09.02.2010 Pocket Fritz 4: More formats, more chances

08.02.2010 Chernyshov wins Moscow Open 2010

07.02.2010 Bisik-Bisik with Garry Kasparov – Part 3

06.02.2010 Sherlock Holmes chess

05.02.2010 Solutions to our Christmas puzzles – Part two

05.02.2010 Gibtel Masters – Adams wins in play-offs

04.02.2010 Mr ‘First Saturday’ – Laszlo Nagy in Budapest

04.02.2010 Fire on board...

03.02.2010 Gibtel Masters – four leaders with one round to go

03.02.2010 ChessBase show: Colle against the Queen's Indian

02.02.2010 Solutions to our Christmas puzzles – Part one

02.02.2010 Fritz 12 – learning without the manual

01.02.2010 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (36)

31.01.2010 Magnus Carlsen wins Wijk aan Zee 2010

30.01.2010 Wijk 12: Anand beats Kramnik, Carlsen leads

30.01.2010 Gibtel Masters – live video and three hours of Spassky

29.01.2010 Wijk 11: Carlsen wins again, catches Kramnik

29.01.2010 Danny King: Power Play 12 – The Hedgehog

29.01.2010 Gibtel Masters – Adams, Fressinet, Gustafsson lead

28.01.2010 Chess Metaphors – Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind

28.01.2010 FIDE Internet World Blitz: Tonight's your last chance!

28.01.2010 Wijk aan Zee Group C – Faces and Personalities

28.01.2010 Wijk aan C

27.01.2010 Wijk 10: Anand and Carlsen win, Kramnik leads

27.01.2010 The wrong choice of ending

27.01.2010 Wijk 09: Kramnik beats Carlsen, leads with Shirov

26.01.2010 Wijk aan Zee Group B – Faces and Personalities

26.01.2010 Former FIDE President Fridrik Olafsson turns 75

25.01.2010 Gibtelecom Masters starts tomorrow

25.01.2010 Bisik-Bisik with Garry Kasparov – Part 2

25.01.2010 The highest level chess tournament in history?

24.01.2010 Wijk 08: Kramnik beats Nakamura, Karjakin, Leko and Caruana win

24.01.2010 A stunning exchange sacrifice...

23.01.2010 Wijk 07: Nakamura beats Shirov, Carlsen beats Ivanchuk

23.01.2010 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (35)

22.01.2010 Wijk 06: Kramnik, Dominguez, Leko win, Short stops Shirov

22.01.2010 The knight is a lousy defensive piece

21.01.2010 Wijk 05: Shirov beats van Wely, leads with 5.0/5

21.01.2010 Bobby Fischer – The Career and Complete Games

21.01.2010 Opening trap or not?

20.01.2010 2010: The Year of the Haitian Tragedy

19.01.2010 FIDE World Blitz Championship Internet qualifier

19.01.2010 ChessBase show: Colle against the Queen's Indian

19.01.2010 Wijk 04: Ivanchuk beats van Wely, Shirov wins yet again

19.01.2010 To sacrifice or not to sacrifice?!

19.01.2010 Alexei Shirov: The Philidor Defence

19.01.2010 Bisik-Bisik with Garry Kasparov – Part 1

18.01.2010 A black day in Wijk – with blood on the floor

18.01.2010 Promise of greatness – Anish in Wijk

17.01.2010 FIDE World Blitz Internet tournament starts on Tuesday

17.01.2010 Wijk R02: Shirov, Nakamura and Carlsen win, Shirov leads

16.01.2010 Wijk R01: Shirov, van Wely draw first blood

16.01.2010 Chessmile – orthodontic braces with a difference

16.01.2010 'The best game of the last 20 years'...

15.01.2010 Wijk aan Zee: let the games begin

15.01.2010 Pocket Fritz 4: installation, activation, update

15.01.2010 More about barriers

14.01.2010 Wijk aan Zee Super-GM starts on Saturday

13.01.2010 Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze

13.01.2010 Training in style – Kasparov and Carlsen in Marrakech

13.01.2010 Mega Database 2010: Good Intelligence

13.01.2010 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2010 Internet Tournament

13.01.2010 Bursa: Aronian beats Nakamura, Russia in the lead

12.01.2010 ChessBase show: Rubinstein-Alekhine, Karlsbad 1911

12.01.2010 Bursa: Turkey beats Israel, USA leads the field

10.01.2010 Bursa WTC: Nakamura beats Gelfand in round five

09.01.2010 Asian Indoor Games in Ha Long – pictorial impressions

09.01.2010 Joueuse – Queen to Play

09.01.2010 World Team Championship in Bursa, Turkey

09.01.2010 The automatic recapture...

08.01.2010 Kamsky catches Almasi, wins Reggio Emilia 2010

07.01.2010 Grandmasters and Global Growth

07.01.2010 ChessBase Workshop: All about ChessBase Light

07.01.2010 Karjakin: 'I don't consider Magnus my principal rival'

06.01.2010 Bishop sacrifice on h7 leads to spectacular victory

06.01.2010 Akiba Rubinstein – 99 years ago

06.01.2010 Hastings: Four players tie for first with 7.0/9

06.01.2010 Reggio: Almasi leads by a full point

05.01.2010 Barriers

05.01.2010 Magnus Carlsen featured in Time Magazine – again

05.01.2010 The highest rated players of all time

04.01.2010 Hastings: Seven players lead with 5.5/7

03.01.2010 Almasi, Kamsky lead in Reggio, Bologan without draws

02.01.2010 Russian Superfinal: Closing ceremony

02.01.2010 Magnus switches blogs

02.01.2010 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (34)

01.01.2010 Hastings 2009-2010: Five GMs lead after four rounds

01.01.2010 New Year's greetings to all our readers

01.01.2010 The huge space advantage...

31.12.2009 It's official: Magnus Carlsen is number one!

31.12.2009 Compose a position where...

31.12.2009 The pawn roller

30.12.2009 CBM 133: openings survey for the Tal Memorial

30.12.2009 Russian Superfinal: Grischuk and Galliomova win

30.12.2009 Pal Benko improves on Troitzky

29.12.2009 Morphy vs Staunton – the match that never was

29.12.2009 Hastings 2009-2010: Laudator temporis acti

29.12.2009 A tale of seven knights

28.12.2009 Both kings threatened by discovered check...

28.12.2009 Positions to tempt and torture your computer

27.12.2009 Russian Superfinal: Grischuk leads, Galliomova 6.5/7

27.12.2009 Korchnoi vs Spassky finish 4-4 in Elista

27.12.2009 Magnus in Time Magazine

26.12.2009 To exchange or not to exchange?

26.12.2009 Christmas Puzzle flaws and corrections

26.12.2009 Russian Superfinal: Grischuk leads, Galliomova 5.0/5

25.12.2009 Anand: 'I can tell you that Nielsen will be on'

24.12.2009 ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2009

24.12.2009 Russian Superfinal: Svidler, Galliomova lead

23.12.2009 Speculation about Carlsen being Anand's second

23.12.2009 Norway provides US $12 million for Olympiad bid

23.12.2009 The end of the beginning of the end

22.12.2009 Malakhov wins the Ninth Amplico in Warsaw

22.12.2009 Russian Championship Superfinal starts in Moscow

21.12.2009 Third Asian Indoor Games in Ha Long, Vietnam

20.12.2009 Opening surveys in CBM 133

20.12.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (33)

19.12.2009 Korchnoi vs Spassky in Elista

19.12.2009 London: Arianne wins Women's Invitational by two points

17.12.2009 London: Hammer wins the Festival FIDE Open

17.12.2009 The Poisoned Pawn Variation...

17.12.2009 World Championship Sofia – contract signed by FIDE

16.12.2009 London R7: Carlsen wins Chess Classic

15.12.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

15.12.2009 The tricky knight

15.12.2009 Fritz 12 - Premium for everyone

15.12.2009 London R6: Kramnik and Ni Hua win, Carlsen escapes

15.12.2009 Hurry up

14.12.2009 World Cup final: Gelfand beats Ponomariov to win the Cup

14.12.2009 London R5: Carlsen and McShane win

13.12.2009 World Cup final: Ponomariov-Gelfand go to tiebreaks

13.12.2009 London R4: All games drawn, but fighting chess

12.12.2009 People and personalities at the London Chess Classic

12.12.2009 World Cup final: Ponomariov-Gelfand 1.5-1.5

11.12.2009 World Champion Vishy Anand turns forty

11.12.2009 A coffin nail...

11.12.2009 London R3: Kramnik wins again, Carlsen leads

11.12.2009 London R2: Kramnik and Carlsen analysed

11.12.2009 World Cup final: first game Ponomariov-Gelfand drawn

10.12.2009 London R2: Thirty love – Carlsen beats McShane

09.12.2009 A mate attack out of the blue

09.12.2009 London R1 – Carlsen explains his win against Kramnik

09.12.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

09.12.2009 Malakhov and his Slav with 4...a6

08.12.2009 London R1 – Carlsen beats Kramnik

08.12.2009 World Cup R6: Ponomariov to play Gelfand in the final

08.12.2009 Get ready for 2010: The new ChessBase 10 packages

08.12.2009 London Chess Classic 2009 – starts today

08.12.2009 World Cup R6: Gelfand in the fiinal

07.12.2009 What was the strongest tournament of all time?

06.12.2009 World Cup R6: Gelfand beats Karjakin with black

06.12.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (32)

