ChessBase´26 – Tips for beginners, part 28: Creating Effective Training Material (Part 2)
Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig1d ago
Creating exercises from a database In the first part of this tutorial, we explained how to create a training database.
Chess News
en.chessbase.comadded August 2026
top 6%Renowned ex-footballer Gerard Piqué now part-owner of Fyers American Gambits
Chess Newsby Sagar Shah1d ago
On 17 August, at an event in Bengaluru, the Fyers American Gambits unveiled Gerard Piqué as a strategic shareholder of the franchise.
Grand Chess Tour Finals - Live!
Chess Newsby ChessBase1d ago
8/22/2026 – The 2026 Grand Chess Tour reaches its concluding event this weekend, with the four highest-ranked full-tour players competing in the GCT Finals at the Saint Louis Chess Club.
Review: All new releases in July!
Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig2d ago
New releases: July 2026 Hyper-Accelerated Dragon Vol. 1 & 2 The two-volume course by IM Robert Ris presents a complete repertoire for Black after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6.
Review: Master Your Technique Volume 3 – Practical Techniques you must know von Adrian Mikhalchishin
Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl2d ago
GM Adrian Mikhalchishin is a well-known figure in coaching circles, with many years of experience as the author of numerous ChessBase publications and as a coach and second to famous players.
GCT Finals with Pragg, So, Caruana and Keymer: Format and schedule
Chess Newsby Carlos Alberto Colodro2d ago
The Finals come immediately after the Sinquefield Cup, the last regular-season event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour.
The Evans Gambit – an evergreen opening?
Chess Newsby Johannes Fischer3d ago
One of the best-known games featuring the Evans Gambit is Adolf Anderssen's victory over Jean Dufresne in 1852, the so-called "Evergreen Game". Garry Kasparov has annotated it.
In memoriam: Vereslav Eingorn (1956-2026)
Chess Newsby Press release3d ago
Press release by FIDE It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Vereslav Eingorn, a distinguished Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach, and author. He was 69.
"It was solely my decision": Harika Dronavalli on stepping back from representing India in the Olympiad
Chess Newsby ChessBase India3d ago
By Jyotsna Bhushan "Almost like giving up a medal on my own". That's how Harika Dronavalli describes her decision to sit out the 2026 Chess Olympiad, a tournament that she has played and shined in...
Review: King's Indian – A Complete Repertoire for Black by GM Felix Blohberger
Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl3d ago
The video series produced by ChessBase aims to build a complete yet practical repertoire for Black against 1.d4 and related move orders.
Will Elo 4000 ever be exceeded?
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel4d ago
In the comments to my July 27 article I predicted that "a chess engine running on a super-computer will not exceed 4000 Elo. Nobody or nothing ever will. The reason," I said, "lies in the game."
Quo vadis, Fischer Random Chess? (1)
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel4d ago
In the book Chess Stories, by Prof. Christian Hesse and me, one of the chapters is about my contact with Bobby Fischer.
Sinquefield Cup Tiebreaks - Live!
Chess Newsby ChessBase4d ago
8/19/2026 – The Sinquefield Cup is taking place on 10-20 August at the Saint Louis Chess Club. It is a 10-player single round-robin with a classical time control.
Andrew Martin: Evans & Friends Vol.1 & 2
Chess Newsby ChessBase5d ago
Few openings teach the art of attack as directly as the Evans Gambit. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4, White gives up a pawn to rip open the position, build a powerful center and head...
Remembering Oleg Skvortsov
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel11d ago
Oleg Skvortsov was a prominent Russian businessman, chess philanthropist, and international tournament organizer.
Shifts and mirrors in a chess problem
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel26d ago
In an ordinary endgame study there is a starting position (a diagram), a stipulation (Win or Draw), unsuccessful tries and a correct solution without duals.
How much faster are computers today?
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel28d ago
As a fledgling student at University I did a bit of programming – on a Zuse mainframe, originally designed by Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse, who is regarded as the inventor and father of the modern...
Biel Festival - Live!
Chess Newsby ChessBase23 Jul 2026
7/23/2026 – The Biel International Chess Festival is taking place on 11-24 July. Following the Chess960 tournament on Saturday and the rapid chess stage on Sunday, the players in the Masters and...
Svitlana's Smart Moves - Most underrated World Champion
Chess Newsby Arne Kaehler21 Jul 2026
7/21/2026 – Svitlana looks at Max Euwe, one of the most underrated world champions in chess history.
ChessBase tips for beginners - Standard Layout or Custom Layout (10)
Chess Newsby ChessBase21 Jul 2026
7/21/2026 – In this episode of ChessBase Tips for Beginners, we look at layout customization and show how to arrange the panes in the single game window to create a more comfortable workspace.