10/14/2024 – Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are set to compete in an exciting Freestyle Chess match in Singapore, just days before the Classical World Chess Championship between Ding Liren and Dommaraju Gukesh. Organised by Jan-Henric Buettner, the match is part of a broader effort to popularise Freestyle Chess, or chess960, as Buettner’s company prepares for the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.

10/14/2024 – The organisation of the Spanish Team Championship has been overshadowed by the disqualification of grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko, who plays for Silla. Following complaints from two players, the arbiter was convinced that Shevshenko had analysed his current games on a smartphone in the toilet. | Photo: European Chess Union

10/14/2024 – In the open section of the US Championships, Fabiano Caruana, Hans Niemann, and Awonder Liang (pictured) secured wins to join Wesley So and Sam Sevian in a five-way tie for the lead. Meanwhile, Carissa Yip remains the sole leader in the women's event after claiming her third consecutive victory, with Tatev Abrahamyan standing close behind after grabbing a second win in a row. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/14/2024 – The WEISSENHAUS Young Masters is a round-robin, in which four young German talents from the WEISSENHAUS Academy (Marius Deuer, Leonardo Costa, Hussain Besou and Christian Glöckler), and Benedict Krause from the Bundesliga club St. Pauli, will compete against Pavel Eljanov, P. Sethuruman, Christian Bauer, Sune Berg Hansen and Kaido Kuluats. | Photo: Marius Deuer, Leonardo Costa, Christian Glöckler and Hussain Besou (from left to right).

10/14/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at two games between Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen, in which they discussed the pros and cons of the Sicilian. Instructive and entertaining. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/14/2024 – In rook endings the privilege of having connected passed pawns can easily make the difference. But even in this case there are many hidden resources. Of course generalisations are not always helpful – still, here is some advice by world-class trainer Efstratios Grivas to help you master this endgame. Study his instructions and count the rating points you gain.

10/11/2024 – To mark FIDE's centenary and International Chess Day, the FIDE100 Art Contest inspired artists of all ages from around the world to express their passion for chess through creative mediums. The competition attracted 271 entries from 54 countries, with participants ranging from professional to young aspiring artists. The contest featured two main categories: AI-generated and traditional artworks. The winners were selected across three age categories.

10/11/2024 – PBG Alaskan Knights defeated Triveni Continental Kings to become the first finalists of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024. They will face the winner of Alpine SG Pipers and TCK, who will face off in the last match of the double round-robin stage - i.e. now a virtual Semifinal. Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Zhongyi Tan and Alina Kashlinskaya scored the victories to ensure their team's place in the finals. Round 10 starts tomorrow with Ganges Grandmasters v. upGrad Mumba Masters from 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed

10/10/2024 – Of course, ChessBase and its customers are always affected by technological change. After floppy discs and CDs, DVDs are now disappearing from the range. We discuss this with ChessBase CEO Rainer Woisin.

10/10/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the Bundesliga, in which underdog IM Julian Kramer defeated GM Konstantin Tarlev. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/10/2024 – The US Championship and the US Women's Championship will take place on 11-24 October at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis. Each field will feature 12 players competing for a total purse of more than $400,000. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So are the top seeds in the open section, while Irina Krush and defending champion Carissa Yip are the highest-rated players in the women's category.

10/10/2024 – The upGrad Mumba Masters started the seventh day of the Global Chess League with a win over the leaders, PBG Alaskan Knights. It was the closest match of the event so far, as the final score was 10-9. Ganges Grandmasters lost to Triveni Continental Kings later in the day, while R Praggnanandhaa and Daniel Dardha powered the Alpine SG Pipers to a win over the American Gambits. The Alaskan Knights, the Continental Kings and the SG Pipers are the only three teams that will battle it out for the top two spots in the finals. Thursday's action starts with American Gambits v. upGrad Mumba Masters from 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed