8/2/2025 – After 52.Nf5 (diagram) Black has a way to win, but must protect his own king from damage. So proceed with caution!

7/26/2025 – From the diagram followed 28...Bg5 29.Qf7+ Kh8, and on this position I'd like your opinion - let's see if you're right!

7/19/2025 – From the diagram position, White won material by force, with the black queen a6 playing no insignificant role. Let's get to work!

7/16/2025 – In every issue of ChessBase Magazine, our experts present new opening ideas and trends in the video. In the current CBM #226, Luis Engel delivers part I of his analysis of the increasingly popular 6.Bd3 against the Sicilian Najdorf Variation. Daniel King examines the remarkably successful move 5...h5 in the Czech Benoni. And Mihail Marin summarises the current state of theory in the French Advance Variation with 5...Bd7 6.Ne2 Nge7 7.0-0. You can watch all three videos in this week’s CBM reading sample. Enjoy!

7/12/2025 – Black's position is hanging by a thread, but you will certainly manage to cut it as White - enjoy!

7/9/2025 – The Albin Counter Gambit is a provocative attempt to combat the Queen's Gambit: after 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Black sends the second centre pawn forward unprotected with 2...e5. After 3.dxe5, the idea behind the pawn sacrifice is to advance boldly with 3...d4, limiting White’s queen's knight and claiming space advantage in the centre. This is an ambitious move, but one that promises active play for Black. While analysing a highly topical variation, our author Luc Henris recently came across the astonishing piece sacrifice 10...Bc5 – which turned out to be ‘a completely new and incredible concept for Black’! He shares his discovery with you in the current ChessBase Magazine #226. Take a look at this week's free sample!

7/5/2025 – Right, 45...Rxh3+! leads to a win for Black in the diagram position - provided he doesn't let up after 46.Kg2. Do you see the way to go?

7/1/2025 – Classic fortresses are an intriguing area in endgames. Even with a clear material imbalance, such as rook and pawn against queen and pawn, there are positions in which the defender can build an impregnable defence. The key is that you only need to know a few things and a few rules to build a fortress. This makes it surprisingly easy in the end. Dorian Rogozenco has devoted a trilogy to fortresses with rook and pawn against queen and pawn in ChessBase Magazine, and in the current issue #226, he concludes it with another attractive example. Take a look at this week's CBM free sample with an introductory video and five interactive videos where you can test your skills in a playful way!

6/28/2025 – In the diagram position White has to fight. Your first challenge is to make 27.Qc2! Bxe1 work for him. And then two moves later you can reveal a knockout for Black that he missed in the game - enjoy!

6/27/2025 – European Championship 2025: Analyses by Bluebaum, F. Svane, Abasov, Alonso Rosell, Cheparinov, Grandelius, Lagarde, Navara, Ponomariov, Rodshtein, Sargissian, Suleymanli, Tari, Velten, Vogel, Volokitin, Wojtaszek and Yuffa – Raid in the Sveshnikov: Lars Schandorff shows that Black has to be extremely careful after 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.Qf3!? – ‘Queen sacrifice with dividend’: Oliver Reeh's tactical tests with over 30 current games + four interactive videos – Kramnik at his best: Dorian Rogozenco reviews the ‘Modern Classic’ Kramnik-Ehlvest (Tal Memorial 1995), including the novelty in move 16 and the impressive play by the former world champion, and much more.

6/21/2025 – In the diagram position, Black has three possibilities to fend off the white threat Txb7: 17...Rb8, 17...Bc8 and 17...b6. In the game he made the wrong decision - can you do better?

6/14/2025 – The headline naturally reveals which of Black's pieces will definitely come into play from the diagram position. But there's plenty for you to discover before and especially afterwards - have fun!

6/7/2025 – The diagram position saw 29...Rd8 30.Rd1, after which the two rooks in the d-file are only separated by the black Nd7. Who will benefit from this constellation? Your assessment, please!

5/31/2025 – Surrounded by the fianchetto bishop on g7 and the queen on e7, the black king can feel completely safe in the diagram position - or don't you think so?

5/24/2025 – On their way to victory from the diagram, White must not underestimate Black's resources. Your move!

5/19/2025 – In ChnessBase Magazine, our team of authors regularly explores new ideas and current trends in opening theory. CBM #225 once again offers ten opening articles – from a Dutch setup against the London System to 9...Bg4 in the Alapin Sicilian to the Queen's Indian with 8.Bd2. In his theory article, Robert Ris examines Gukesh's 7.a3!? in the Classical System of the French Defense – a "useful waiting move" that opens up various options for Black while simultaneously giving him the chance to make an early mistake. Ris' starting point is game 13 of the World Championship match between Gukesh and Ding Liren at the end of last year. The IM from the Netherlands also analyses two games by Magnus Carlsen, who adopted Gukesh's idea just a few days later against Nepomniachtchi. You can check out the article with all the analyses in this week's free CBM sample. Don't miss it!

5/17/2025 – Thumbs up if you manage to calculate Black's winning continuation from the diagram position to the end, including a quiet move - good luck!

5/12/2025 – For the "Special" of ChessBase Magazine #225, we invited our authors to comment on miniatures that evoke special memories. The result is a colorful mix of their own successes/failures, underdog victories, Olympia highlights, candidate classics, and modern high-flyers. A total of 27 blockbusters from the period from 1962 (Fischer!) to 2023 have been collected – the very best chess entertainment is guaranteed! You can check out the first seven miniatures from the collection this week in the free CBM readng sample. We hope you enjoy!

5/10/2025 – In the diagram position, White has everything he needs for a successful attack on the kingside. The ultimate goal is to win the queen - please get to work!

5/8/2025 – Boris Spassky (30 January 1935 - 27 February 2025), the tenth World Champion in chess history, was a versatile player who could attack and defend and was equally at home in sharp and in quiet positions. The ChessBase Master Class on Boris Spassky presents and analyses his rich chess legacy. Eugene Manlapao took a look at the course and was surprised and impressed.

5/3/2025 – In the diagram position the young White player found the best solution to meet Black's threat 23...Rg4. What would you do?

5/2/2025 – In his CBM column "Move by Move", Robert Ris regularly invites you to broaden your horizons and improve your own understanding of chess using the example of a current world-class game. For the current ChessBase Magazine #225, he has chosen a game by Aravindh Chithambaram, the winner of the Prague 2025 Chess Festival. In the first reading sample from CBM #225, we offer you the interactive video contributions today and in the coming days as free training session. Give it a try and have fun!

5/1/2025 – Prague Chess Festival 2025: Analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara, Nguyen, Shankland, Wei Yi and others - ‘My favourite miniature’: Entertaining, instructive, short - 27 games under 20 moves, annotated by CBM authors - Dutch vs. London: Yago Santiago counters with 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Nc6! - ‘Rooks in seventh heaven’: Oliver Reeh's tactical tests with over 30 current games + four interactive videos - ‘3.Bf4! – Something for the lazy?": Sam Shankland dissects his victory over Ediz Gurel from the Prague Masters with the London System – Opening videos by Daniel King, Jan Werle and Robert Ris and much more.

4/29/2025 – Max Euwe became the fifth World Chess Champion after beating Alexander Alekhine in the 1935 World Championship match. A maths teacher by profession, Euwe remained an amateur throughout his life, but was still the best chess player in the Netherlands, and one of the world's best players.