2/25/2020 – Über-talent Nihal Sarin (and his coach) trains with GM Karsten Mueller in Hamburg, and you can too! On-demand for ChessBase account holders (but free this week!). Don't have an account yet? You can register a free 90-day account to watch!

9/20/2018 – Having had the time of his life at the Faroes Open 2017, GM SRINATH NARAYANAN couldn’t resist an opportunity to go back to Europe’s best keep secret of Summer once more. He had no reasons to regret, as apart from the wild winds, warm people, fresh locations, he also won the Faroes Open for the second time. This year’s starting list was headed by GM Gawain Jones and was a strong tournament that had 17 titled players out of 36 players. The tournament included 7 GMs, and 5 IMs, making it a field made up of almost 50% titled players and 33% of them above the International Master title. | Photo: Jógvan Martin Joensen

8/20/2018 – When I spotted a tournament in Gold Coast, I was only too happy to tick my 3rd continent out of 7. With a population of mere 6,00,000 and an Air Quality score of 18, Gold Coast is one of those ideal escapes. It’s a unique place where one can spot Kangaroos hopping about in the midst of one’s games. In an exciting tournament with just 37 players, 17-year old Teymur Kuybokarov came out on top with 7.5/9. GM Anton Smirnov finished 2nd with 7/9. Former World Under 12 Champion IM Bobby Cheng, who’ll soon be a GM was the first among equals in a group of players sharing the 3rd place. | Photo: Kgbo [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

5/24/2018 – The third edition of Kolkata International Grandmaster Open came to a close on Tuesday. At the end of nine rounds, GM Srinath Narayanan emerged on top of the field with a score of 7½/9. This was one of the best Grandmaster events organised in India and also happens to be the last event of FIDE Presidential candidate Nigel Short before he begins his election campaign. | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

2/22/2018 – The Aeroflot open sports a strong field of 60 GMs, 27 IMs, two WGMs and three FMs. In such a tournament the favourites are not likely to have an easy time. For instance, Dmitry Andreikin had a long fight for his draw against Andrey Esipenko in the first round. Another top seed, Rauf Mamedov, actually lost. The second round, however, contained fewer surprises. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

7/8/2015 – What to do if the summer is hot and you had to spend days with boring assignments and now want to train some chess and feel the wish to catch up on recent chess events? Have a look at the ChessBase Magazine 166! Indian IM Narayanan Srinath decided to to so and with a wealth of diverse and high-class chess material he treated himself to a wonderful Sunday full of chess.