championships. 300 players will take part. Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun top the seeding lists which are full of world class players.

12/5/2024 – On December 15, elections will be held within the Greek Chess Federation to elect its new Presidential Board. From 1982 to 2021, the President of the Federation was Mr. Giorgos Makropoulos (IM), who, for many years, held the position of Deputy President of FIDE. Precisely for this reason, since the legislation in Greece prohibits presidential terms for more than 12 years, he was succeeded by Mr. Stathis Efstathopoulos - from 2021 to the present - without, however, moving outside the shadow of his predecessor. Mr. Christos Pilalis (pictured), IA, FI, IO, candidate for President of the Federation, aspires to assume the responsibility of its administration, claiming that Mr. Makropoulos and his close associate Mr. Efstathopoulos, for several years, have not responded to the essential needs of Greek chess. | Photos: Christos Pilalis (private)