In the run-up to the FIDE World Chess Championship at the end of November, where he will play against 18-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh, the reigning World Champion from China, Ding Liren, gave an interview where he spoke about the challenges he faces, both on and off the board. | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Monthly Archives: November 2024
Day two of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament saw Magnus Carlsen and Aleksandra Goryachkina rise to sole leads in the open and women’s sections, respectively. Carlsen, with victories over top players including Wesley So and Arjun Erigaisi, holds a half-point edge over Nodirbek Abdusattorov, setting up a tense final day of rapid play. […]
The European Chess Union (ECU) is an independent association for the interests of European chess. It is an affiliated organisation to FIDE, the oldest and strongest continental chess power, founded in 1985. The ECU Trainers Commission (ETC) is the youngest body, founded in late 2022, with its main mission to support the training programs and development in European chess. Here […]
Reading about the latest and greatest new features in ChessBase is exciting, but if you can barely use the basics, then it can also be frustrating. But worry not! You can learn them all in under 20 minutes, and even how to customize the work space, in this crystal clear video tutorial.
Chess was invented in India, and brought to Europe in the 9th Century by the Arabs – who also introduced the first “mansuba” – middle or endgame puzzles with well-defined tasks, with stories and legends surrounding them. Today we give you three of the oldest mansuba to solve – in your head or against our […]
Almost 400 players will take part in the European Individual Championship 2024 (8 to 19 November) in Petrovac (Montenegro). After five rounds four players share the lead with 4.5/5 each. Half a point behind follow no less than 28(!) players with 4.0/5 each. The rounds start daily at 15.00 local time. Follow the games live […]
Round five of the European Chess Championship saw Ivan Cheparinov and Aleksandar Indjic joining Frederik Svane and Maksim Chigaev in the lead after scoring crucial wins. While Svane and Chigaev quickly agreed to a draw, Cheparinov battled through a gruelling 106 moves to defeat Nikita Petrov, while Indjic secured a swift checkmate against Felix Blohberger […]
The Tata Steel Chess India tournaments are taking place on 13-17 at the Bhasa Bhawan Auditorium at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata. An open tournament and a women’s tournament run concurrently. Rapid and blitz take place one after another. The first three days see the players fighting in a single round-robin with a 25+10 […]
Today we are offering you a 25% price reduction on everything. That includes software, services, video courses, the ChessBase Account – everything, (except prints, vouchers and ducats). The premium offer is the brand-new and revolutionary ChessBase 18, which has access to many billions of online games. It provides completely new ways to analyse your own […]
The latest version of the standard chess study program has received a major update. It now allows you to evaluate your opponents, study their repertoire, their strengths and weaknesses, all at a click of the mouse. It draws its conclusions from many billions of online games to which it has access. Head programmer Matthias Wuellenweber […]