1/15/2024 – ChessBase Magazine is breaking new ground. The new CBM #217 (January 2024) is the first issue to include full mobile access, so you can download it directly via the web browser on your iPad or tablet, enjoy world-class games with analyses by the players, learn about new opening ideas, solve training tasks or replay selected master games move by move in interactive video format. Also this week we offer you a complete CBM article from the current issue free of charge. "A promising structure against Sveshnikov" is the title of Krisztian Szabo's opening article. His recommendation: After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Sd5!? Nxd5 8.exd5 secures White a space advantage and a very good starting position. Have a look!

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.

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.

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.

3/11/2013 – Over the last years, we have first seen records replaced by CDs, which in turn are being replaced by completely digital music. Now the same is happening to printed books as ebook consumption has increased exponentially, and the change has been a frightening one for many. Before discussing what it means for chess players, here is a brief history of the ebook.