05.12.2009 ChessBase Workshop: visualisation training with Fritz 12

05.12.2009 World Cup R5: Gelfand and Ponomariov join Malakhov and Karjakin

05.12.2009 Marilyn and Jinky visit Fischer's tomb

04.12.2009 World Cup R5: Malakhov and Karjakin in the semifinals

04.12.2009 A knight on a weakened central square...

03.12.2009 World Cup R5: Malakhov and Karjakin take the lead

02.12.2009 World Cup R4: Youngsters out, experience rules

02.12.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

02.12.2009 World Cup: Interviews with Fressinet and Onischuk

01.12.2009 World Cup R4: Svidler, Mamedyarov and Karjakin through

01.12.2009 Great 2009 finish: ChessBase Magazine 133

01.12.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (31)

30.11.2009 Quiz: where will the sixth Grand Prix be held?

30.11.2009 Ivanchuk: Sorry, I am not quitting chess

30.11.2009 World Cup R4: Svidler and Mamedyarov win with black

29.11.2009 'Snowdrops and Old-hands' in Marienbad

29.11.2009 World Cup R3: Two Chinese players default – for smoking

29.11.2009 Oslo Blitz – Nakamura beats Carlsen in the final

29.11.2009 World Cup R3: Kamsky eliminated by So

28.11.2009 World Cup R3: So strikes again – beats Kamsky with black

27.11.2009 Advancing pawns in front of your own king...

27.11.2009 World Cup R2: no more upsets

26.11.2009 Ivanchuk threatens to quit professional chess

25.11.2009 World Cup R2: three super-GMs knocked out

25.11.2009 Selected attacking games

25.11.2009 World Cup R2: Svidler, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Morozevich lose

24.11.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

24.11.2009 World Cup: Sutovsky and Sargissian eliminated

24.11.2009 World Youth Championship in Antalya

23.11.2009 World Cup: Favourites through, nineteen tiebreaks on Monday

22.11.2009 A host of passed pawns...

22.11.2009 Few upsets in World Cup on day one

21.11.2009 Anand: Russia is still one of the strongest chess nations in the world

21.11.2009 FIDE World Chess Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk begins

20.11.2009 London Chess Classic 2009 – Korchnoi guest of honour

20.11.2009 World Blitz Championship: closeup video footage

19.11.2009 Kramnik: It is especially nice to win in Moscow

19.11.2009 Carlsen: I am constantly in touch with Kasparov

19.11.2009 World Blitz Championship: Pictorial impressions

18.11.2009 World Blitz Championship: Carlsen wins by three-point margin

18.11.2009 Trials and Tribulations of a Blitz Player

18.11.2009 ChessBase Magazine: From Rags to Riches

18.11.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

17.11.2009 World Blitz Championship day two: Carlsen takes over

17.11.2009 World Blitz Championship – pictorial impressions from Moscow

17.11.2009 Kramnik: I am counting on regaining the world title

16.11.2009 World Blitz Championship day one: Anand leads

16.11.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (30)

16.11.2009 German Team Championships – second weekend

15.11.2009 Tal Memorial 2009 – impressions from Moscow

14.11.2009 Kramnik wins Tal Memorial 2009, Carlsen number one

13.11.2009 Tal R08: Carlsen beats Ponomariov, moves to sole fourth

13.11.2009 All Saints in Stockholm

13.11.2009 White squares and diagonals...

13.11.2009 Tal R07: Ivanchuk beats Gelfand

12.11.2009 Interview with the World Junior Champion 2009

11.11.2009 Tal R06: Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Gelfand win

11.11.2009 Fischer's daughter Jinky files claim to his estate

11.11.2009 Knight in the corner

11.11.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

11.11.2009 Tal R05: Anand beats Leko, joins Kramnik in the lead

10.11.2009 Iceland: Fischer's estate, his final resting place

09.11.2009 Gong interview with Silvio Danailov

09.11.2009 The secrets of a top grandmaster

08.11.2009 Tal R04: Kramnik beats Svidler, leads in Moscow

07.11.2009 Tal R03: Anand, Aronian, Kramnik draw first blood

07.11.2009 Measuring the 'hotness' and watching the 'Mate-o-meter'

06.11.2009 Tal R02: All games drawn – first win expected tomorrow

06.11.2009 Five pieces lined up on the h-file...

05.11.2009 Tal R01: All games drawn – with plenty of excitement

05.11.2009 Israeli double agent shot dead in Moscow

05.11.2009 World Junior Championship – Impressions from Patagonia

05.11.2009 Tal Memorial begins today – live on Playchess

05.11.2009 A rook ending worth its weight in gold

04.11.2009 ChessBase Workshop: tips and tricks in ChessBase 10

04.11.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

04.11.2009 Vachier-Lagrave, Soumya win World Junior

03.11.2009 Chess Players Association urges compromise

02.11.2009 Anand defeats Karpov 3.5:0.5 in Corsica

02.11.2009 Video report: Garry Kasparov at Your Next Move

02.11.2009 The Catalan bishop

02.11.2009 Zhigalko leads World Junior in Patagonia

02.11.2009 November 2009 FIDE ratings

01.11.2009 Anand vs Karpov rapid chess match in Corsica

31.10.2009 Novi Sad: Azerbaijan wins Gold – by one rook move

30.10.2009 World Junior Chess Championships 2009 in Patagonia

30.10.2009 Novi Sad: Russia and Azerbaijan lead

30.10.2009 The desperado rook

29.10.2009 Life is Easy – just get Fritz 12

29.10.2009 An intermediate move...

28.10.2009 Krush in China – adventures of a chess player

27.10.2009 Wednesday night training on Playchess

27.10.2009 Novi Sad: Azerbaijan leads by two points

27.10.2009 Developing Chess Talent – Chess and autism

26.10.2009 Conquer the Kings – a four-way variant of chess

26.10.2009 Yazici runs for President of the European Chess Union

26.10.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (29)

25.10.2009 Novi Sad: another loss by ringtone

25.10.2009 Humpy replies to Sundar – issues open challenge

24.10.2009 Tiviakov takes Univé Hoogoveen with a single win

24.10.2009 Indian chess champ on city streets

24.10.2009 Chess in Paradise: the Ravana Challenge in Sri Lanka

23.10.2009 Sundar: Imagination and half truths

23.10.2009 How Vodovod promoted into first Serbian division

22.10.2009 The hanging bishop...

22.10.2009 17th European Team Championship in Novi Sad

22.10.2009 Online qualification for VIII Festival in Benidorm

22.10.2009 ChessBase Workshop: tips and tricks in ChessBase 10

22.10.2009 World number two female player protests

22.10.2009 Astronaut Fuglesang receives his prize

21.10.2009 Support teams in chess – All The King’s Men

21.10.2009 Monokroussos on Lilienthal vs Ragozin

21.10.2009 The Troitzky line

20.10.2009 Univé Tournament 2009 under way in Hoogeveen

19.10.2009 Prime Minister Borissov vouches for World Championship

19.10.2009 Magnus Carlsen on Golden Goal

19.10.2009 Opening surveys in CBM 132

18.10.2009 FIDE Candidates Tournament split between two venues

18.10.2009 Start of the German Bundesliga season 2009/2010

17.10.2009 US Women's Championship: jazz, blindfold and hula chess

17.10.2009 Mate is in the air...

16.10.2009 'ChessBaby' Almira hits the poker world

16.10.2009 Breaking news: Sofia awarded World Championship 2010

15.10.2009 Magnus' mighty knights

15.10.2009 Photo impressions of the 2009 US Women's Championship

15.10.2009 Carlsen withdraws from European Team Chamionship

14.10.2009 New photos of Bobby Fischer – part two

14.10.2009 Should we abolish women's chess titles?

14.10.2009 Anna Zatonskih wins second consecutive US Women's Championship

14.10.2009 Revisited: Botvinnik-Capablanca, AVRO 1938

13.10.2009 Chess and Music Festival in the Château de Villandry

13.10.2009 Washington Square Park simul given by – an AMP can

13.10.2009 Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women's Chess

12.10.2009 London Chess Classic 2009 – prepare for the best

12.10.2009 Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing

12.10.2009 New photos of Bobby Fischer published – part one

11.10.2009 FIDE Women Grand Prix: Xu Yuhua wins

10.10.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (28)

10.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen wins Pearl Spring with 3002 performance

09.10.2009 FIDE Women Grand Prix: Xu Yuhua leads

09.10.2009 The king as an attacking piece...

09.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen wins Pearl Spring with one round to go

08.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Chicken pox strikes, Dzagnidze and Xu lead

08.10.2009 Kenya vs. Holland internet match via Playchess

08.10.2009 Order now – Fritz 12 is shipping

08.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Marie Sebag in the lead

07.10.2009 CNN: Kasparov on chess and politics

07.10.2009 From theory to praxis

06.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen, Topalov, Jakovenko win

