Thursday’s tiebreakers at the FIDE World Cup in Goa saw several high seeds eliminated, including Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Vincent Keymer and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who were knocked out by Daniil Dubov (pictured), Andrey Esipenko and Aleksey Grebnev respectively. Six lower-rated players advanced overall, while five favourites held firm to reach the round of 16. With only five […]
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The 32nd ProAm Chess Open in Buenos Aires brought together 110 players for a nine-round Swiss event held at the Villa Martelli Chess Club. Running from 3 to 11 November, the tournament featured a strong field headed by Alexei Shirov, the clear rating favourite, and a number of well-known players from Latin America. Competitive results […]
Cautious play dominated Wednesday’s round-of-32 rematches at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, but five players still secured their places in the last sixteen. Le Quang Liem, Nodirbek Yakubboev and Alexander Donchenko (pictured) advanced with wins, while Levon Aronian and Jose Martinez held draws after leading from the first game. With the remaining matches heading […]
This interview with Matthias Wüllenweber, Head of Development at ChessBase, was recorded last week, just before the official release of ChessBase 26. In it, he presents the major innovations of the new version, including the redesigned Opening Report, the Fashion Index, and the powerful Monte Carlo Analysis. If you missed it then, now’s the perfect […]
Today is Discount Day, and we are offering you a 25% price reduction on most products: software, services, video courses, the ChessBase Account. The premium offer is the brand-new ChessBase’26, which provides a new way to understand opening plans, to prepare for your next opponent. There are other very interesting new products that will improve […]
On November 11, 2025, the time has come: ChessBase’26 will be released and available in the ChessBase Shop. Don’t miss out — get ChessBase’26 with its many exciting new features! Look forward to the latest edition of your chess database software and order it from tomorrow in our shop. Then you can start enjoying all […]
On November 11, 2025, the time has come: ChessBase’26 will be released and available in the ChessBase Shop. Don’t miss out — get ChessBase’26 with its many exciting new features! Look forward to the latest edition of your chess database software and order it from tomorrow in our shop. Then you can start enjoying all […]
Svitlana explores the theme of “invisible moves” — creative, hard-to-spot ideas that suddenly make everything work. By looking for checks, deflections, and quiet improving moves, players can uncover the beauty of ideas that seem “invisible” at first glance.
FIDE has announced the winners of the 16th FIDE Trainer Awards, honouring outstanding achievements in global chess training for 2024. The recipients include Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan), Richard Rapport (Hungary, pictured) and Mikhail Kobalia (FIDE), recognised for their contributions to women’s, open and junior competitions, respectively. The Book of the Year Award went to “Mastering Chess […]
London is set to host the climax of the 2025 Speed Chess Championship, with the world’s fastest players gathering at 180 Studios (pictured) on 7 and 8 February 2026 for the semifnals and the final match. Eight players, including Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, remain in contention in the quarterfinals. The four winners of these […]