Play against Lawrence Trent!

by Arne Kaehler
11/20/2020 – The ChessBase Playchess server now offers a "Video & Audio" option which allows you to see your opponents and to talk to them. With this function, playing online comes as close as it can get to playing in real life. After successful Playchess tournaments with Elisabeth Pähtz, Vincent Keymer and Simon Williams, Lawrence Trent waits to play against ChessBase readers. If you are a premium member, and if your computer has a microphone and webcam, apply to join the tournament on Monday!

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Play against Lawrence Trent

November 23rd, 7pm CET

Lawrence Trent is known for his entertaining commentary. Now you can enjoy his comments while facing him in an online blitz tournament.

Only these conditions have to be met:

  • You have a ChessBase Account and are a Premium Member
  • You have a webcam
  • You have a microphone

Premium annual subscription + 1 month (payment method: credit card)

Order the annual ChessBase Premium Membership and save twice! You only pay for ten months Premium and you get a 13th month for free. Payment only by credit card. The subscription is automatically renewed on the expiration date.

The ChessBase crew is playing every week. 

How to register?

If you meet the requirements, you can be one of the nine lucky tournament players. Please send your applications to

feedback @ chessbase.com (Subject: Premium Blitz with Lawrence)

And in the text it is enough to post your real, full name, and of course your Playchess.com nickname / handle.

How is this working?

This video explains how to create a virtual room with your friends and for your club.

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Topics: Blitz Tournament, Lawrence Trent, Playchess, video
Arne Kaehler, a creative thinker who is passionate about board games in general was born in Hamburg and learned how to play chess at a very young age. Through teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess content on YouTube, Arne was able to extend this passion onto others and has even made an online chess course for anyone who wants to learn how to play this game. Currently, Arne blogs for the English news page of ChessBase and focuses on creating promotional and entertaining articles.
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11/24/2020 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent presents highlights from the Skilling Open and takes a close look how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won against Le Quang Liem in round 7. | Lawrence's show is available at 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET, 14:00 ET) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a>. | Photo: Ray Morris-Hill
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10/20/2020 – Playchess.com offers Premium Members a number of attractive blitz tournaments. The tournaments are played with real names and you will know whether you play a real life GM or IM. The winners receive 90 minutes of online training with world-class coach GM Rustam Kazimdzhanov, GM Sebastian Siebrecht or GM Yannick Pelletier, or they can take part in a virtual chess party (an online blitz tournament with GM Nicholas Pert). Details...
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