11/17/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the 204th 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 Magnus Carlsen. | Photo: Pascal Simon

11/17/2024 – The Tata Steel Chess India tournaments are taking place on 13-17 at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata. An open tournament and a women's tournament run concurrently. Rapid and blitz take place one after another. The last two days see the players fighting in a double round-robin with a 3+2 time control. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 9.30 CEST (4.30 ET, 14.00 IST)

11/16/2024 – The Tata Steel India Blitz tournament began with fast-paced, exciting action in Kolkata, as Magnus Carlsen and Kateryna Lagno (pictured) took the lead in the open and women's sections, respectively. Carlsen, fresh off his rapid triumph, scored 6½/9 on Saturday despite a key loss to Arjun Erigaisi, while Lagno impressed with an undefeated 7/9, securing five wins and four draws. Close behind, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Valentina Gunina sit in second place in their respective sections. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/16/2024 – The World Cadet Chess Championship 2024, sponsored by WR Logistics, has kicked off in Montesilvano, Italy, uniting 716 young players from 82 countries under one roof. Hosted at the spacious Pala Dean Martin Congress Centre, the event ensures convenience with nearby hotels and offers a fully live-streamed experience for the first time in its history. With live broadcasts, a parents' zone, and spaces for game analysis, this championship celebrates the talent and passion of U8, U10, and U12 players. | Photos: Patricia Claros Aguilar and Niklesh Jain (ChessBase India)

11/16/2024 – In the diagram position White must act energetically, otherwise his initiative threatens to dry up. Minimal means - make something of it!

11/16/2024 – The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament concluded with dominant performances by Magnus Carlsen and Aleksandra Goryachkina. Both players remained undefeated and secured their respective titles with a round to spare, finishing with 7/9 scores. Carlsen claimed his ninth tournament victory of 2024, while Goryachkina triumphed by finishing 1½ points ahead of her closest rival, Nana Dzagnidze. The competition now shifts to the blitz section, a double round-robin with a 3+2 time control. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/13/2024 – Round five of the European Chess Championship saw Ivan Cheparinov and Aleksandar Indjic joining Frederik Svane and Maksim Chigaev in the lead after scoring crucial wins. While Svane and Chigaev quickly agreed to a draw, Cheparinov battled through a gruelling 106 moves to defeat Nikita Petrov, while Indjic secured a swift checkmate against Felix Blohberger in only 29 moves. These four co-leaders will face each other in round six, with 28 closely trailing players, including top seeds Vladimir Fedoseev and Bogdan-Daniel Deac, eager to challenge for the top. | Photo: Mark Livshitz

11/12/2024 – Tata Steel, sponsor of the traditional chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, has also been organising a top-level tournament in India every year since 2018, a rapid and blitz event. It starts again on Wednesday, with Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer, among others.

11/12/2024 – "My new baby," is how Elisabeth Pähtz describes the recently published Fritz Trainer “The ultra-creative neo-London system". In ten (!) hours of video, the German grandmaster explains everything you need to know to use this variation successfully.

11/12/2024 – After four of eleven rounds only two players still have a perfect score at the European Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro: Grandmaster Frederik Svane (pictured) from Germany and Grandmaster Maksim Chigaev, who was born in Russia, but now plays for Spain. Half a point behind follow 18 players with 3.5/4 each. | Photo: Frederik Svane during an interview with ChessBase (in German)

11/12/2024 – One rule of thumb in rook endings is to get active - with your king and with your rook. But this is just a rule of thumb. In the diagram position it is Black to move and draw. What should she do?

11/12/2024 – Absolute chess superstars occasionally play a Sicilian Dragon in a classic game, and it is rare for these games to win a brilliancy prize. However, some of our readers prefer to see the Dragon in action at the highest level, and have mentioned recent games by Arjun Erigaisi and Ray Robson. Here at ChessBase our Dragon Tamer Chris Ward analyses these games, having previously done so on the chesspublishing.com website. Then, as an extra treat, he shows us a fantastic game by super grandmaster Daniil Dubov! | Photo: John Upham