2/13/2024 – In endgames, knights are often surprisingly helpless against a rook. In the diagram position, White is an exchange down, but seems to be close to a draw because only two black pawns remain on the board. However, Black has a way to win - what should he do?

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!

2/6/2024 – Passed pawns can be dangerous and often lead to tactical opportunities. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What should he do?

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!

2/2/2024 – ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. The latest issue, CBM 217, is out. Our columnist Nagesh Havanur takes a look. 1582 games (35 annotated), with decisive encounters from the FIDE Grand Swiss deeply annotated. 12 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, 6 demo lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Anish Giri, Nordibek Abdusattorov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vidit Gujrathi and Praggnanandhaa, among others. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

2/1/2024 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the ideal supplement to ChessBase Magazine. The new Extra #217 starts the new video series "Mikhalchishin's Miniatures" - the first part focusses on the Queen's Gambit Accepted. In addition, Nico Zwirs examines the Najdorf Variation with 6.h3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.g4 b5 in his video contribution. The “Lucky bag” this time contains 48 analyses by Anish Giri, Ivan Saric, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Romain Edouard, Michal Krasenkow and many others!

1/30/2024 – Queen and knight can form an impressive attacking duo. How did White use the attacking power of knight and queen in the diagram position?

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!

1/23/2024 – Passed pawns often lead to tactics that require precise calculation. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How can White use the power of his passed pawns?

1/20/2024 – Yes, in the diagram position you may strike with White, but please try to calculate the winning variation as far as possible beforehand. A ten-mover, if you will - have fun!

1/16/2024 – Positions, in which both sides have a queen and a rook combine elements of the endgame and the middlegame. In the diagram position, which is from a game between Pranesh vs Carlsen, played at the Qatar Masters, White could have used both to win. However, Pranesh missed this chance. Can you do better?

1/15/2024 – ChessBase Magazine is breaking new ground. The new CBM #217 (January 2024) is the first issue to include full mobile access, so you can download it directly via the web browser on your iPad or tablet, enjoy world-class games with analyses by the players, learn about new opening ideas, solve training tasks or replay selected master games move by move in interactive video format. Also this week we offer you a complete CBM article from the current issue free of charge. "A promising structure against Sveshnikov" is the title of Krisztian Szabo's opening article. His recommendation: After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Sd5!? Nxd5 8.exd5 secures White a space advantage and a very good starting position. Have a look!

1/13/2024 – Supported by his giant bishop on b6, Black became active in the diagram position - and was surprisingly quickly rewarded, as the game lasted only three more moves. Are you able to find them all?

1/9/2024 – This famous dictum by Dr. Tarrasch is a (very) good rule of thumb in rook endings and valid for the attacker and the defender. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win. What should he do?

1/8/2024 – ChessBase Magazine is breaking new ground. For almost 30 years, a Windows operating system and a ChessBase program were a must for reading the CBM. The new issue #217 (January 2024) is the first one to include full mobile access, so you can load it directly via the web browser on your iPad, tablet, Mac, etc. Thanks to the new ChessBase Books system, all content is available: Analyses, videos, repertoire articles, training exercises and the interactive training videos from the tactics, strategy and endgame columns! We invite you to join us: In this and the coming weeks, we will be offering you a complete CBM article from the current issue for free! The best first: Oliver Reeh's article "Invasion on the back rank" with lots of tactical exercises and four interactive training videos!

1/6/2024 – You might see how White could have won outright in the diagram position in the blink of an eye. Black's path to a draw a few moves later, on the other hand, might be a real challenge. Either way - have fun!

1/2/2024 – The diagram shows a position from a game Vincent Keymer and Magnus Carlsen played at the World Cup in Baku 2023. It is Black to move and win. In the game, Carlsen missed this chance - can you do better?

12/30/2023 – In the diagram position White wins with 51.Qc8! - but please don't make the move until you've seen the forced checkmate after 51...Qd4. Do we have a deal?

12/29/2023 – 36 analyses from the Grand Swiss 2023: the champions Vaishali and Vidit comment on their best games as well as Abdusattorov, Deac, Erigaisi, Giri, L'Ami, Mendonca, A. and M. Muzychuk, Praggnanandhaa, Saric and others - Strategy special by Mihail Marin: Richard Rapport between originality and classicism - Creeping poison: Patrick Zelbel sheds light on the current 1. e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.d4!? in the Caro-Kann Two Knights Game - "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" part #7: Karsten Mueller shows how to play pawn endgames with pawns on both wings – Surprise in the Scottish Four Knights Game: Rustam Kasimdzhanov analyses the increasingly popular 5...Nxe4!? (Video) and much more.

12/26/2023 – In the diagram position it is White to move and win. White is a pawn up and has dangerous passed pawns, but the black pieces are active while the white bishop is rather clumsy. Do you see a way for White to let the bishop join the action and win the game?

12/23/2023 – In view of his hanging rook on c6 Black needs a good idea in the diagram position - or should I say the right gift idea? Feel free to be generous!