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Baku Final Tiebreaks: Watch it live on Playchess!

10/5/2015 – He won the first two games (of four) in the World Cup final. Then Peter Svidler blundered in game three and was outplayed by Sergey Karjakin in game four. Today, with the scores even, are the tiebreaks rapid and blitz games. You can watch the action live on Playchess – or right here in your browser (or on your tablet or smart phone). You can even start an engine and chat.

Yes2Chess Grand Finals in London 2015

7/17/2015 – It was the second edition of an initiative to get children all over the world to play chess. 4,200 competitive games took place in a special Yes2Chess room on Playchess, and in person, and 40 finalists from the UK, Spain, Portugal, the US, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Norway played the final matches of the international tournament in Hyde Park on 24th June to determine the overall winning school.

ChessBase's Tactics Training revisited

6/30/2015 – Among the various new free Web apps created by ChessBase, the Tactics Training is probably the one that promises the most immediate benefit for your play, whether you’re a master or an amateur. Since it first came out, it has undergone several refinements, making it a must for any student of the game working seriously, or just for fun, automatically calibrating the difficulty.

ChessBase apps for the web

4/30/2015 – Over the last couple of years, ChessBase has been releasing a series of apps that run exclusively in the browser, and thus on any operating system, whether it be Windows, MacOS, or Linux. These powerful tools have a few things in common, notably they are all free, and they all have addresses that end in chessbase.com. Here is a detailed overview.

Barclaycard Yes2Chess tournament 2015

3/13/2015 – Like to play in an international chess tournament, via the Internet, as a school team? If you do you can win a fun-filled trip to London in June, to take part in Finals Weekend. The tournament is open to primary/ elementary school teams from eight countries. Participation is free. In this report we are going to tell you how to register and play. It's really quite simple!

Stunningly simple: One-click-training

2/3/2015 – Chess training has never been easier. Trainers can simply put a link to a virtual training room on playchess.com on a website of their choice, students, no matter where they are, simply click the link and will be directed to the playchess.com server. There coach and student meet and can choose from a whole range of training opportunities to get better.

Playchess: watching fourteen boards at a time

1/18/2015 – One of the unique abilities of Playchess is being able to watch a large number of boards at the same time on the same screen. With Wijk aan Zee, that can mean as many as fourteen boards, but the problem is that it might seem completely impractical. Open fourteen games one at a time? Try to follow all of them on those teeny tiny boards? Learn how to do it easily and comfortably.

Chess on tablets: Analyzing with ChessBase

7/30/2014 – Playing and watching games is certainly fun and relaxing, but what about genuine study and analysis on the go? If you watched a game, or played one, and would like to quickly review your moves from opening to middlegame, the tablet or smartphone is quite capable of helping you. In the following video, you will be shown how this is accomplished in a few easy steps.

Chess on tablets: Playing on Playchess

7/27/2014 – It is one o'clock in the morning and you just wanted a quickie before turning off the light? No problem. You can do it at a desk with a computer of course, but with a tablet you can do it in bed, just as if you were reading a book. Have a fifteen minute break during work? To scratch that chess itch while you sip some coffee or tea, just start the Playchess app. See how in this video.

Chess on tablets: Playchess broadcasts

7/24/2014 – Smartphones and tablets have impacted our lives like few technologies in the past years, and have evolved from gadgets to inseparables, and yet the very first iPhone, which launched the tidal wave, came out just seven years ago. For chess players, this has been a genuine boon, allowing for a degree of comfort and ease never seen before. Here is an article and video of the experience.

Yes2Chess: team finals in London

7/8/2014 – It is one of the most inspiring events we have attended in years: eight teams of elementary schoolchildren from eight different countries, who qualified in a massive Playchess tournament, are now in London for a face-to-face showdown. The hosts, Barclaycard, have put in a tremendous effort to make it a memorable stay for the visitors, all of who are now sure to say Yes2Chess. More...

Mystery revealed: it was chess at the South Pole

5/26/2014 – A week ago we published a picture of a masked man holding up a ChessBase logo. He was, we said, in the process of playing two correspondence chess games – under unusual circumstances. We asked our readers to guess the location of the player. A surprising number got it right – perhaps because the solution could be found on our Facebook page?! Here now is the full story.

Mystery news item to appear soon

5/16/2014 – We are in the process of preparing a very special article for publication. It involves two correspondence chess games being played on our Playchess server, under unusual circumstances – to say the least. We want you to guess what is coming – the solution will be up as a featured article in a few days. No inkling, not a clue? Well, here are some more or less helpful hints.

Bring live chess action to your web site!

3/28/2014 – You will have noticed, on the top right side of our news page, there is a chess game in progress. It is one of the top games currently being played on our chess server. In the evenings, which is prime time on Playchess, you will be able to follow games by world class GMs – on your own web page, if you want. Embedding our Best Game board is remarkable simple and takes just a few seconds.

Yes2Chess: A Clever Move by Barclaycard

1/15/2014 – Chess is good for children. It teaches them logical thinking, social interaction, perseverance, and above all concentration. Barclaycard, Europe's leading issuer of credit cards, has partnered with Chess in Schools and Communities and Playchess.com to create a new Internet home for schools across Europe and the USA. Students can play each other online and win an amazing prize.

Playchess for Web: usernames and rated games

12/20/2013 – The launch of Playchess’s web client brought an incredibly convenient way to watch games through the browser, but was missing that one key feature: the ability to login using one’s subscriber username. Until now you could only login as a guest, but now that has been fixed and you play rated games, and of course watch any master or grandmaster game of your choice.

Playchess for Android brings engines

10/23/2013 – With the World Championship looming over the horizon, and grandmaster commentary galore on Playchess, chess fans would seem to have everything they could hope for. But what if you are stuck on the road, in an office, or other? Yes, you can sneak a peek at the games, but understanding the elite blow-for-blows might be hard for the majority of chesskind. That is ... until now.

New Playchess on the Web

10/1/2013 – We are proud to introduce our web-based Playchess client, which can run in any browser or operating system, to play games or watch top broadcasts. You can play blitz games, bullet games, or slow games, watch top players in live blitz action, or follow elite broadcasts on as many as nine boards at a time. Learn all about it in this illustrated tour.

Maurice Ashley at TED

3/25/2013 – You know him as one of the most dynamic speakers in chess, and a grandmaster and author, and today and next Monday, he is going to be the live commentator of the Candidates games at Playchess. However, recently he appeared at the world-renowned TED speaker platform, and more specifically their TED Ed program, discussing how to solve problems backwards. See his fascinating talk.

Analyzing Playchess for Android games

9/18/2012 – With the arrival of Playchess for Android, where one can play online, and follow live broadcasts, the question most asked is how this ties in with ChessBase Online, the ideal tool for looking up theory, and reviewing and annotating one’s own games. To show how to play (or watch) a game on Playchess, and then open it in ChessBase Online for easy review and annotation, here is a step-by-step guide.

Playchess on Android review

9/5/2012 – Although it has been some time in the coming, and was direly missed by many smartphone and tablet owners, the wait is over and the mobile Playchess client for Android is out! Above all, the app is free for download and use, so don’t even wait to finish reading this review, by all means download and get it now. To find out more though, read the review by Albert Silver.

Guess who came to the party

9/19/2004 – This week Playchess.com celebrated it third birthday. It is the fastest-growing chess server in the world, with over 100,000 registered accounts and 120,000 games played per day. One of its most prominent proponents happened to be in Hamburg on its birthday. Between recording sessions Garry Kasparov took time off to play some internet chess...
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