Chola Chess is building a dedicated space for India’s strong chess players to train and improve. It is led by R. B. Ramesh and Aarthie Ramaswamy, and supported by a committed team. With consistent camps and serious training, it has already impacted over 1300 players across the country. In this article, we take a look […]
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Five rounds against the other players in the Masters, followed by two rounds against players from the Generations Challenge – that was the format of the ACCENTUS Chess960 Masters tournament. After seven rounds, Matthias Bluebaum and Aydin Suleymanli finished tied for first place on 4½ points. However, Bluebaum had the edge thanks to his superior […]
Let’s continue with ChessBase´26’s powerful training tool “Replay Training”: Replay Training! We already introduced you to this super feature in the last article, and in this tutorial, we’ll show you some additional features that will help you noticeably improve your playing strength in a fun way. Let’s continue …!
One of the world’s strongest women’s super-tournaments returns to Saint Louis this summer as the 2026 Cairns Cup welcomes ten of the world’s top women chess players to compete for a $250,000 prize fund – one of the largest in women’s chess. The tournament will take place 8-21 August at the recently expanded Saint Louis […]
Sr. Miriam Duggan Primary School of Uganda were crowned African continental champions after completing the tournament without losing a match. Kenya’s Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School took silver, while the host nation also had reason to celebrate as Welgemoed Primary School secured bronze. All three teams qualified for the Grand Final in December.
The Biel International Chess Festival begins on Saturday with the ACCENTUS Chess960 rapid tournaments. The results of these tournaments will be used as a tie-break in the chess triathlons in the Masters Tournament and in the Generations Challenge, which features players including Vaishali Rameshbabu. The triathlon-format games will then begin on Sunday. | Photo: Biel […]
The second edition of the Sahel Chess Festival will take place in Monastir, Tunisia, from 24 October to 1 November 2026. After attracting more than 300 players in its inaugural year, the festival will again feature several classical tournaments divided by rating category, including a section for players aged fifty and above. The organisers also […]
Does this sound familiar? You often reach good positions from the opening, only to fail to convert your advantage because you do not understand the resulting positions well enough. Jochen Schwarz, a club player from Bremen, wants to improve in this area and has enlisted Ivan Sokolov as his ‘coach’ through the video series “Understanding […]
In July 1976, Viktor Korchnoi, then the second-best player in the world, used his participation in the IBM tournament in Amsterdam to defect from the USSR. A cat-and-mouse game worthy of a spy thriller began. The Soviet authorities responded with offensive statements and an almost total boycott – almost. | Photo: Viktor Korchnoi in 1976 […]
ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Nagesh Havanur takes a look at the recent issue, CBM 231. 2836 games, mainly from the Candidates Tournament and European Individual Championship. 27 annotated, 11 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, demo. lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Anish Giri, Wei Yi, Wesley […]