06.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Shen Yang beats Dzagnidze, Marie Sebag catches up

06.10.2009 The passed pawn on the seventh rank

05.10.2009 Nanjing: All games drawn, Carlsen leads by two points

05.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Dzagnidze restarts with win over Xu Yuhua

04.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen draws, Topalov beats Jakovenko

04.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Dzagnidze stopped by Marie Sebag

04.10.2009 Play it like Bologan

03.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen wins again, leads with 4.5/5 points

02.10.2009 FIDE Grand Prix: Dzagnidze leads with 4.0/4 and 3191 performance

02.10.2009 Two unprotected pieces...

02.10.2009 No financial guarantees for Anand-Topalov World Championship

01.10.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen strikes again, third win in four games

30.09.2009 Nanjing: Dzagnidze leads FIDE Women Grand Prix

30.09.2009 A match decided in an endgame

30.09.2009 Kasparov: 'Something is dead wrong in chess'

30.09.2009 Nanjing: Wang Yue stops Carlsen rampage

30.09.2009 Henrik Carlsen on the Nanjing Tournament

30.09.2009 Nanjing: Dzagnidze leads FIDE Women Grand Prix

30.09.2009 Alexander Morozevich: most imaginative player of our time

30.09.2009 Wednesday night: The Battle of the Great 'K's

29.09.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen strikes again, defeats Topalov

29.09.2009 Nanjing: Opening ceremony, Women's Grand Prix

28.09.2009 Nanjing: Carlsen wins with the Scotch

28.09.2009 Video interview with Garry Kasparov on Valencia

27.09.2009 Mukachevo: Nigel Short wins 3.5-2.5

27.09.2009 Faster, nicer, stronger: ChessBase Magazine 132

26.09.2009 Come and get it! Fritz 12 – you can order now

26.09.2009 Three GMs lead in SPICE Cup in Texas

26.09.2009 Mukachevo: Nigel Short pulls ahead with game five victory

25.09.2009 Valencia: Kasparov's blitz win, final score 9.0-3.0

25.09.2009 The natural move...

24.09.2009 Grandmaster Shukhrat Safin passes away at 39

24.09.2009 Mukachevo: fourth game drawn, score 2-2

24.09.2009 Valencia: Karpov wins game three, Kasparov wins the match 3-1

24.09.2009 Secret tip for use against the Petroff

23.09.2009 Valencia: Kasparov starts with 2-0 crunch

23.09.2009 Vladimirov in 2004: Magnus will be number one!

22.09.2009 Mukachevo: third game a fighting draw

22.09.2009 Karpov-Kasparov: Match start in Valencia today

22.09.2009 Kasparov and Carlsen on Norway's NRK talk show

22.09.2009 The eternal duel between bishop and knight II

21.09.2009 Mukachevo: Short strikes back, beats Efimenko with black

21.09.2009 Efimenko draws first blood in Mukachevo match

19.09.2009 'Without major pieces...

18.09.2009 World Women's Team Championship in Ningbo

18.09.2009 Mikhalchishin and the Arkhangelsk Defence

18.09.2009 Gil and Marsel – Schoolmates and Champions

17.09.2009 Media blitz: Kasparov and Carlsen in Oslo

17.09.2009 A 2700 première

16.09.2009 T.A.C.T.I.C – a Turkish African Cooperation...

16.09.2009 World Women's Team Championship in Ningbo

16.09.2009 Generation encounter: Beliavsky vs Nakamura under scrutiny

16.09.2009 Fritz11: Threatened squares

15.09.2009 Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization

14.09.2009 China wins World Women's Team Championship

14.09.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (27)

14.09.2009 Advanced enemy pawns...

13.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Aronian wins Grand Slam Final

13.09.2009 Nunn on Understanding Chess Endgames

13.09.2009 The eternal duel between bishop and knight

12.09.2009 Remembering September 12th 2001

12.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Aronian wins Grand Slam Final

11.09.2009 Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent

11.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Aronian beats Grischuk, takes lead

10.09.2009 Mating attack in the endgame II

10.09.2009 A genial genius at work – Tal blindfold simul in video

10.09.2009 The birthday present that never was

09.09.2009 World Champion Viswanathan Anand visits Durban

09.09.2009 Astronaut Fuglesang in trouble – in space chess game

09.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Aronian beats Shirov, Karjakin beats Grischuk

09.09.2009 Getting a queen is not necessarily the be all and end all

08.09.2009 Should one wake a sleeping chess player?

08.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Girschuk strikes again, beats Shirov

08.09.2009 For young and old – chess celebrations in Odessa

07.09.2009 Breaking news: Carlsen and Kasparov join forces

06.09.2009 The Tkachiev incident: the arbiter replies

06.09.2009 Bilbao Masters: Girschuk beats Aronian

06.09.2009 Really?

05.09.2009 Kolkata Open: inebriated grandmaster forfeits game

04.09.2009 Did Lenin and Hitler face off at a chess board?

04.09.2009 Nigel Short on being number one in Britain again

04.09.2009 Missed tactical opportunities...

03.09.2009 Akobian defaults on six million dollar match in Las Vegas

02.09.2009 Murtas Kazhgaleyev wins Ile-de-France Paris Championship

02.09.2009 Grischuk wins Moscow Blitz Championship

02.09.2009 Can computers be made to appreciate beauty?

01.09.2009 NH Amsterdam: 'Experience' GMs win by 27½-22½

01.09.2009 September 2009 FIDE ratings

01.09.2009 Andrew Martin: The Scandinavian the easy way – 2nd edition

31.08.2009 World Champion Viswanathan Anand in Botswana

31.08.2009 Minimize your errors

30.08.2009 Iranian GM smashes Guinness simultaneous chess world record

30.08.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (26)

30.08.2009 Karpov-Kasparov: Grudge Match in Valencia

30.08.2009 NH: The Wrinklies bite back – Experience leads 22:18

29.08.2009 The world's biggest chess game – possibly by far

28.08.2009 18th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

28.08.2009 New – ChessBase Light 2009: know everything!

28.08.2009 Scoring against the Berlin Defence

27.08.2009 Breakthrough performance by Pocket Fritz 4 in Buenos Aires

27.08.2009 Arakhamia-Grant wins Baltic Queens

27.08.2009 The 'Spy' in Fritz

26.08.2009 FIDE Grand Prix 2008/2009 standings – Aronian wins

25.08.2009 Six million dollar World Chess Championship in Las Vegas?

25.08.2009 Serge 'n Kath: interviews with the youngest Super-GM couple

25.08.2009 NH: Ashes to ashes – Experience leads 13.5:11.5

25.08.2009 Mating attack in a rook ending

25.08.2009 New and blindingly fast: ChessBase Light 2009

24.08.2009 Vladimir Kramnik wins Champions Rapid in Zurich

23.08.2009 Jermuk R13: Ivanchuk wins fifth FIDE Grand Prix

23.08.2009 Fritz11's 'Threat feature'

22.08.2009 Jermuk R12: Gelfand beats Kasimdzhanov, six players in contention

22.08.2009 Russia vs. China: China leads 25.5-24.5

22.08.2009 NH Tournament: Experience Grandmasters lead 6.0-4.0

22.08.2009 Jermuk R11: Eljanov, Inarkiev win, lead unchanged

22.08.2009 The coach in Fritz11

21.08.2009 Balkan Grand Prix: Pleasure in Cetinje

21.08.2009 Swedish Astronaut to play Chess from Space

20.08.2009 Jermuk R10: four wins, seven exciting games

20.08.2009 Interview with Monika Socko, winner of the Arctic Challenge

20.08.2009 The World’s Oldest Chess Club: Part IV (1975 to the present)

20.08.2009 Rooks need space...

19.08.2009 Asian Youth Championships – a clean sweep by India

19.08.2009 Abby Marshall wins 2009 Denker Tournament of High School Champions

19.08.2009 Djaja study: how humans and computers solved it

19.08.2009 Jermuk R9: Kasimdzhanov catches the leaders

19.08.2009 Memory lane: Kasparov vs Karpov in Seville 1987

19.08.2009 Mate with three

19.08.2009 Baltic Queen International Tournament: Atalik in the lead

19.08.2009 Breaking through in a knight ending

18.08.2009 Staunton Memorial: England beats Netherlands 26.5 23.5

18.08.2009 NH Tournament: Experience Grandmasters vs Rising Stars

18.08.2009 CB Light 2009: Know everything

17.08.2009 Jermuk R7+8: Ivanchuk and Leko lead

17.08.2009 2009 Hungarian National Championship: Almasi takes the title on tiebreaks

