9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (814+ words) EXPAND YOUR CHESS HORIZONS Your entry into the great world of ChessBase with ChessBase Program '26, Big Database, CBM and Premium Account. Most ChessBase´26 users will probably use the LiveBook in connection with opening training, together with the Opening Book and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (299+ words) This is a full repertoire after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 focussing on the Evans Gambit as the main weapon. The partnership between FIDE and Salesforce covers the 2026 and 2028 World Championship Matches, the 2027 Women’s Match, and the world rankings. The official world championship matches and…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (416+ words) Initially, back in 1996, during the dawn of the Internet, our chess database company started off with a static HTML website, in nice yellow, with blinking text! Initially the news page was developed by Frederic Friedel, with substantial assistance from GM…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (558+ words) In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for. Javokhir Sindarov's second consecutive win, this time against Alireza Firouzja, put…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (389+ words) In this course, IM Nico Zwirs presents the Reversed Sicilian as a powerful and practical weapon for White Oro Beats Teammate Flores The second edition of Legends & Prodigies began yesterday and runs until 12 September in Madrid. Faustino Oro returns to…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (180+ words) Grandmaster Dr. Karsten Müller, one of the world’s leading endgame experts, guides you step by step through everything you need to know in this second volume. Here it is White to move an defend. How? Watch this show and thousands…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (540+ words) How much opening prep is really necessary - especially in blitz and rapid games? The idea of a “lazy” but smart repertoire: minimal theory, rich ideas, and easy-to-remember structures. In the first team match of the day, Vishy Anand and Magnus…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (530+ words) Renowned for its solidity and strategic soundness, it has been a cornerstone of the repertoires of elite grandmasters including Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi, who relied on it successfully in the Candidates Tournament. Three hundred years ago today, on 7 September…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (620+ words) Learn from legends! Get the full Master Class series on the World Champions at a discounted bundle price. The PBG Alaskan Knights, meanwhile, collected their first victory by beating the CheQ Mumba Masters 11-6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored the Masters' only win,…...