10/4/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the Bundesliga, in which Dutch Grandmaster Erik Van den Doel came up with an amazing concept against the Najdorf which you may have never seen before. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/4/2024 – PBG Alaskan Knights made a fantastic start by defeating the defending champions, Triveni Continental Kings, on the first day of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024. The inaugural edition's bottom finisher made a roaring start by registering a 3-0 (15-3) win. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Nihal Sarin ensured the team's success. American Gambits and Alpine SG Pipers also won their first matches. The league CEO, Sameer Pathak, made the inaugural move. Tomorrow is the first of three days when four matches will be played, starting with upGrad Mumba Masters vs Ganges Grandmasters from 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed

10/3/2024 – The tenth edition of the Ibero-American Chess Championship came to a close on Tuesday at the Hotel RL Aníbal in Linares, Spain. Alan Pichot, the Argentine-born GM now representing Spain, was the sole winner after obtaining 7½/9 points. IM Daniel García from Spain and GM Santiago Ávila from Colombia grabbed second and third place, respectively. IM Sabrina Vega, an 8-time women's Spanish champion, was the top scorer among the women participants, while IM Diego Flores from Perú finished first among the juniors. | Photos: FEDA (Spanish Chess Federation)

10/3/2024 – Round 1 was the main source for Robert Ris to find plenty of Underdog upsets at the Olympiad in Budapest. One game in particular was not only a big surprise result, but also interesting in many ways. Yakubboev, Nodirbek vs. Cabralis, Quinn! Roughly 500 rating points difference, didn't scare the man from Trinidad & Tobago, and he pursued a fabulous game against his opponent of the Bronze Medal-winning team.

10/3/2024 – It is the best known and least talked about aspect of the forthcoming title match for the World Championship: the current form of Ding Liren and what it may mean for the match itself. While everyone has an opinion, all of it has really been confined to speculation. Singaporean news source The Straits Times talked with Ding Liren, who opened up on the topic. | Credit: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

10/3/2024 – The Global Chess League returns for its second edition, bringing top players from around the world to London from 3-12 October. Organised by Tech Mahindra Global and FIDE, the team-based tournament features six teams, each made up of male and female stars, including Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Hou Yifan. With a US$ 1 million prize fund at stake, the competition will follow a double round-robin format, leading to a final showdown between the top two teams. An innovative scoring system and fast-paced time control promise an action-packed event.

9/30/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #285 Karsten Müller looks a endgame highlights from the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. Karsten focuses on rook endgames, the kind of ending that most often occurs in practice. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

9/30/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 197th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to look at the career of Veselin Topalov. | Photo: Pascal Simon

9/30/2024 – Ian Nepomniachtchi is the winner of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shunsa, Azerbaijan. He won the rapid chess tournament and came second in the blitz - enough to take first place overall. The other two places on the podium were taken by Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Richard Rapport, who started the tournament in second place after day one, finished last of the eight players. | Picture: gashimovchess.com

9/30/2024 – The Chess Olympiad 2024 was held in beautiful Budapest, Hungary, 10 to 23 September 2024. It was the 45th edition for the Open Section and the 30th for the Women Section. As it is natural, a lot of interesting games were played, out of a total of nearly 8,000 games! Here are some treats, selected and annotated by international trainer Eftratios Grivas.

9/28/2024 – Eight top players start in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Azerbaijan to play blitz and rapid against each other. After the rapid tournament Ian Nepomniachtchi is in the lead and he will try to defend this lead in the blitz tournament today. It's a double round blitz 3+2 and all 14 rounds will be played today. The action starts at 15:00 local time (13:00 CEST, 5:00 ET). Follow the games live. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed (ChessBase India)

9/28/2024 – The new 2024/25 Bundesliga season begins this weekend in Kirchweyhe, a week before the official start. Team Düsseldorf, promoted from the 2. Bundesliga, had asked for an earlier start because many of their players are involved in the Global Chess League in London the following weekend. This suggests that the coming season will be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, ever. Countless top players hope to help a German club win this year's Bundesliga. A preview.