17.08.2009 England on the brink, fights back and leads 24.0:21.0

17.08.2009 2009 French National Championship: Vachier-Lagrave leads the pack

17.08.2009 Bizarre opening moves and an early innovation

16.08.2009 Jermuk Grand Prix: a rest from the chessboard battles

16.08.2009 Zurich Jubilee 2009: Areshchenko and Avrukh victorious

16.08.2009 Jermuk R6: four players lead after killer instinct day

15.08.2009 England in the lead 18.5-16.5, Short rejuvenated

14.08.2009 Jermuk R5: five decisive games, Ivanchuk and Leko lead

14.08.2009 Viktor Bologan: the Caro-Kann in twenty enjoyable lessons

13.08.2009 How young Ray made his first GM norm

13.08.2009 Short and Timman shine in Staunton Memorial

13.08.2009 Jermuk R4: Leko and Aronian win and lead

13.08.2009 Zurich Jubilee 2009: twelve GMs in the lead

12.08.2009 Jermuk R3: Alekseev beats Inarkiev, six draws

12.08.2009 The brilliant ideas of a 14-year-old

12.08.2009 Zurich Jubilee 2009 Open under way – Pein on Giri

11.08.2009 Jermuk R2: Aronian and Jakovenko win

11.08.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (25)

10.08.2009 FIDE Grand Prix in Jermuk has started

10.08.2009 Socko, Robson, Petrov and Berg win Arctic Challenge

10.08.2009 David wins Open Greek Championship in Kavala

10.08.2009 Guinness Simultaneous Chess World Record attempt – in Tehran!

10.08.2009 A very hard nut to crack...

09.08.2009 'No more coincidences' – interview with IM Aly Yasseen

08.08.2009 Tromsø 2009 – Socko, Petrov and Robson lead

08.08.2009 Bilbao Masters: Topalov out, Aronian in

07.08.2009 L'Ami wins Dieren – impressions by Fred Lucas

07.08.2009 The World’s Oldest Chess Club: Part III (1945–1961)

07.08.2009 FM Raja Panjwani takes Canadian Junior Championship

06.08.2009 Tromsø 2009 – four lead in Arctic Chess Challenge

05.08.2009 New: ChessBase Magazine 131

05.08.2009 Sergey and Kateryna tie the knot

05.08.2009 Coming soon to a Divan close to you – London honours its chess greats

05.08.2009 Putting all your eggs into one basket

04.08.2009 Solution to the CBM competition

04.08.2009 Chess Classic: Mamedyarov wins Ordix Open

04.08.2009 2009 Politiken Cup: Negi Nails Nordic Natives

03.08.2009 Toshkent Xokimi kubogi: What we say in Uzbek for 'Tashkent Mayor's Cup'

02.08.2009 Chess Classic: Aronian wins final in smooth style

02.08.2009 Ordix Open: eight players lead with 5-0

02.08.2009 Chess Classic: Rybka wins Chess960 Computer World Championship

02.08.2009 Chess Classic: 'That’s life: if you play badly you get punished'

02.08.2009 Tromsø 2009 – the Arctic Chess Challenge

01.08.2009 Chess Classic: Grischuk wins FiNet Chess 960 Open

01.08.2009 Chess Classic: Bad start for the World Champion

31.07.2009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Biel 2009

31.07.2009 Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship

31.07.2009 2009 Victoria Summer Chess Festival: National Champions clash

31.07.2009 2009 Villarrobledo Rapid Tournament: Naiditsch edges the field

30.07.2009 Chess Classic: Nakamura's comeback

30.07.2009 Biel 2009: Morozevich beats Ivanchuk, Vachier leads

29.07.2009 6000 chess players took part in our beauty contest

29.07.2009 Biel 2009: Vachier Lagrave and Ivanchuk lead

29.07.2009 Monokroussos analyses Topalov-Kramnik, Wijk 2008

29.07.2009 Chess Classic: Aronian dominates in Chess960

28.07.2009 Simple positions...

27.07.2009 US Junior Championship: IM Ray Robson, 14, victorious

27.07.2009 Rating inflation – its causes and possible cures

26.07.2009 Aronian on Mainz: I wish chess could always be like this

26.07.2009 GM Chao Li gunning for a historic win next month!

26.07.2009 Giri on a rampage at the Dutch Open Championship

26.07.2009 Biel 2009: Alekseev beats Morozevich, Ivanchuk leads

25.07.2009 Chess and cars in Ukraine – presentation by Mercedes

25.07.2009 Biel 2009: Caruana beats Morozevich in round four

24.07.2009 Five years of the ACP: results and development

24.07.2009 Pawn endings: basic knowledge

23.07.2009 Canadian Open: Friendly Faces Congregate in Edmonton

22.07.2009 Tromsø 2009 – the Arctic Chess Challenge

22.07.2009 Biel 2009: Ivanchuk beats Caruana, Morozevich leads

22.07.2009 Judit Polgar – how to play the anti-Najdorf

22.07.2009 A cornered king...

21.07.2009 Canadian Open: Canadians take it all

21.07.2009 Biel 2009: Morozevich starts with a 2-0 score

20.07.2009 Mainz 2009 – Schmitt: 'I suffer vicariously with Anand'

20.07.2009 Nakamura vs Ponomariov – the tiebreak games reconstructed

20.07.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (24)

19.07.2009 Canadian Open: Nine players lead after penultimate round

18.07.2009 2009 Canadian Open: four players with 6.0/7 points

18.07.2009 Attention, bishops of opposite colours!

17.07.2009 Mainz 2009: We are not looking for short term commitments

17.07.2009 Ponomariov catches Nakamura, loses tiebreak

16.07.2009 SO Kavala still the best in Greece

16.07.2009 Watch the man behind the new Philidor Defence

16.07.2009 Adrian Mikhalchishin: Grandmaster, author and chess trainer

15.07.2009 2009 Canadian Open: five players lead with 4.0/4 points

15.07.2009 Benjamin and the Philidor Defense

14.07.2009 San Sebastian: Nakamura leads with 5.0/6

14.07.2009 The World’s Oldest Chess Club: Part II (1914–1945)

13.07.2009 ChessBase Magazine and Pocket Fritz 3

13.07.2009 2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship

13.07.2009 The Zalakaros Chess Festival

12.07.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (23)

12.07.2009 Dortmund 10: Kramnik wins Dortmund for the ninth time

12.07.2009 Winning with ChessBase Magazine Online

12.07.2009 Dortmund 9: All games drawn, final result still open

11.07.2009 Magnificent endgame technique

10.07.2009 Dortmund 8: Kramnik beats Carlsen, leads

10.07.2009 Your judgement, please

10.07.2009 Michael Jackson – the chess connection

10.07.2009 Karpov in Syria – a pictorial feast

10.07.2009 Dortmund 7: All games drawn, Carlsen leads

09.07.2009 How do you do it, Mr. King?

09.07.2009 When knowing is losing – gender factors in chess

09.07.2009 Donostia Chess Festival in San Sebastián

08.07.2009 Dortmund 6: All games drawn, Carlsen leads

08.07.2009 No mystery: what Kasparov said to Obama

07.07.2009 Dortmund – a walking tour

07.07.2009 Monokroussos on the Hedgehog System(s)

07.07.2009 Norwegian endgame artistry

06.07.2009 Dortmund 5: Carlsen, Leko win, Carlsen leads

05.07.2009 Dortmund 04: Kramnik wins with black, leads with Carlsen

05.07.2009 All India Chess Federation revokes ban on Gopal

05.07.2009 Anya Corke – a special talent from Hong Kong

05.07.2009 Boris Gelfand annotates

04.07.2009 Dortmund 03: All games drawn in sweltering heat

04.07.2009 Obama to meet Kasparov in Moscow

04.07.2009 Dortmund 02: Jakovenko defeats Naiditsch

02.07.2009 25th Spring Chess Festival in Budapest

02.07.2009 Dortmund 01: Carlsen beats Jakovenko

02.07.2009 Your judgement, please

01.07.2009 Lviv – the chess capital of Ukraine

01.07.2009 July 2009 FIDE ratings: Topalov leads, Anand second

01.07.2009 Monokroussos on not winning a model game

30.06.2009 Do men and women have different brains?

30.06.2009 More Fischer-Spassky memorabilia on sale

29.06.2009 A mating attack in the endgame

28.06.2009 Tiger Lilov’s Chess Show: The Art of Defense

28.06.2009 Swedish ChessBoxing Sensation in London

28.06.2009 For the beginners

27.06.2009 CNN-IBN: Anand on his coming year

27.06.2009 Your judgement, please

26.06.2009 Bazna R10: Ivanchuk wins with a full point lead

26.06.2009 Rybka's Monte Carlo Analysis revisited

25.06.2009 Daniel Pulvett wins Junior Championship for the blind

25.06.2009 The intelligent way to learn openings

25.06.2009 Bazna R9: Three draws, but exciting games

24.06.2009 The World’s Oldest Chess Club: Part I (1809–1914)

23.06.2009 Opening surveys in ChessBase Magazine 130

23.06.2009 Bazna R8: All games drawn, Ivanchuk leads

22.06.2009 Ratings Summit in Athens

22.06.2009 Bazna R7: Ivanchuk beats Shirov, leads by a full point

22.06.2009 Your judgement, please

21.06.2009 Bazna R6: Ivanchuk, Shirov win, Ivanchuk leads

20.06.2009 Women and men in chess – smashing the stereotypes

19.06.2009 116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open)

