5/24/2024 – In the 1971 Candidate Matches Bobby Fischer faced Mark Taimanov In Vancouver, Canada. The American defeated his opponent from the Soviet Union with a "dry" 6-0 score. But matters could have started differently. In the first game it was Taimanov who put on the pressure, and even had winning chances. He played 27.h3, which nobody considered a bad move – until Kasparov pointed out its defect in 2004. Today's riddle deals with the position before White's 27th move. Computers find it devilishly difficult to find the best continuation. Can you?
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It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
5/24/2024 – The seventh edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on May 21-25 at the “Centro Internacional del Español” in the city’s prestigious university. The Masters Tournament, featuring four men and four women, is a single round-robin with a time control of 40 minutes plus 5-second increments. Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 ET, 20.30 IST)
5/24/2024 – The Candidates Tournament 2024 took place last month in Toronto, Canada. The tournament turned out to be quite exciting, with many twists and turns. Sanket Nawle lives in Toronto, and is an excellent photographer. He tried to capture a few moments outside the playing hall — and managed to take some beautiful photos! In this article, he takes you through some of his most favourite photos from the Candidates, shortly describing why he likes them. | Photos: Sanket Nawle
5/24/2024 – After four rounds of rapid games, Kirill Alekseenko and Eduardo Iturrizaga are tied for first place at the Salamanca Masters. The co-leaders have collected 3 points each and stand a half point ahead of Ruslan Ponomariov. Thursday’s rounds saw all eight games ending decisively, as tactical, hard-fought chess has been the rule at the age-old University of Salamanca. | Photos: Official website
5/23/2024 – The Norway Chess super-tournament will start on Monday, with a stellar 6-player field including world champion Ding Liren and world number one Magnus Carlsen. In a recent interview conducted by The Indian Express, Ding talked about his expectations for the event in Stavanger, the pressures connected to having become the world champion and his preparation for the World Championship match against D Gukesh. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
5/23/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at an interesting endgame, which helped German IM Julian Kramer to score a crucial win in an important game. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/23/2024 – Four players finished the Sharjah Masters atop the standings with 6½ points — and it was 17-year-old Bardiya Daneshvar who was declared the winner on tiebreak criteria. Volodar Murzin and Sam Shankland completed the podium, while Shamsiddin Vokhidov grabbed fourth place after scoring a full point in Thursday’s ninth round. In the Challengers, 18-year-old Divya Deshmukh emerged victorious, as she finished the event with a better tiebreak score than Leya Garifullina and Sina Movahed. Pictured on the right is Agshin Alizada, who won the Futures section. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
5/22/2024 – The Salamanca Masters, an 8-player all-play-all event, kicked off on Wednesday with the first two rounds. Elisabeth Paehtz and Kirill Alekseenko won their first two games to become the early co-leaders. Paehtz beat Mariya Muzychuk and upset Eduardo Iturrizaga, while Alekseenko defeated Nurgyul Salimova and Mónica Calzetta. | Photos: Official website
5/22/2024 – In this Episode, Svitlana presents to us the fundamentals of openings, with an example played by Paul Keres. With a cunning sacrifice, White gains some advantage. Or not? How to actually evaluate a position best? The Canadian WIM tells us about the six rules of evaluation!
5/22/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses an amazing game in the King's Indian with 3.h4 that led to a tactical slugfest. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/22/2024 – The 11th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2024 took place from 17th to 21st May 2024 at the Dharmasoka College in Sri Lanka, boasting a record-breaking participation of 472 players. In the main event, IM Himal Gusain (India) clinched the Open Championship with a remarkable score of 9½/10 points. In the Women’s Championship, Sandithi Kusalya Alwis (Sri Lanka, pictured) emerged victorious with 7½/10 points
5/22/2024 – From Dubai to Sharjah - many of the grandmasters who played in the Dubai Open have made their way to Sharjah and are now taking part in the Sharjah Masters, which has an even stronger line-up. Arjun Erigaisi leads the starting rank in a tournament including over 80 participating grandmasters. The number of Indian players is lower than in Dubai, as a maximum of 20 players from a single federation are admitted. | Follow the games live starting at 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 16.30 IST)
5/22/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #268 Karsten Müller takes a look at endgame highlights from the German Bundesliga and focuses on rook endings - the most common endgames. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
I give promising mainlines for white against all black’s main replies to 1.d4 d5 that are engine-proof, easy to learn and can be played almost instantly.
With the help of GM Luis Engel you'll discover how to secure an advantage for White against the different Scandinavian setups like Qa5, Qd6, Qd8 and Nf6 on move 2.
Prague Chess Festival 2024 with analyses by Abdusattorov, Navara, Pragg and many more. Opening videos by Felix Blohberger, Christian Bauer and Nico Zwirs. 11 repertoire articles from Reti to King's Indian and much more.
In this video course we’ll have a look at the Queen’s Indian after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. We’ll explore the ins and outs of the possible White setups against this rock-solid opening.
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
5/22/2024 – Three players are sharing first place going into the final round of the Sharjah Masters, as Volodar Murzin inflicted a second consecutive loss on Aravindh Chithambaram to join Sam Shankland and Bardiya Daneshvar in the leading group. Seven players stand a half point back, including top seeds Arjun Erigaisi and Parham Maghsoodloo. On the final day of action, Shankland will play white against Murzin on the top board. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
5/21/2024 – The seventh edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival takes place on May 21-25 at the “Centro Internacional del Español” in the city’s prestigious university. The Masters Tournament, including Michael Adams, Mariya Muzychuk and Ruslan Ponomariov, kicks off on Wednesday. The tournament, featuring four men and four women, is a single round-robin with a time control of 40 minutes plus 5-second increments.
5/21/2024 – Rook and knight can form a strong attacking duo. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. How can he put Black's king into trouble?
5/21/2024 – Round 7 of the Sharjah Masters saw former sole leader Aravindh Chithambaram losing his game with white against Iranian GM Bardiya Daneshvar, the 50th seed in the event. Daneshvar thus leapfrogged Aravindh in the standings, as he is now sharing the lead with Sam Shankland. Shankland defeated his compatriot Hans Niemann after the latter misplayed a king and pawn endgame. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
5/20/2024 – In any sport, the win can be the result of a mistake, and a player's exploitation of it! The time has come to cut out the funny business, quit over-thinking, and go mate your opponent. There's no better way to claim a quick victory than an efficient, well-executed attack. But then you need to have a sharp tactical eye and a will to go all-in! In the Sharjah Masters two wild games drew the attention of the public. Analysis by Efstratios Grivas.
5/20/2024 – Magnus Carlsen scored 4½/6 points to claim outright victory in the inaugural edition of the Casablanca Chess Tournament. On the second day of action, Carlsen beat Bassem Amin and signed draws against Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand. Nakamura finished in second place with 3½ points. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
I give promising mainlines for white against all black’s main replies to 1.d4 d5 that are engine-proof, easy to learn and can be played almost instantly.
With the help of GM Luis Engel you'll discover how to secure an advantage for White against the different Scandinavian setups like Qa5, Qd6, Qd8 and Nf6 on move 2.
Prague Chess Festival 2024 with analyses by Abdusattorov, Navara, Pragg and many more. Opening videos by Felix Blohberger, Christian Bauer and Nico Zwirs. 11 repertoire articles from Reti to King's Indian and much more.
In this video course we’ll have a look at the Queen’s Indian after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. We’ll explore the ins and outs of the possible White setups against this rock-solid opening.
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
Great players always have their own successful variations in the opening.
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