We just witnessed beautiful chess in Weissenhaus, Germany, played by the top players, which may have led you to start believing you can do the same! But openings can be a great challenge when dealing with Chess960, since one may not know where to start. Thus, we share five tips which may help in battling […]
Monthly Archives: March 2024
The Philidor Defence is an old but very solid defence against 1.e4. However, Black can also play very actively in various positions. French grandmaster Christian Bauer is an expert on this opening and presents here a repertoire that is easy to master. Christian Hoethe has reviewed the course.
Be well-prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2024! Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory and is the ideal start for your opening training. Many new articles enrich the current theory with new […]
The centre of the chessboard is a crucial area that significantly impacts the game. The centre consists of the four squares in the middle of the board: d4, d5, e4, and e5. Control over the centre often provides a decisive advantage in chess. Why? Because every piece (except the rook) controls more squares when it is centralised. Remember, whoever dominates the centre […]
The famous Reykjavík Open is up and running, and ready for some surprises. Popular streamer Alexandra Botez managed to win against a South African opponent rated almost 400 Elo points higher than her! In the French Defence, her opponent played the MacCutcheon, which was covered by Robert Ris in ChessBase Magazine 198, and his Fast […]
Step into the illustrious world of chess greatness for an interview with IGM Vladimir Tukmakov at the Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy! Tukmakov is a former top player of the end of the 20th century. His chess education was in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, where he still resides nowadays. Subscribers of the KCF Academy have […]
Endgame training on the computer is much easier and more efficient than it used to be. The quickest way to learn is with a good coach. Surya Ganguly was Anand’s second for a long time, but he is also great at teaching the basics, as he does with his course “Endgame Essentials”. Unmissable!
Chess is a really fun game to play, but equally enjoyable is solving artificial positions – problems and studies – many that defy the imagination. In this ChessBase Challenge instalment, we have a set of puzzles that can challenge your brain. Can you solve the position? Can you find the mind-boggling strategy that is required […]
The reigning World Rapid Women’s champion, IM Anastasia Bodnaruk scored an unbeaten 7½/9 to win te 2nd International Women’s Chess Championship 2024. She finished a half point ahead of two players: IM Soumya Swaminathan and WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan scored 7/9 points each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. | Photo: Uzbekistan […]
The FIDE Education Commission is pleased to announce its new initiative: the launch of the FIDE Chess School Award. The award is established to enhance the quality and position of chess in the primary and secondary education systems around the world. FIDE’s wish to provide recognition and motivation for existing Chess in Education activities and […]