An eighth win in as many matches gave Russia tournament victory at the women’s section of the European Team Championships with a round to spare. This is Russia’s fourth consecutive title and the seventh in the last eight events. Meanwhile, in the open section, four teams go into the final round tied for first place […]
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Azerbaijan and Ukraine are sharing the lead after seven rounds in the open section of the European Team Championships. While Azerbaijan defeated the Netherlands on Friday, Ukraine inflicted Russia’s first loss of the event. The best individual performer in Slovenia, Alireza Firouzja, scored his sixth win of the tournament and is now 1.1 Elo points […]
Fritz 18 has been released, bringing a fantastic opponent so that now you have an engine that will adapt to your play, try to make it a fun and engaging opponent, and even set you up with a brilliancy or more if the situation allows. This is not merely hype, but the result of feedback […]
Researchers at DeepMind and Google Brain, in collaboration with Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, are working to explore what chess can teach us about AI and vice versa. Using Chessbase’s extensive historical chess data along with the AlphaZero neural network chess engine and components from Stockfish 8, they ask: what can we learn about chess history by […]
With the World Championship match in Dubai scheduled to kick off a bit over a week from now, we get ready for the showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi by recapping the four previous matches, which were all won by Carlsen. In the first instalment, we recount what went on in Chennai in 2013, […]
Winning is fun but not easy. For example, how do you create winning chances when you are in a must-win situation or if your opponent is more than happy with a draw? The Slovakian Grandmaster and award-winning author Jan Markos knows the answer: create imbalances! In part one of his “Winning Academy” series he shows […]
The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz Tournament is taking place on November 17-21 in Kolkata. This time, 14 players are taking part. The lineup is spearheaded by Levon Aronian. Vishy Anand is present at the tournament as a mentor to the young talents. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at […]
Going into the rest day at the European Team Championships, six nations are sharing the lead on 8/10 match points in the open section, with the Netherlands, Ukraine and Armenia the latest to join the leading pack. Meanwhile, in the women’s section, Russia now have a 2-point lead over Georgia and an over-performing Greek team. […]
Discount Day ends 2021 begins on Monday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m. and ends November 16th, 2021, at 09:00 a.m. CEST (midnight in California). We are offering you a 25% discount on all our products. That includes software, training DVDs, services, the ChessBase Account – everything. And there are very interesting new products that are […]
Svitlana Demchenko has to find all of her smart moves for a fun battle against Fritz 18, which is available very soon. The newest engine is made for playing interesting games, and finds some “human” moves on purpose for your and our entertainment. Although Fritz 18 gives Svitlana some subtle hints to the right direction, […]