19.06.2009 New: ChessBase Magazine 130

19.06.2009 Bazna R5: Gelfand and Ivanchuk win, lead the event

18.06.2009 Bazna R4: All games drawn, but interesting battles

18.06.2009 Drozdovskij, wins Bhubaneswar Open

17.06.2009 Bazna R3: All games drawn, three players lead

17.06.2009 Lokomotiv Sofia wins open and women's team championships

17.06.2009 Boa constrictor Petrosian – instructive and humorous

16.06.2009 Bazna R2: Gelfand beats Nisipeanu

16.06.2009 Database integrity checks

15.06.2009 Bazna R1 commentary by GM Dorian Rogozenco

15.06.2009 Bazna R01: Shirov and Ivanchuk start with black wins

14.06.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (22)

14.06.2009 Chinese Championship – a pictorial review

13.06.2009 Testing chess players – for what?

12.06.2009 Motylev wins 10th Karpov Poikovsky

12.06.2009 Grasping the Scheveningen Sicilian

12.06.2009 Sinequefields Purchase Bobby Fischer's Chess Collection

11.06.2009 Your judgement, please

11.06.2009 Feedback and facts on FIDE's 'zero tolerance' rule

10.06.2009 Congratulations to Natalia and Peter, the new chess couple

09.06.2009 Chinese Championship – a closer look at Ding Liren

09.06.2009 Waiting in the wings: ChessBase Magazine 130

09.06.2009 Chinese Championship – decision by default

08.06.2009 Miskolc Day 4: Anand wins Rapid match 5:3

07.06.2009 A key encounter in the Slav Stonewall

07.06.2009 Sigeman & Co: Nigel Short wins with a 2990 performance

07.06.2009 XXII León Masters: Carlsen beats Ivanchuk in final

07.06.2009 Miskolc Day 3: Anand strikes again, leads 4:2

06.06.2009 XXII Ciudad de León Masters: Carlsen knocks out Wang Yue

06.06.2009 Miskolc free day: an encounter with the Miskolc youth

06.06.2009 Sigeman & Co: Nigel Short on a rampage

05.06.2009 XXII Ciudad de León Masters: Ivanchuk beats Morozevich

05.06.2009 Your judgement, please

04.06.2009 Miskolc Day 2: both games drawn, Anand leads

04.06.2009 The Cruellest Month – three respected players pass

04.06.2009 Master calculation

03.06.2009 Miskolc Day 1: Anand wins, takes the lead

03.06.2009 Miskolc 2009 opens with a Hungarian-Indian spectacular

03.06.2009 Svetozar Gligoric – the players from whom we have learnt

03.06.2009 PVK Kievchess wins Ukraining Team Championship

03.06.2009 President Peres at the Shevah-Mofet Chess Academy

02.06.2009 Database backups

02.06.2009 Leko vs Anand begins tomorrow in Miskolc

31.05.2009 CEZ Trophy: Ivanchuk clinches it 5.5-2.5

31.05.2009 Ganguly, Zhang win Asian Championships

31.05.2009 CEZ Trophy: Navara and Ivanchuk score, Ivanchuk leads 4:2

30.05.2009 Tiger Lilov’s Chess Show: the Power of Initiative

30.05.2009 Success with the Benoni

29.05.2009 CEZ Trophy: Ivanchuk strikes again, leads 3:1

28.05.2009 Trailers: Bobby Fischer Live, Me & Bobby Fischer

27.05.2009 CEZ Trophy: Ivanchuk goes into the lead

27.05.2009 Liquidating to pawn endings

27.05.2009 Mejnun Vahidov: 27.07.1946 – 30.04.2009

27.05.2009 Gelfand, Nakamura and the 6.Bg5 abyss

26.05.2009 Peter Leko: 'I'm not the kind who takes unnecessary risks...'

26.05.2009 Stuart Conquest wins Capo d'Orso Open

25.05.2009 Boris Gelfand wins Odessa ACP World Rapid

25.05.2009 Shirov's Secret

24.05.2009 Tiger Lilov’s Chess Show – Experience the Magic of Learning!

23.05.2009 Odessa ACP World Rapid: Gelfand and Svidler in the final

23.05.2009 Alexei Shirov wins Super-GM in Sofia

23.05.2009 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa

23.05.2009 It's Leko vs Anand in Miskolc

22.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Carlsen and Topalov win

22.05.2009 GM Nigel Davies: for 35+ only

22.05.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (21)

21.05.2009 ACP to FIDE: Why must women's tournaments collide?

21.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: all games drawn

21.05.2009 Chess Rhapsodies – compiled by Lucio Etruscus

20.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Carlsen beats Dominguez

20.05.2009 Monokroussos Playchess Show: Sigurjonsson-Stein, Reykjavik 1972

19.05.2009 Ilyumzhinov: 'It is not the size of the logo, it’s the principle'

19.05.2009 'I am ready to resume negotiations with FIDE'

19.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Shirov beats Ivanchuk

19.05.2009 Rybka wins 17th World Computer Chess Championship

18.05.2009 Monday night: chess lessons for beginners and fans

18.05.2009 Hikaru Nakamura is the US Champion 2009

18.05.2009 Croatia and Slovenia win the Mitropacup 2009

17.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Topalov beats Ivanchuk

17.05.2009 US Championship: young guns battle for the US title

17.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Topalov beats Wang Yue

16.05.2009 US Championship: young players take over the US Championship

15.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: all games drawn

15.05.2009 US Championship: Three top seeds plus rising star lead

15.05.2009 Hungary and Slovenia lead in Mitropacup 2009

15.05.2009 Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!

14.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Wang Yue beats Ivanchuk

14.05.2009 The greatest specialist in the King's Indian

14.05.2009 Asian Chess Championship – Scandal in Kuala Lumpur

14.05.2009 US Championship: Shulman and Akobian hold the lead

13.05.2009 Sofia Super-GM: Carlsen and Shirov win

13.05.2009 US Championship: Shulman and Akobian make their move

13.05.2009 World Championship cycle: FIDE-UEP negotiations fail

13.05.2009 Dortmund 2009: the category 20 line-up

13.05.2009 Matthew Sadler's short but successful career

13.05.2009 Hungary and Croatia lead in Mitropacup 2009

12.05.2009 Five players lead in US Championship

11.05.2009 Open fight in the closed Sicilian

11.05.2009 Rating and K-factor: wrapping up the debate

11.05.2009 The first DVD by Lubomir Ftacnik

10.05.2009 Monday night: chess lessons for beginners and fans

10.05.2009 FIDE World team beats Azerbaijan 21.5-10.5

08.05.2009 Azerbaijan takes a pounding from Kramnik and Karjakin

08.05.2009 11th Dubai Open 2009 – a feast for the eyes

08.05.2009 Thanks to CBM for the full point

08.05.2009 President's Cup – FIDE World leads after two rounds

07.05.2009 Thompson: Leave the K-factor alone!

07.05.2009 Chess Grandmaster Utut Adianto elected Senator

06.05.2009 'Refined Chess' proposal – readers' feedback

06.05.2009 Tal vs Filip – the art of defence and counterattack

05.05.2009 Tehran Wins Asian Cities Championship

04.05.2009 Chess problemist shot in Azeri terror attack

04.05.2009 Rating debate (6): Here comes the proof!

04.05.2009 How Leko missed a win over Kamsky

03.05.2009 Czech GM Miroslav Filip dies at 80

03.05.2009 Rating debate: is 24 the ideal K-factor?

03.05.2009 A bitter pill for Sergey Karjakin

03.05.2009 Anand: Every year I keep my fingers crossed

01.05.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (20)

30.04.2009 'Incredible Abundance'

