An 8-year-old astonishes the chess world in Zagreb
Bodhana Sivanandan is not only making headlines in England. The 8-year-old took part in the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Zagreb and was the best female participant in the blitz...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
ChessBase wishes all chess friends a Merry Christmas and peaceful and happy holidays! Stay healthy. For the holidays we have also prepared a small tutorial on the intricacies of password management. |...
View ArticleCaruana wins FIDE Circuit, second spot to be decided in Samarkand
Fabiano Caruana continued his 2023 hot streak at the end of November, and after clinching the 2023 GCT Sinquefield Cup, he became the winner of the FIDE Circuit. Given that Caruana already qualified...
View ArticleA chess fairytale: Ali Hazelwood's novel "Check & Mate"
"The Queens Gambit" has been one of the most successful series in recent years, and now chess has also made it onto the bestseller book lists. Thanks to author Ali Hazelwood and her book "Check &...
View ArticleFrank James Marshall vs. Dawid Janowski: A rivalry of two decades
Frank James Marshall and Dawid Janowski are two very memorable figures of chess history. Both were outstanding competitors who became title contenders. They are remembered as two of the finest...
View ArticleInvite your bishop to the party
In the diagram position it is White to move and win. White is a pawn up and has dangerous passed pawns, but the black pieces are active while the white bishop is rather clumsy. Do you see a way for...
View ArticleFirouzja playing in Rouen, FIDE changes tournament registration procedure
Alireza Firouzja has not given up. After failing to surpass Wesley So in the ratings list in a series of matches in Chartres, the youngster withdrew from the World Rapid and Blitz Championship and...
View ArticleThe Fritztrainer Christmas Calendar - Door 16
This year we are launching our "Christmas Fritztrainer Calendar". For the next 24 days, you can open one of our Fritztrainer doors daily, and guess: Which Fritztrainer is this? If you send us the...
View ArticleFive years of powering chess in India
On the 18th of January 2021 ChessBase India turned five years. Each day of its existence it has indulged in activities to power chess in India. But how did this company come into existence? This...
View ArticleHybrid Chess is here to stay
In a world under the shadow of Covid, Hybrid chess is becoming increasingly popular. It is arbiter-supervised Internet tournaments in which players gather at a venue to play against opponents similarly...
View ArticleHow chess, and eventually ChessBase, led me to a great life
He started with ambitions to become a tennis professional – only to discover how much better well-trained players are. Then started to study chess. Six years after his first tournament he had become a...
View ArticleMario Matous's Mad Queen
Take a look at this position. Can White (to play) win? It is a truly remarkable study by a truly remarkable composer. Mario Matouš gives us a wonderful position to solve. The theme is a rampaging queen...
View ArticleMad Queen problem – the solution
It was an Easter puzzle. We asked you to take a try to solve this truly remarkable study by a truly remarkable composer, Mario Matouš. You were asked to win the position against a rampaging queen which...
View ArticleKomodo Dragon 2 is here!
The latest iteration of the renowned program belongs to the strongest chess engines in the world, especially now that it draws its strength from the tremendous tactical power of a classic Alpha Beta...
View ArticleAbhimanyu eight points from the title
This is a 12-year-old on a mission: to become the youngest chess grandmaster in history. Abhimanyu Mishra has made two norms, but in his latest tournament suffered a setback: in time trouble refused a...
View ArticleWomen’s GP: Gibraltar - Live!
After an exciting ninth round and a quieter tenth day of action, 21-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik secured first place at the Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar. Follow the games live with commentary...
View ArticleWhy do some countries always gain and other always lose rating points?
World Youth Chess Championships are known to produce tons of interesting games and often very surprising and inconsistent results. However, it appears that at least one thing stays fairly consistent –...
View ArticleWorld Cup Final - Duda wins
Sergey Karjakin and Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew their first game of the final at the FIDE World Cup in Sochi — Duda has the white pieces in game 2. Meanwhile, Vladimir Fedoseev (pictured) needs to win with...
View ArticleNorway Chess - Carlsen takes first place
Magnus Carlsen beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in Armageddon to secure first place at the 2021 Norway Chess Tournament. This is the world champion’s third straight triumph in his home super-tournament. Alireza...
View ArticleUS Championship - Playoffs
Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Sam Sevian finished the 2021 US Championship sharing first place on 6½/11 points. A rapid round robin tournament (10 minutes plus 2-second increments) will decide the...
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