9/22/2022 – In the ChessBase Magazine column "All in one" you can learn everything you need to know about a specific opening variation on the basis of a single, extensively annotated game in order to be able to add it to your repertoire or even try it out directly in practice! In the current CBM #209, for example, the Ukrainian GM Yuriy Kuzubov presents a surprise weapon against the Alekhine Defence. 4.a4 followed by 5.Ra3 - have you ever seen that before? You can find a short version of his analysis here.

4/7/2021 – The young German Grandmaster Vincent Keymer played a major role in the surprising success of the SF Deizisau in the European Online Chess Club Cup: in the preliminaries he scored 7.0/9, in the play-offs he came to 3.0/4, and in the finals he convinced with 5.5/7. In a video made by the SF Deizisau, Keymer now analyses his victory against Yuriy Kuzubov in the last round of the play-offs - a strategically and tactically highly interesting game. | Photo: Vincent Keymer

9/30/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game from the Spanish Team Championship, in which Yuriy Kuzubov showed excellent endgame technique. | Merijn's show is freely available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) for a limited time, and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo:

10/29/2019 – After five rounds at the European Team Championships in Batumi, Russia and Ukraine are sharing the lead in the open section, while the Russian female squad is in sole first place with a perfect score in the women's category. Slovenia and Germany are one match point behind the leaders in the Open, while Georgia, Azerbaijan and Serbia are sharing second place among the women. Tuesday is the sole rest day of the tournament. | Photo: Official site

10/27/2019 – Three squads in each section, open and women's, have won all their matches so far at the European Team Championships in Batumi. Armenia, Ukraine and Netherlands are on 6 out of 6 in the open, while Georgia, Russia and Italy have won all their matches among the women. We look at some of the highlights of rounds two and three, including Anish Giri's back-to-back attacking victories. | Photo: Official site

10/11/2019 – Formerly known as the Isle of Man Open, the FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss kicked off Thursday at the COMIS Hotel and Golf Resort in Douglas. A total 154 players are participating, with no less than 110 of them rated above 2600. The biggest upset of day one was Evgeniy Najer's 30-move victory over Vishy Anand. Youngsters Nodirbek Abdusattorov (b. 2004) and Raunak Sadhwani (b. 2005) also upset higher-rated opponents. | Photos: Maria Emelianova / chess.com

4/14/2019 – The 21st Dubai Open witnessed one of the closest finishes that you would see at an open tournament. After nine rounds we had eight players on the same score of 7.0/9. Buchholz was the tiebreak and based on it Maxim Matlakov from Russia finished first and took home USD $13,000 along with the glittering Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup. Other players on 7.0/9 were 14-year-old prodigy Abdusattorov Nodirbek, Le Quang Liem, Yuriy Kuzubov, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Sanal Vahap, Aleksandar Indjic and P. Iniyan. A detailed report from Dubai by NIKLESH JAIN.

12/24/2018 – Ukraine organised its national championships from December 10th to the 20th at the Hotel Raziotel in Kiev. Some big names were absent, but good fighting chess was in display anyway in both ten-player round robins. Rating favourite Anton Korobov got first place in the open section with 5½ points, while Nataliya Buksa managed a better score, 7 out of 9, to become the new Ukrainian champion in the women's category. Analyses and results from the seventh most populous city in Europe. | Photos: Ukrainian Chess Federation