30.04.2009 Pourkashiyan won the Iranian Women's Championship 2009

30.04.2009 Nunn on the K-factor: show me the proof!

30.04.2009 Macieja: the FIDE General Assembly must decide

30.04.2009 Alexei McQueen

29.04.2009 FIDE: We support the increase of the K-factor

29.04.2009 Nalchik R13: Levon Aronian wins Fourth FIDE Grand Prix

28.04.2009 Polugaevsky vs Keres – instructive, entertaining, quirky!

28.04.2009 Yazici: 'Law is just and justice prevails'

28.04.2009 Nalchik R12: Leko wins, joins Aronian in the lead

28.04.2009 Macieja: The increase of the K-factor is essential

27.04.2009 Russian Mayor walks into Kasparov’s trap

27.04.2009 Tie for first by half the field in Oslo

27.04.2009 Nalchik R11: Ivanchuk, Bacrot, Gelfand win

27.04.2009 FIDE: Anand-Topalov bidding, K-Factor

27.04.2009 27th Metz International Open Chess Tournament

26.04.2009 Nalchik R10: the bloodiest round of the tournament

26.04.2009 Refined Chess – a new proposal to combat draws

24.04.2009 Nalchik R9: Kamsky, Alekseev and Bacrot win

24.04.2009 How is basketball like a game of chess?

23.04.2009 Opening Surveys in ChessBase Magazine 129

23.04.2009 Nalchik R8: Gelfand, Eljanov win with black

23.04.2009 Nalchik R7: Karjakin and Eljanov score

22.04.2009 Make big progress with little ado

22.04.2009 Akopian and the Revenge of the Tourists

22.04.2009 Nalchik rest day: the Chereksky gorge and Blue Lake

22.04.2009 Nalchik R6: Grischuk loses, Aronian wins to take lead

21.04.2009 Sambuev and Friedel win Thrilling Toronto Tournament

21.04.2009 Jennifer Shahade – getting back at Marcel Duchamp

20.04.2009 'Magnificent Chess Tournament' in Jamaica

19.04.2009 Nalchik R5: Kasimdzhanov and Akopian win

18.04.2009 Nalchik R4: Kamsky beats Svidler, Grischuk leads

17.04.2009 Tactics – you can never get enough of them

17.04.2009 Nalchik R3: four wins, Aronian drops a point

16.04.2009 Nalchik R2: Svidler and Aronian score

16.04.2009 Big pictorial: Après Chess in Dagomys

15.04.2009 Anand’s difficult struggle

15.04.2009 Nalchik R1: Grischuk, Aronian win, Kamsky escapes

15.04.2009 Rustam Kasimdzhanov: the world championship connection

14.04.2009 A Chess Festival of a Different Kind

14.04.2009 European Seniors: Russia wins, Korchnoi best

14.04.2009 Icon tasks in ChessBase 10 – Part 2

13.04.2009 Reykjavik Open 2009 – chess in geothermal splendor

11.04.2009 Arboretum and Dolphinarium – something fishy in Sochi

11.04.2009 The Barcza Memorial Tournament Scandal

11.04.2009 Tomsk-400 wins the Russian Premier League

10.04.2009 Spartak wins Russian Women's League – narrowly

09.04.2009 Icon tasks in ChessBase 10

08.04.2009 Tomsk-400 leads in Russian Team Championship

08.04.2009 11th European Senior Team Championship in Velden

08.04.2009 Anand on the World Championship in Bonn

07.04.2009 Bogoljubow: trash talking in chess

07.04.2009 Mammoth chess event won by 680½ to 671½

07.04.2009 ChessBase 10's database pane

06.04.2009 Russian Team Championship and Leagues in Dagomys

05.04.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (19)

04.04.2009 Happy New Year! Iranian Women's Championship at Nowruz

03.04.2009 ChessBase Training Enhancements – an April 1st hoax

02.04.2009 Zurich: A chance to meet the World Champions

01.04.2009 Training Enhancement – New product line by ChessBase

01.04.2009 April 2009 ratings: Topalov 29 points ahead of everyone else

01.04.2009 Rogoff: Things are not going to get better soon

01.04.2009 Kissing the Queen – Ivanchuk's new chess game

31.03.2009 Albert Einstein – physicist and chess player

31.03.2009 Senterej – Ethiopian chess with a flying start

29.03.2009 ChessBase 10's explorer view

28.03.2009 Bowling in Kalmykia: players unwind in Elista

27.03.2009 Chess on the Nile – a Tournament of Hope

26.03.2009 Aronian wins Amber for a second time in a row

26.03.2009 Enter the Scotch Game with four knights

25.03.2009 Fourth FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik

25.03.2009 Amber 2009: Aronian breaks away as Carlsen and Anand falter

25.03.2009 Tomashevsky: It is all a question of motivation and mood

25.03.2009 A time when few GMs walked the earth

25.03.2009 Amber 2009: Aronian and Carlsen catch Anand

24.03.2009 A Mathematical Chessboard Paradox

23.03.2009 Playchess in Holland , and both hands in blitz

23.03.2009 ChessBase 10 folder shortcuts

23.03.2009 Amber 2009: Anand in the lead after eight rounds

21.03.2009 Istanbul Women's Grand Prix – the closing ceremony

21.03.2009 Annotation searches - Part 3

20.03.2009 Amber 2009: Aronian takes the lead, Anand and Kramnik follow

20.03.2009 Tatiana Kosintseva new European Women's Champion 2009

20.03.2009 European Women's Championship: Mkrtchian and Konsintseva win

19.03.2009 Istanbul: Humpy wins Women Grand Prix

18.03.2009 Istanbul: Humpy wins, Zhao loses for an exciting finish

18.03.2009 Tomashevsky wins EU Championship – by a hair's breadth

18.03.2009 Istanbul: Zhao thwarts Humpy, stays in the lead

18.03.2009 Svidler: I am a better player than my current results show

17.03.2009 Amber R4: Kramnik goes into the lead

17.03.2009 Correspondence players – a potent chess playing entity!

17.03.2009 European Championship – prepare for a Wednesday spectacle

17.03.2009 Kasparov: Anand’s reign will end soon

17.03.2009 Istanbul: the tide turns, Zhao beats Hou

17.03.2009 European Women's Championship: three players on top

17.03.2009 Congestion at the top of the European Championship in Budva

16.03.2009 Istanbul: Chinese girls dominate, Hou with 2900+ performance

16.03.2009 Amber R2: Morozevich joins Aronian in the overall lead

16.03.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (18)

15.03.2009 GM to be banned for not playing in National Championship?

15.03.2009 Amber 2009: Aronian with a flying start

15.03.2009 EU Women's Championship: Hoang Thanh Trang leads

14.03.2009 Langrock’s Repertoire against the French Tarrasch

14.03.2009 Anand in interview – on intuition, creativity and blitz chess

13.03.2009 Aeroflot-gate: reactions from our readers

13.03.2009 Tenth European Individual Chess Championship in Budva

12.03.2009 Tenth European Women's Championship in Saint Petersburg

12.03.2009 Yuri Vovk wins 25th Cappelle-la-Grande

11.03.2009 Aeroflot-gate: Mamedyarov sticks to his guns

11.03.2009 Alexander Moiseenko – the secret of success

11.03.2009 The battle of the sexes – Kasparov vs Polgar

10.03.2009 Istanbul GP: Four players lead after three rounds

10.03.2009 FIDE postpones Anand-Topalov WCh match

09.03.2009 Annotation searches - Part 2

07.03.2009 Linares R14: All games drawn, Grischuk wins on tiebreak

07.03.2009 Free day: Internet, quails and bowling in Linares

07.03.2009 Annotation searches - Part 1

06.03.2009 Linares R13: Carlsen falters, Ivanchuk catches up

06.03.2009 The ACP-ChessBase questionnaire – preliminary results

06.03.2009 Linares R12: Carlsen defeats Grischuk, lead narrows

05.03.2009 Linares: The Anibal Hall of Fame

05.03.2009 Women Grand Prix Series in Istanbul

05.03.2009 The save/replace game dialogue - part 3

04.03.2009 Linares R11: All games drawn, with some fighting chess

02.03.2009 Linares R10: Carlsen loses with white to Wang Yue

02.03.2009 Aeroflot scandal – the accused responds

02.03.2009 Linares R9: Carlsen strikes back with a sharp Dragon

02.03.2009 Almost like magic

01.03.2009 Solutions to our studies and problems

01.03.2009 Linares R8: Aronian beats Carlsen with black

28.02.2009 Harikrishna wins category 13 in Nancy, France

28.02.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (17)

28.02.2009 The save/replace game dialogue - part 2

27.02.2009 Sergey Karjakin wins Aeroflot Blitz Qualifier

27.02.2009 The Bjerring Variation – something new in the Dragon

27.02.2009 Linares R7: Ivanchuk beats Aronian with black

26.02.2009 Etienne Bacrot wins Aeroflot Open 2009

26.02.2009 Sofia R7: Topalov beats Kamsky, wins candidates match

26.02.2009 Kateryna and Robert – pour la vie à jamais unis...

26.02.2009 Linares R6: Carlsen defeats Anand, Grischuk leads

25.02.2009 British Chess Problem Solving Championship

25.02.2009 Georgiev breaks Guinness Simul Record

25.02.2009 David Janowski vs Edward Lasker, New York 1924

25.02.2009 Linares R5: All games drawn, miracle save by Anand

24.02.2009 Sofia R6: Game drawn, Topalov leads 3.5:2.5

24.02.2009 Aeroflot Open 2009 – photographic impressions

23.02.2009 Sofia R5: Topalov wins game five, leads 3:2

23.02.2009 Anand on chess as a profession and on computers

23.02.2009 Solodovnichenko wins 69th Daniël Noteboom Tournament

23.02.2009 Top seed Mamedyarov withdraws from Aeroflot Open

23.02.2009 Linares R4: Aronian, Grischuk, Anand win

22.02.2009 Corus Study Day – solution and new puzzles

21.02.2009 Linares R3: All games well-fought draws

21.02.2009 Sofia R4: Kamsky strikes back – wins in 73 moves

20.02.2009 Linares R2: Aronian wins after Anand's blunder

20.02.2009 Sofia R3: Game three drawn in 37 moves

20.02.2009 New: ChessBase Magazine 128

20.02.2009 Kurnosov leads at Aeroflot Open 2009

19.02.2009 Linares R1: Anand defeats Radjabov in 61-move struggle

19.02.2009 Anand on chess – from square one to the World Championship in Bonn

19.02.2009 The save/replace game dialogue - part 1

18.02.2009 Sofia R2: Topalov draws first blood, wins with black

18.02.2009 Viktor Bologan and the Chebanenko Slav

18.02.2009 Alekhine – inspirational mastery in attack and initiative

17.02.2009 Sofia: First game Topalov-Kamsky drawn

17.02.2009 On the lifestyle of Polish chess players

16.02.2009 Wijk 2009: Retrospect with pictures and stories

13.02.2009 Twan Burg wins Corus study competition

13.02.2009 The practical side of endgame play

13.02.2009 ChessBase and ACP opinion poll amongst top players

12.02.2009 Antic wins Plovdiv, Georgiev set to break record

12.02.2009 2008: biggest winners and losers in chess

12.02.2009 Topalov: 'This match is going to be very tough'

11.02.2009 UEP: 'Creating unforgettable events'

11.02.2009 This is how contemporary chess is played

10.02.2009 Big prizes for Turkish chess talents

10.02.2009 Onischuk, Pogonina win Moscow Open

09.02.2009 First Chess Biathalon, in Jefferson County

08.02.2009 Huge success of the Arcapita Open in Bahrain

07.02.2009 Topalov under pressure+ UEP bids for World Championship

06.02.2009 Peter Svidler wins the 7th Gibtelecom tournament in Gibraltar

06.02.2009 Raaphi Persitz, 1934–2009

05.02.2009 Hou Yifan, a Chinese chess prodigy

05.02.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (16)

