8/30/2024 – A very special offer awaits you in this week's summer special - two products that are indispensable for serious chess players are on special offer and available as a bundle: ChessBase 17 and the Opening Encyclopaedia 2024. Take the chance and get both for the summer special price of only €249.90 (instead of €299.90)!

8/30/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses an encounter between two of the biggest stars of the chess world, Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja. The latter seems to be in great shape now and came out on top! | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

8/30/2024 – Just like a year ago, both the open and the women's French Chess Championships were held as 16-player knockout tournaments. The events took place from August 16-25 in Alpe d'Huez. Jules Moussard and Deimanté Daulyte-Cornette were crowned champions in the open and women's sections respectively. The final matches saw Moussard beating Laurent Fressinet and Daulyte-Cornette getting the better of Pauline Guichard. | Photo: Official website

8/30/2024 – Biel 2024 Chess Festival: The winner of the Masters, Le Quang Liem, comments on one of his games. In addition, Jonas Bjerre, Alexander Donchenko, Abhimanyu Mishra and Ihor Samunenkov contribute analyses from Biel - "Special" on Ju Wenjun: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world champion, an exclusive collection of 24 annotated games awaits you! - "If one piece is bad, the entire position is bad": Jan Markos develops a winning strategy for your games in his "Practical tips"! -Bomb in the Panov Attack: Robert Ris analyses the promising piece sacrifice 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qc5+!? and much more!

8/30/2024 – On the 15th of August 2024, as Indians celebrated Independence Day, another celebration quietly took place in Mumbai. While one group was busy hoisting the National Flag, the other group was busy cutting the ribbon to launch a special place. GM Vidit Gujrathi inaugurated the 'Temple of Chess', a new concept by ChessBase India for all chess lovers. The main attraction of this place is the vast collection of books. A very kind and generous person named Deodatta Modak from Nashik donated thousands of books to this temple. ChessBase India's Rasika Ratnaparkhi travelled to the home of Deodatta Modak and had the privilege of speaking with him about his chess journey, book collection, and his views on the Temple of Chess. Read on to discover his inspiring story.

8/29/2024 – With an unchallenged draw against Leonardo Costa, Dmitrij Kollars secured the 2024 German Championship title, held as a round-robin tournament for the first time in a long time. Fiona Sieber won the Women's Masters (which is not the national championship), despite Luisa Bashylina not making it easy for her in the final round. | Photos: Katherina Reinecke / German Chess Federation

8/27/2024 – In endgames, king activity is often crucial. In the diagram position, White is a pawn up and her rook and her king are more active. However, White still has to win the game. What should she do?

8/27/2024 – New York City will become the epicentre of the chess world as the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships make their North American debut on 26-31 December 2024. The iconic Wall Street backdrop will set the stage for a thrilling competition as the world's top chess players converge in the heart of global finance. An addition to this year's event is a free day between the Rapid and Blitz Championships.

8/26/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #281 Karsten Müller shows why it is so useful to know what to do in endgames and takes a look at the game that decided the Dortmund Open 2024. It was played by Dutch IM Nico and helped the ChessBase author to win the tournament. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/26/2024 – Alireza Firouzja is still the sole leader after round 6 of the Sinquefield Cup. Sharing second place are Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, as the latter joined his compatriot in the chasing pack after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi with black on Sunday. Caruana took advantage of a perplexing mistake by Nepo, who played a game-losing blunder on move 18 out of a Sicilian Dragon. All remaining games finished drawn, though D. Gukesh and especially Anish Giri were close to getting full points. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/26/2024 – The ALREH Akiba Rubinstein Memorial took place on 17-25 August in Polanica Zdroj, Poland. It was a 10-player single round-robin featuring 3 players rated 2700 or above and a host of strong, experienced 2600+ participants completing the lineup. Second seed Vincent Keymer had a formidable start, with 5 wins and 2 draws allowing him to win the event with a round to spare despite losing his final 2 games. The German prodigy is now ranked 19th in the world. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, TePe Sigeman & Co.

8/25/2024 – Hans Niemann clearly defeated Etienne Bacrot in the blitz section of their match in Paris to end the 5-day contest with a 15-point edge over the Frenchman. This was Niemann's third consecutive match victory in the "Hans Niemann against the world" series. Thanks to his remarkable performances, Niemann climbed to the 17th spot in the classical live ratings list. | Photo: Frans Peeters