Anish Giri has recorded a two volume Fritztrainer course in which he gives an overview of all the openings. The course is now available, also in ChessBase Book format. In a live stream, Anish Giri and his co author Sagar Shah talk about Giri’s Fritztrainer and what else is important in the chess...

   The Indian Grandmaster RB Ramesh is regarded as one of the best and most successful coaches in the world, and he has played a significant role in the many successes of talented Indian players. In the ChessBase course Improve your Pieces he now reveals his chess and training philosophy. Harry...

   Three out of four games ended drawn in round of the Women’s Candidates Tournament, as Vaishali R scored her third win in a row in her encounter with black against Anna Muzychuk. The games that featured Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie could have easily ended with decisive results Tan escaped with a...

   Hikaru Nakamura and Gukesh D joined Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead at the Candidates Tournament after beating Alireza Firouzja and Nijat Abasov, respectively. Fabiano Caruana defeated Vidit Gujrathi and now stands a half point behind the leaders. Tan Zhongyi still has a half point lead over Lei...

   It came as something of a surprise that Toronto was chosen by FIDE as host of both Candidates Tournaments, but Canada has a rich chess history and has produced some great players over the years. Here’s a brief outline:

   The Sharp Arkhangelsk variation, utilized by chess masters like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, emerges from a series of strategic moves beginning with .e e . This rich variation offers multiple playstyles, making it a challenging preparation for opponents, with model games highlighting its...

   We have seen them, haven’t we The howlers Amateurs and professionals alike in the aftermath of a game, trying to explain their blunder, shaking their heads in disbelief, scratching their brows, sighing while trying to come up with a rational explanation. Blunders happen because humans are...

   When you begin your journey of building an opening repertoire, how nice would it be to get a glimpse of what each opening looks like through the eyes of a super GM. It would help building your opening repertoire and understanding the vast world of chess openings. It is exactly with this thought...

   In this New In Chess podcast episode, after the first half of the Candidates, Super grandmaster Anish Giri gives his take. In an hour long interview by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, he candidly shares his assessment of the players so far. Anish sees Ian Nepomniachtchi as one of the top favourites to win...

   Anish Giri’s Opening Fritztrainer’s are available th of April. But we added a sneak peek to his take on the Caro Kann and King’s Indian openings. Since this is still quite a new feature, we made a video which explains the setup in just minutes.

   Arne recently played in a chess tournament, and one of his opponents played the unusual .f , which was quite a surprise. Sadly, he didn’t film this Smart Moves episode before the tournament, to get to know the surprising answer Nh The so called Horsefly Defence in the Bird Opening. Even the...

   He was born on June in Bursa, Turkey. On April st no April Fool’s joke the twelve year old, playing in the very strong GRENKE Chess Open, Yagiz Kaan Erdpgmus scored . points with a performance. With that he had fulfilled his final GM norm and become the youngest grandmaster in...

   Svitlana dug deep to find some outstanding, beautiful tactics, by all the men’s and women’s candidates, who will compete in Toronto soon. Arne is trying hard to solve all the puzzles, and get out of in both videos. Will he succeed And how will you do, dear viewer These two videos are the...

   The American Cup, one of the United States’ premier chess tournaments, returns to Saint Louis. Now in its third year, the event runs from March , , at the iconic World Chess Hall of Fame, featuring sixteen of America’s top chess talents. With , in prize money up for grabs, the...

   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...

   Have you ever finished last in a tournament Well, it happened to Vidit Gujrathi at the Prague Masters . As Vidit himself pointed out, this might be the first time ever that he finished last in his entire chess career. And it happened days before the most important event of his life the...

   As arbiters, we must first and foremost have full knowledge of the Laws of Chess. The Laws of Chess are like the Bible, everything starts there. In this article IA Alon Shulman shares his thought process in dealing with cases, on implementing the Laws of Chess. Arbiters must first and foremost...

   Chess players have certainly heard of Daniel Fernandez, who has already published a couple of Fritztrainers for ChessBase. But recently, non chess players also got to know him because of a YouTube video with the title We Used An Adult Toy To Beat A Chess Grandmaster . How did this video happen ...

   Magnus Carlsen has been the World , since Apart from his tremendous chess talent, he also has a relatively higher HRV: his heart rate is typically between bpm bpm, which enables him to balance alertness for tactical danger and opportunities and calmness to optimize logical...

   Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the sixth champion of the prestigious chess festival. In the process the the year old Usbek grandmaster rose to the fourth position in the world live ranking, ahead of the reigning world champion Ding Liren. All games of the final round were drawn, and can be replayed,...