05.02.2009 Ghaem Maghami beats Karpov in 'Mate of the King'

04.02.2009 This Week on ChessBase: Hamppe-Meitner, Vienna 1872

03.02.2009 Pocket Fritz 3 - Chess on the move

03.02.2009 Chess Grandmasters at the Davos conference

03.02.2009 Rybka's Monte Carlo analysis

02.02.2009 7th Gibtelecom Chess Festival – Gashimov leads

01.02.2009 Wijk R13: Sergey Karjakin wins Wijk aan Zee 2009

01.02.2009 Wijk R12: after the penultimate round – too close to call

31.01.2009 Anish Giri, 14, makes his final GM norm

31.01.2009 Wijk R11: Dominguez beats Aronian, Kamsky, Movsesian, Radjabov win

30.01.2009 Wijk free day: Statistics and Slumming (part three)

29.01.2009 Kuzubov wins Grugaon Open in India

29.01.2009 The Fighting Dutchman

28.01.2009 Wijk R10: Aronian, Carlsen win, Aronian leads

28.01.2009 7th Gibtelecom Chess Festival kicks off!

28.01.2009 Kramnik vs Shirov – part two of the early battle

27.01.2009 Wijk R09: Karjakin, Aronian, Dominguez win and lead

27.01.2009 Mythbusting in Chess

27.01.2009 Wijk aan Zee rest day – we went slumming again

25.01.2009 Wijk R08: Ivanchuk beats Karjakin, Wang beats Morozevich

25.01.2009 Impressions from Wijk – Round Seven

25.01.2009 New Rybka analysis tools

24.01.2009 Wijk R07: Movsesian beats Ivanchuk, joins Karjakin in the lead

23.01.2009 Wijk R06: Karjakin escapes Carlsen, leads A-Group

22.01.2009 Wijk R05: Dominguez defeats Morozevich, Karjakin leads

22.01.2009 FIDE exonerates Ivanchuk on missing drug test

22.01.2009 Chess Classic in Queenstown – an adventure down under

22.01.2009 Wijk aan Zee rest day – slumming it

21.01.2009 Kramnik on his new second and his new manager

21.01.2009 Fire on Board – Shirov at his best

20.01.2009 Wijk R04: Drawfest before the day of rest

20.01.2009 Ganguly wins 7th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi

20.01.2009 John Nunn: Winning Quickly at Chess

20.01.2009 Wijk R03: Ivanchuk, Morozevich lose in roller coaster event

19.01.2009 FIDE Grand Prix in Karlovy Vary officially cancelled

18.01.2009 Wijk R02: Ivanchuk, Morozevich strike back

18.01.2009 Rejoice! Solutions to our 2008 Christmas Puzzles

18.01.2009 Wijk R01: More pictorial impressions from day one

17.01.2009 Wijk R01: Top seeds Ivanchuk, Morozevich falter

17.01.2009 First anniversary of Bobby Fischer's death

17.01.2009 Rybka, Fritz lead on the computer rating lists

17.01.2009 Are you ready? Wijk aan Zee starts on Saturday

16.01.2009 Computer chess pioneer Mikhail Donskoy passes on

16.01.2009 Where do you put the knight?

16.01.2009 Warming up for Wijk – or regaining one's drive

15.01.2009 First Asian Club Cup – chess in the Garden City

15.01.2009 Handedness, practice and talent in chess

14.01.2009 Kasparov gets personal – in a remarkable BBC interview

14.01.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (15)

13.01.2009 Efim Geller – winning past your prime

13.01.2009 ChessBase 10 taken for a tour in The Atlantic

13.01.2009 Hetul Shah, nine-year-old grandmaster slayer

12.01.2009 First Asian Club Cup in Al Ain

11.01.2009 Viktor Korchnoi honored in Berlin

09.01.2009 Rybka's shared analysis

08.01.2009 Chess in Turmeric Town Sangli

08.01.2009 Chess in Schools – the Shevah-Mofet Academy in Tel-Aviv

08.01.2009 Blindfold Chess – history, psychology, champions, records

07.01.2009 Learning from the greatest – Paul Keres

07.01.2009 Ivanchuk defeats Leko in Mukachevo

07.01.2009 Handicapping Rybka 3

06.01.2009 ITMA? No it is not – it's Igor Kurnosov

05.01.2009 Peter Svidler wins Aker Chess Challenge in Gjøvik

05.01.2009 Vladimir Kramnik on the World Championship Cycle

04.01.2009 Carlsen and Svidler qualify for final in Gjøvik

04.01.2009 Edition two: Ivanchuk vs Leko in Mukachevo

04.01.2009 Svidler leads in Aker Chess Challenge in Gjøvik

03.01.2009 Conference of top players in Elista

03.01.2009 Out with the old, in with the new

02.01.2009 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (14)

01.01.2009 Jones, Kurnosov, Neverov lead in Hastings

01.01.2009 A Happy New Year to all our readers!

31.12.2008 Topalov leads in the January 2009 FIDE ratings

31.12.2008 ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2008

30.12.2008 André Diamant wins Brazilian Championship 2008

30.12.2008 84th International Chess Congress in Hastings

29.12.2008 Ivanchuk proposes a Candidates' tournament with 14 players

29.12.2008 Bobby Fischer: The Wonder Match

29.12.2008 Capablanca vs Molina and Ruiz

28.12.2008 Elista R13: Eljanov beats Inarkiev, all other games drawn

27.12.2008 Elista R12: Kasimdzhanov beats Cheparinov, all other games drawn

27.12.2008 Elista R11: Kasimdzhanov beats Inarkiev with black

26.12.2008 A plethora of Rybka engines

25.12.2008 Elista R10: White Christmas at the Grand Prix

25.12.2008 Hugh Myers (1930-2008), opening theoretician

25.12.2008 A Merry Christmas with our 2008 chess puzzles

24.12.2008 ACP, Carlsen on the FIDE Grand Prix problems

24.12.2008 Elista R9: Gashimov catches Grischuk

23.12.2008 AMD in India: Vishy Anand's media blitz

22.12.2008 Elista R8: Grischuk does it again: wins and leads

22.12.2008 Carsten Hensel and Vladimir Kramnik – no longer a team

22.12.2008 Mikhail Tal – the all-time winner

22.12.2008 Elista R7: Grischuk, Inarkiev, Eljanov win, Grischuk now leads

21.12.2008 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (14)

