7/9/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at "The Magic of Tal". The action is live most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT). Watch live or on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

7/2/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at "The Magic of Tal" today. The action is live most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT).

6/26/2018 – A romantic gambit? A modern product of top engines? How to define the Evans gambit? In today's frenetic chess world, with new tournaments every weekend, a chess warrior must keep the competition always unprepared using different sharp openings. Reviewer DAVIDE NASTASIO has the review as GingerGM (AKA Simon Williams) continues his journey helping other chess players to spice up their openings and gain points while playing exciting chess.

6/25/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at an opening for black today: The English Defence against 1.d4 or 1.c4. The action is live most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT). | Photo: Alina l'Ami

6/18/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at practical examples of king and pawn endgames. The action is live, most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT). | Photo: Alina l'Ami

6/11/2018 – In this Simon Says we look at the final stage of the game. Important rules and endgame techniques are discussed. Join the action starting from 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT). | Photo: Alina l'Ami

6/4/2018 – In this Simon Says, the Ginger GM sporting a new haircut, it seems, presents some of his favourite positions from chess studies that could (or did) occur in real games! Amazing moves, positions and games to help you in your chess training. | Photo: Alina l'Ami

5/28/2018 – In this Simon Says we look at ten different examples from games, or studies and asks you to take a stab at solving them. Simon then looks at the themes and breaks down the examples! | Photo: Alina l'Ami

5/14/2018 – In this Simon Says we take a look at some bizarre gambits. Gambits that will make your opponent jump out of their chair! | Photo: Alina l'Ami

5/7/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon Williams takes a look at some of the most amazing moves of all time. Come and join the show for lots of entertaining chess! Watch now from the archive. | Photo: Alina l'Ami

5/5/2018 – If one desires to advance in chess, and become good like a Morphy, to learn and play actively a gambit is a must. Reviewer DAVIDE NASTASIO says IM Trent is the right guide, because he plays the Albin Counter-Gambit, and knows the pros and cons. The Albin counter-gambit can be a useful new weapon for tournament or blitz games. Thanks to a detailed study one will improve the understanding of the initiative, while learning to disregard material, in order to have a strong attacking game. The top names, who play this exciting opening, are proof it is a sound opening too! By the way, The Albin Counter-Gambit is: GingerGM approved!

5/1/2018 – Beautiful scenery and tough competition made for a wonderful event at the 2018 Jersey International tournament. IM Alan Merry picked up his 2nd GM norm, while GM Tiger Hillarp Persson took home first. A total of 42 talented veterans and up and coming youth competed in the nine-round event. ALINA L'AMI provides visuals and impressions.

5/1/2018 – As we are privileged with so many interesting visitors and authors coming to the ChessBase office in Hamburg and frequenting our studio, we often try to grab them for a few quick questions to see how they are and what's new. This time it was GM Simon Williams who visited us in Hamburg in order to prepare two new FritzTrainer video series. Of course, he also took time out for an impromptu interview. | Photo: ChessBase

4/30/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon Williams will be taking a look at some of the most amazing moves of all time. Come and join the show for lots of entertaining chess! Watch live from 18:00 CEST (12 Noon EDT). Puzzles, free sample and information inside... | Photo: Alina l'Ami

4/10/2018 – Simon Williams is an English Grandmaster and a well-known DVD author for ChessBase. He's in Hamburg to record a DVD follow up to his hit series on the London System. Today he joined Karsten to look at some fascinating endgames from recent tournament praxis! Watch on-demand!

4/4/2018 – Chess mastery is a bit like a PhD in a university, many subjects need to be studied: openings, middlegames, endgames, tactics, checkmate patterns etc. One of these fields to add to the curriculum are beautiful games which can help raise our aesthetic appreciation of the game, while at the same time giving us ideas and interesting maneuvers we can apply to our games. Reviewer Davide Nastasio takes a look at Simon "Ginger GM" Williams' picks in his entertaining DVD "Most amazing moves"!

3/5/2018 – Bunratty's 25th Anniversary is over, but it's still on the mind of ChessBase photographer Alina l'Ami, who sends this retrospective from her own (quite successful) visit to the Irish hamlet. Fun for all and all for fun! | Pictured: A sampling of the 362 players | Photos: Alina l'Ami

2/27/2018 – The largest Irish Open, and arguably the "best weekender in the world" attracted 362 players across four tournaments, including a strong Masters Open won by GM Sergei Tiviakov. Tiviakov last visited Ireland 19 years ago when he won the 6th edition of the tournament back in 1999. Gawain Jones (pictured beer in hand), himself a two-time winner, tied Tiviakov on points with 5.0 / 6, but lost a two-game blitz tiebreak. A look at this fun-filled fixture on the international calendar. | Photo: Alina l'Ami

2/19/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon Williams will be taking a look at some instructive manoeuvres that will help us improve our planning. Come and join the show for lots of entertaining chess! Watch live from 18:00 CET (12 Noon EST). Puzzles, free sample and information inside... | Photo: Alina l'Ami

2/12/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon Williams will be taking a look at the best moves and games from the tournament voted chess "open of the year". Come and join the show for lots of entertaining chess! Watch live from 18:00 CET (12 Noon EST). Puzzles, free sample and information inside... | Photo: Alina l'Ami

2/5/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon Williams will be taking a look at the best moves and games from the tournament voted chess "open of the year". Come and join the show for lots of entertaining chess! Watch live from 18:00 CET (12 Noon EST). Puzzles, free sample and information inside... | Photo: Alina l'Ami

1/15/2018 – In this Simon Says Simon Williams takes a look at amusing chess problems! Watch live from 18:00 CET (12 Noon EDT). Puzzles, free sample and information inside the article. | Photo: Alina L'Ami

1/8/2018 – In a series of articles we'll present the different shows we produce throughout the chess year. We'll begin with "Simon says" (mondays at 6pm CET). The english GM Simon Williams is one of the most popular commentators in chess. He's a regular to do live commentary in Gibraltar and Reykjavik as well as on playchess.com. | Photo: Alina L'Ami

12/22/2017 – Davide Nastasio's latest review turned out to be more like a theoretical article. The reason is simple: If one is serious about playing the Stonewall Dutch, he or she must consider the homework duty which comes with learning this quite interesting opening. The fact that the Dutch is employed routinely by the top players in the world shows how such opening is still alive and dangerous for those who are unprepared! l'Ami is quite honest in his positional evaluations and recommendations. However, be ready for a bumpy ride!