The score in the match for the World Championship remains tied, as Gukesh D and Ding Liren drew their fifth game. Ding, played the French Defence with black and missed a crucial chance in a favourable endgame after Gukesh failed to foresee a strong knight manoeuvre. With one game left before the second rest day, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2024
The London Chess Classic elite section is an 8-player all-play-all tournament taking place from 29 November to 7 December at the Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club. Four English players and four international representatives make up the lineup, which includes Azerbaijani star Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, living legend Michael Adams and women’s world champion Ju Wenjun. […]
Chess fans revel in dazzling sacrifices and intricate checkmates, but the true essence of tactical mastery lies in the understated brilliance of “small combinations”. Coined by José Raúl Capablanca, this term refers to concise, 2-3 move tactics, often easy to spot but just as easy to miss. Even grandmasters rely heavily on such calculations, scanning […]
It is an exciting World Championship. Whereas previous matches had started with five, six and even twelve draws, Ding vs Gukesh had two decisive games – and two tense draws – in the first four. We have provided full live commentary, and a good deal of post-game analysis. Up for some more? Here are all […]
The World Chess Championship in Singapore remains tied after four games, with Gukesh D holding reigning champion Ding Liren to a draw in their latest encounter. Ding’s creative opening, influenced by his second Richard Rapport, tested the young challenger, but Gukesh aptly navigated the complications to secure a solid result with the black pieces. | […]
Italian organiser Claudio Selleri captures the vibrant spirit of the 2024 World Cadet Chess Championship, where 710 young players from 77 nations competed across six categories. Unlike the reserved atmosphere of other tournaments, this event brimmed with joyful spontaneity, blending serious gameplay with infectious enthusiasm. Organised by GM Roberto Mogranzini and Unichess, it boasted world-class […]
This December, the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships bring chess to the heart of Wall Street, alongside an extraordinary new event: Wall Street Gambit. Blending the strategic worlds of chess and finance, the conference features keynote speakers like Kenneth Rogoff and D. Sculley, blitz matches against legends Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano […]
Every complex piece of software has hidden gems that aren’t immediately obvious. For example, the reference search in ChessBase 18 has a new superpower that’s easy to overlook. Do you know the best way to prepare your teammates for a match? What is the crucial innovation that Rasmus Svane brought to the program? And why […]
ChessBase Magazine Extra is the ideal supplement to ChessBase Magazine. In the new Extra #222: Videos by Felix Blohberger on the Reti Opening and Nico Zwirs on the Najdorf. Plus the ‘Olympiad Special’ with 21 top-class analyses by David Howell, Georg Meier, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Yannick Pelletier, Alan Pichot, Jorden Van Foreest, Nikita Vitiugov, […]
Finally, in this three-part series, we come to the first full Babson task endgame study, composed by Gady Costeff. Many thought it was not possible to fulfil this extremely difficult task. Harold van der Heijden describes the full story. But one problem remains: the position is not legal. Costeff had already constructed it in 2011 […]