21.12.2008 Nanjing R10: Topalov wins Pearl Spring with 2890 performance

21.12.2008 Elista R6: Grischuk, Alekseev win, marathon games in Elista

20.12.2008 Nanjing R9: Topalov defeats Svidler, wins Pearl Spring

19.12.2008 Feel the age of change in chess

19.12.2008 Nanjing R8: Topalov defeats Ivanchuk, leads by a full point

19.12.2008 Elista R5: Cheparinov, Gashimov win, Gashimov leads

19.12.2008 Nanjing R7: Svidler and Aronian win, Bu-Topalov drawn

19.12.2008 Updating your ChessBase 10 Database

18.12.2008 Elista R4: Bacrot, Alekseev and Wang Yue win

17.12.2008 Nanjing R6: Topalov beats Aronian, Bu beats Movsesian

17.12.2008 Do we want to introduce the title of

17.12.2008 Max Euwe: the Candidate's Swan Song

17.12.2008 Elista R3: Radjabov, Leko, Eljanov win, Radjabov leads

17.12.2008 ChessBase 10's Reference tab - part 4

16.12.2008 Fabiano Caruana wins the 2008 Italian Championship

16.12.2008 The ACP demands: build a sustainable dialog with the players

16.12.2008 Elista R2: Grischuk beats Leko, Radjabov beats Bacrot

15.12.2008 The Father of the Euro – and of the Nanjing Tournament

15.12.2008 Ilyumzhinov: Final decision in March next year

15.12.2008 Nanjing R5: Topalov beats Svidler, joins leaders

14.12.2008 Elista Grand Prix starts, with wins by Jakovenko and Gashimov

14.12.2008 Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008

14.12.2008 Nanjing R4: All games drawn, pictures from the opening

14.12.2008 The Great ChessBase Simul Hunt (5)

13.12.2008 Anand felicitated on his 39th birthday

13.12.2008 Nanjing R3: All three games drawn, Aronian, Bu lead

13.12.2008 The Great Chess Doping Scandal

12.12.2008 125,000 pages – or one DVD

12.12.2008 Nanjing R2: Aronian, Movsesian win

12.12.2008 Nanjing: Bu draws first blood in Super-GM

11.12.2008 Adams withdraws from Grand Prix cycle

10.12.2008 ChessBase Magazine 127 - Veni, vidi, Vishy!

10.12.2008 Mind Games: Who is Doing the Playing?

09.12.2008 Ulf Andersson's 'do not hurry' approach

09.12.2008 Fabiano in the lead in Italian Championship

09.12.2008 Europe Echecs – Anand goes Bollywood

09.12.2008 Ivanchuk wins Benidorm, Shirov second

08.12.2008 Hou Yifan – the youngest female grandmaster in history

07.12.2008 Super-GM tournament in Nanjing, China

06.12.2008 Should kings really decide the result of a game?

06.12.2008 Levon Aronian: FIDE must reverse its decision!

06.12.2008 12-year-old in contention in Ukraine Championship

05.12.2008 Let kings decide the result of a game on the board

05.12.2008 The future of all databases

05.12.2008 Magnus Carlsen withdraws from Grand Prix

04.12.2008 FIDE announces bidding procedure for World Championship

04.12.2008 Wijk aan Zee 2009 – players, places, dates and times

03.12.2008 Carlsen on the Grand Prix + readers' feedback

03.12.2008 Nigel Davies – The English Opening

03.12.2008 World Champion vs lowly IM – a crush

02.12.2008 Olympiad Dresden: The Ivanchuk Files

02.12.2008 Alexei Shirov: 'Let us ban FIDE!'

02.12.2008 Olympiad Dresden: statistics and stories

01.12.2008 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (13)

30.11.2008 Bob Wade – eulogies to a well-loved personality.

30.11.2008 Magnus Carlsen – now we are eighteen

29.11.2008 Chess legend Bob Wade dies at 87

29.11.2008 Olympiad in Dresden: Closing ceremony and prize giving

28.11.2008 Good humour, personal stories, and the champion's best games

27.11.2008 Ilyumzhinov: 'Candidates Tournament in Spring 2010'

27.11.2008 FIDE decides on a new Candidates format

27.11.2008 Olympiad R11: Photographic impressions from Dresden

25.11.2008 A willingness to give up material in unusual ways

25.11.2008 Olympiad R11: Armenia wins Gold, Israel second

24.11.2008 Survey: the role of talent and training in chess

24.11.2008 December Grand Prix moved from Doha to Elista

24.11.2008 Olympiad R10: Armenia back in the lead, together with Ukraine

23.11.2008 Back from Bonn – the hero returns

23.11.2008 Olympiad R9: Armenia and China falter in ninth round mixup

22.11.2008 Lessons for life

21.11.2008 Olympiad R8: Armenia beats France, Israel in sole second

21.11.2008 Deep Fritz 11 is fast – and now available from ChessBase

21.11.2008 Olympiad R7: Armenia lead ahead of Germany, Israel and France

20.11.2008 Aronian: 'I have a lot of blood in my brain'

20.11.2008 Olympiad R6: Armenia and Russia lead with 11/12 points

19.11.2008 Chessboxing Triumph in London

19.11.2008 Kamsky-Topalov to be held in Bulgaria, Feb 16–28, 2009

18.11.2008 Tromsø – a Chess Olympiad in the midnight sun?

18.11.2008 Olympiad R5: Six teams with 9/10 points

17.11.2008 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (12)

17.11.2008 Olympiad R4: Germany ahead of Russia

16.11.2008 Olympiad R3: Norway beats China, Ugandans forfeited

15.11.2008 Olympiad R2: Azerbaijan and Armenia lead, US twice upset

14.11.2008 Kamsky-Topalov: Bulgarian offer, Chernenko's $935,000 guarantee

14.11.2008 Olympiad R1: Azerbaijan and Armenia score 4-0

13.11.2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden – the Opening Ceremony

12.11.2008 Ponomariov: 'Probably I became world champion too early'

11.11.2008 Remembering Lembit Oll

11.11.2008 The 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden begins on Wednesday

11.11.2008 Vladimir Kramnik: My Path to the Top

10.11.2008 World Blitz Championship in Apple City

09.11.2008 Four more years – Yazici reelected TCF President

09.11.2008 The Great ChessBase Simul Hunt (4)

08.11.2008 Dominguez-Perez wins World Blitz Championship in Almaty

08.11.2008 Gata Kamsky: 'The time for the negotiation is over'

07.11.2008 Master of the Universe, Lord of the Rings

07.11.2008 Roustam Kamsky: 'Gata’s life could be in danger'

07.11.2008 World Blitz Chess Championship Almaty 2008

06.11.2008 Kamsky-Topalov match to be held in Bulgaria – maybe

05.11.2008 Vlastimil Hort: Facing the World Champions

05.11.2008 Kasparov urges Obama: now's the time for decisive action

05.11.2008 Anand vs Kramnik – the final act

04.11.2008 Turkish Chess Federation election battle

03.11.2008 Mamedyarov and Kasparov win in Corsica

03.11.2008 ChessBase 10's Reference tab - part 3

02.11.2008 Hikaru Nakamura wins Cap d'Agde

01.11.2008 Bring on Kasparov says Anand

31.10.2008 The Contemporary Chess Art of Ilija Penušliski

30.10.2008 World Championship Picture Gallery of the final day

30.10.2008 ChessBase 10's Reference tab - part 2

30.10.2008 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (11)

29.10.2008 Karpov and Ivanchuk in the semi-finals of Cap d'Agde

29.10.2008 World Championship Bonn – a resounding success

29.10.2008 WCC R11: Fighting draw, Anand wins World Championship by 6.5:4.5

29.10.2008 Anand vs Kramnik – psychological and preparation aspects

29.10.2008 Peter Svidler wins Russian Championship– for the fifth time

28.10.2008 ChessBase Magazin 126 – with Tal Memorial and Bilbao

28.10.2008 WCC Bonn: Analysis of game ten

27.10.2008 WCC R10: Kramnik draws blood, score now 6:4

27.10.2008 WCC Bonn: Analysis of game nine

26.10.2008 WCC R09: Narrow escape for Anand, score now 6:3

26.10.2008 Times of India: Will Viswanathan Anand win it in style?

26.10.2008 The Rybka 3 book – looking for something new?

24.10.2008 WCC R08: Draw in 39, Anand one point from victory

24.10.2008 Ural Sverdlovskaya wins European Club Cup

24.10.2008 WCC R07: Draw in 37, Anand leads by 5:2

23.10.2008 WCC R06: Analysis of game six, Vaile in Bonn

23.10.2008 ChessBase 10's Reference tab - part 1

22.10.2008 Viswanathan Anand: how does he do it?

21.10.2008 WCC R06: Anand wins again, score now 4.5:1.5

20.10.2008 WCC R05: Anand wins with black in 35 moves

19.10.2008 The Black and White Board in Art

19.10.2008 WCC Bonn: Aronian's take and impressions

18.10.2008 Edward Winter’s Chess Explorations (10)

18.10.2008 WCC R04: Draw in 29 moves

18.10.2008 The Rybka Book – a treasure trove for tournament players

17.10.2008 WCC R03: Anand wins with black

17.10.2008 Moscow: Jakovenko, Svidler, Alekseev share first

15.10.2008 WCC R02: Anand plays 1.d4, game drawn after 32 fighting moves

15.10.2008 Monokroussos on the Match

15.10.2008 WCC R01: Draw in 32 moves

14.10.2008 WCC R01: Golden Book, drawing of colours

14.10.2008 Moscow: Svidler loses, Alekseev, Timofeev lead

13.10.2008 WCC Bonn: Press conference before the event

13.10.2008 World Championship in Bonn – checking the playing venue

11.10.2008 The Great Burn (1848-1925)

10.10.2008 Moscow: All games drawn, then three white wins

10.10.2008 Nigel Short wins Commonwealth Championship 2008

09.10.2008 The beauty of Daniel King's 'Power Play' DVDs

09.10.2008 A quick pre-match interview with Vladimir Kramnik

09.10.2008 Four games decided in Russian Super Final

08.10.2008 ChessBase 10 trees - part 2

08.10.2008 Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (10)

07.10.2008 Getting ready for the World Championship

07.10.2008 Garry Kasparov Plays in Harlem

07.10.2008 Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Women's Blitz in Beijing

07.10.2008 Peter Svidler leads in Russian Super Final

06.10.2008 Rybka wins World Computer Chess Championship

05.10.2008 The Great ChessBase Simul Hunt (3)

05.10.2008 Svidler, Lastin lead in Russian Super Final