11/20/2020 – The ChessBase Playchess server now offers a "Video & Audio" option which allows you to see your opponents and to talk to them. With this function, playing online comes as close as it can get to playing in real life. After successful Playchess tournaments with Elisabeth Pähtz, Vincent Keymer and Simon Williams, Lawrence Trent waits to play against ChessBase readers. If you are a premium member, and if your computer has a microphone and webcam, apply to join the tournament on Monday!

4/28/2020 – On April 15th, ChessBase announced the Club Tournament Online on the playchess.com server. Some clubs already won the prizes worth €200 and we would like to feature one of them! Every club in the world can still join and participate to win a ChessBase 15 program, a ChessBase premium annual account and a ChessBase voucher worth €30.

3/1/2018 – After the Aeroflot Open there is more high class chess in Moscow: a strong blitz tournament with top players such as Karjakin, Nakamura, Artemiev, Andreikin, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedayrov, and many others. Though the organisers do not offer a live-transmission of the games, they offer a live-video of the tournament.