4/20/2024 – From the diagram position, White starts a forced sequence at the end of which only the Rh8 remains of the black pieces. Have fun clearing the board!

4/13/2024 – In the diagram position White had very good reasons to play 26.Rh6! Do you see what White threatens with this move?

4/8/2024 – This is a summary of the first week of Arne's daily chess studies. He enjoys the liberty to pick his learning resources as he pleases. His focus was on revisiting the foundational principles of endgames and exploring an entirely new opening that he had previously not ventured into: The Sicilian Dragon. Additionally, one of the Fritztrainers caught him off guard with its exceptional quality, exceeding all his expectations!

4/6/2024 – The diagram position is from a game Garry Kasparov and Zoltan Ribli played at the tournament in Skelleftea 1989. Playing 26.Rxb5 White had offered a draw - but after the obligatory 26...Bxe3 he could win by force! Can you find today what the great Garry Kasparov missed back then?

3/30/2024 – With his opening move in the diagram position Black ensures that the white king remains unsafe, and only three moves later there will be sudden checkmate finale. Have fun!

3/25/2024 – We owe the vast majority of chess knowledge available to us today to the masters of the past, no matter whether it's about opening theory, strategic concepts or techniques in the endgame. Former German national coach Dorian Rogozenco honours the achievements by these masters in his "Modern Classics" series in ChessBase Magazine. In each issue he familiarises you with a selected brilliancy. This week we offer you Nezhmetdinov-Chernikov (1962) from the current CBM #218 as a free sample - you can even watch and enjoy the video analysis on your smartphone in ChessBase book format. Have fun!

3/23/2024 – In the diagram position, all Black has to do is crown his kingside attack. Finish like Jan Timman!

3/18/2024 – In the Norwegian Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5!?) Black hunts directly for the early developed white bishop. A number of strong grandmasters have already tried this approach, e.g. Mamedyarov, Vallejo Pons, Sarana and, last year, ... Magnus Carlsen! Igor Stohl dedicates an "All in One" article to the variation in the current ChessBase Magazine #218: You can find out everything you need to know about the variation in a sinlge, extensively annotated game! You can view Stohl's article this week as a free sample - directly in the ChessBase book format on your iPad, tablet, smartphone or wherever else you have a web browser available!

3/16/2024 – In the diagram position Black just offered to exchange bishops with 22...Ba3. Should White go for it or not? I'm looking forward to your continuation!

3/11/2024 – This week we are once again offering you a free sample from the current ChessBase Magazine #218 in ChessBase book format: strategy expert Mihail Marin looks back on the 1992 Linares tournament - one of the strongest tournaments in chess history, which also marked an important historical moment: the end of the dominance of the two "Ks" - Kasparov and Karpov. In his article, Mihail Marin analyses games by Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Short, Anand, Timman and others. Including many training exercises and two interactive training videos. Have fun!

3/9/2024 – A closed Ruy Lopez, the board full to the brim: you might expect a long game, but after Black played 21...Kf7?? in the diagram position Black was suddenly busted. Have fun - with White!

3/5/2024 – The new issue of ChessBase Magazine offers complete mobile access again in ChessBase book format - all analyses, repertoire articles, videos and training exercises can be loaded directly via your web browser! Alexey Kuzmin's article on the Bukavshin Variation in the Catalan Opening (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 b6!?.) is available as a free sample this week. Take a look and get to know a fresh side line for Black!

3/2/2024 – In the diagram position the double attack 38.Qg4! leads to a win for White, since the counterattack 38...Qe3 runs into ... but you can show that yourself in a moment!

3/1/2024 – Tata Steel 2024: Analyses of the tournament winner Wei Yi as well as Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alexander Donchenko, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Erwin l'Ami, Praggnanandhaa, Eline Roebers and Vidit Gujrathi - Mihail Marin looks back at Linares 1992: Kasparov vs. the young generation - French à la Erigaisi: Sergey Grigoriants serves up a fresh idea in the Advance Variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6!? - Inviting Nimzo-Inder: In the fashionable variation 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5 White gets a protected passed pawn on d5; Jan Werle shows why Black can afford it! - "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" Part #8: What you need to know in the endgame with bishop and pawn; video course with Karsten Mueller and much more. Enjoy CBM #218 in the new ChessBase book format on any device: iPad, tablet, Mac. Windows PC or laptop!

2/24/2024 – In the diagram position, the white king will soon bite the queenside dust - somehow no wonder with the Bf5 controlling the b1-square. What would you do with Black?

2/19/2024 – The experiment of preparing to win a tournament as the lowest rated player in just 30 days is running, and the first week started. ChessBase content manager Arne has to start somewhere. But where? By writing a Masterplan! With this, he can concentrate on tactics, openings, middlegames, and endgames for the upcoming weeks. Furthermore, Arne chooses 40 Fritztrainers, fools around with ChessBase 17, and the Mega Database, to study all of his opponents in the tournament!

2/17/2024 – Would you be kind enough to save the precious white passed pawn d6 in the diagram position? Many thanks in advance!

2/10/2024 – In the diagram position it is Black to move, and he skillfully used his bishops to bring down the white king - that's right, plural!

2/5/2024 – To get active play and fresh positions against the Catalan, you have to come up with something. GM Yago Santiago succeeded in doing just that in his search for his own Black repertoire. Already with the fourth move - 4...Nc6!? - Black steers the game into largely unexplored territory, and after 5.Bg2 Bde6!? 6.0-0 0-0 the starting position of his analysis in ChessBase Magazine #217 is reached. You are invited again this week: Have a look at the article with all our author's analyses as a free reading sample - directly via your web browser in the new ChessBase Books format. CBM #217 is the first issue to include full mobile access. So, you can load it directly in your web browser on your iPad, tablet or Mac. Have fun!

2/3/2024 – Your first task in the diagram position is to save the black queen on a3. And in the end you can even win against Carlsen - have fun!

2/1/2024 – ChessBase media manager Arne Kaehler comes up with amusing ideas daily. One of these has now been brought to life: The challenge is to study chess using all ChessBase products for at least two hours daily over a month, and to win a tournament as the group's lowest-rated player. Sounds crazy? Perhaps. But what could possibly go wrong when chess is such a delightful activity? In the forthcoming video series, Arne invites you to join his adventure, looking into nearly everything ChessBase offers, learning from chess experts, experiencing ups and downs, and, most importantly, addressing the ultimate question: Will he actually succeed? | Photo: (right) Sandra Schmidt

1/29/2024 – What role do traps play in chess? And what is important for successful trapping? In the current ChessBase Magazine #217, Jan Markos deals with the topic of "traps" in his series "Practical Tips for the Tournament Player" and works out four rules that you should definitely observe in your own games. We invite you: this week you can download Jan Markos' article - consisting of a video and a small collection of exercises - as a free sample. Directly via your web browser in the new ChessBase Books format. This is because CBM #217 is the first issue to also include full mobile access. So you can read it directly via your web browser on your iPad, tablet or Mac. Have fun!

1/27/2024 – Starting from the diagram position, Black must make five correct decisions to win - but the win will be nice. Have fun!

1/24/2024 – Play like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura & Co! ChessBase Magazine gives you the chance to do just that: in an interactive training format with video feedback, you can go through selected games by top players “Move by Move” - together with our author, Robert Ris. We invite you: this week you can replay Magnus Carlsen's Black win against IM Bojan Maksimovic from ChessBase Magazine #217 - directly via your web browser in the new ChessBase Books format. CBM #217 is the first issue to include full mobile access. So, you can load it directly with your web browser on your iPad, tablet or Mac. Have fun!