3/15/2026 – Two million Swedes play chess online, but only a few thousand are involved in traditional chess activities. This new category of players wants to have fun, be entertained and experience chess in a different way than in a quiet playing hall where competition and results are the focus. On 17-18 April 2026, Swedish chess history will be made when Chessparty Stockholm kicks off at Avicii Arena - a two-day festival that will be the country's biggest chess event ever.
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2025 European Championship with a German double victory and analyses by Bluebaum, Svane, Rodshtein, Yuffa, Navara and many more. Opening videos by Engel, King and Marin. Training sections “The Fortress”, “The Trap” and “Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" etc.
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"Chess is at a historic moment," says Jesper Hall, one of the people behind the festival. "It is one of the world's oldest games, but at the same time one of the fastest growing cultural phenomena, not least online. Chessparty is an attempt to bring all that energy together in a meeting between chess enthusiasts of all levels."
Chessparty also brings together everyone, from international stars to curious beginners, in a festival format that combines competition, entertainment and learning.
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Participants include several of the world's most famous chess players, from chess legends such as Judit Polgár, Magnus Carlsen, who is participating online, Pia Cramling and Nils Grandelius, to the new generation of chess personalities such as Gotham, who will be giving his successful show on Saturday, Andrea Botez and Anna Cramling. In addition, there will be an attempt to set a world record for the largest chess lesson, a chess comedy show with the Swedish comedy group ‘Just Want To Be Cool’ and a family show focusing on chess magic.
Of course, there will also be lots of different tournaments, with ‘Tusenmannaschacket’ (Thousand Man Tournament) as the flagship event. This is a time handicap tournament that gives all players the chance to compete for the first prize of 4,600 Euros.
Chessparty is also being organised in conjunction with Schackfyran, one of the world's largest school chess competitions, and the district final for Stockholm will have 8,000 participating children.
“Bringing together children's chess, amateur players and the international elite in Sweden's largest indoor arena is a new approach, but I really believe in the meeting between online players and traditional chess”, says Jesper Hall.
In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for. The Vienna Game is one of the most underrated openings in modern chess. While the Ruy Lopez and Italian dominate elite practice, the Vienna offers rich, creative play with far less theoretical burden and enormous practical value.
Free video sample: Introduction
Free video sample: 1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 - Martin vs Adams
3/12/2026 – For almost a century, the Slovenian spa town of Bled has held a special place in international chess history. With the chess festival currently running until the weekend, this traditional venue continues the legacy of great tournaments – combining its historical prestige with an event for ambitious title holders, amateurs and young players. | Photos: Chess Festival Bled / Luka Rifelj
3/8/2026 – Krishnan Sasikiran is an absolute legend of Indian chess. In recent times, he has lost some rating, but his strength has never been in doubt. He proved what an evergreen champion he is by winning the Prague Open ahead of 11 GMs and 23 IMs. He did so by executing a brilliant combination in his seventh round game against Eren Ataberk! This was described by Sasikiran as one of the best combinations of his career. | Photo: Prajwal Bhat
King’s Indian fans who choose the Mar del Plata attack (7...Nc6) against White’s classical system (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0) usually aim for a complex position with mutual attacks on open wings, requiring long-term strategic planning and tactical sharpness in critical moments. Computers often do not know how to handle the arising complex strategic positions, which suits players who like to think on their own instead of memorizing long variations. However, the fashionable Bayonet Attack (9.b4) interferes with Black’s ideas. After Black’s main move 9...Nh5 the positions opens, the lines get forced and computer analysis is important again. But this DVD offers an antidote against White’s Bayonet Attack, namely 9...a5! This move leads to sound positions with very few concrete lines, in which the focus is on strategy not on tactics. Objectively chances are equal but if Black knows what to do things might quickly become dangerous for White.
In this course, you’ll learn how to take the initiative against the London and prevent White from comfortably playing their usual system by playing 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nh5.
London System Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
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"Chess is at a historic moment," says Jesper Hall, one of the people behind the festival. "It is one of the world's oldest games, but at the same time one of the fastest growing cultural phenomena, not least online. Chessparty is an attempt to bring all that energy together in a meeting between chess enthusiasts of all levels."
