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Chess Newsby Arne Kaehler13 Jul 2026
7/13/2026 – In this episode of The Underdog, Robert Ris presents a spectacular upset from the Asian Esports Chess Cup, where a young Thai player (Pakornnarong Liukasemsarn) defeats super-GM Andrey...
Chess Newsby ChessBase22 Jun 2026
Our dear Marie-Claude Schoendorf, née Masson, the guardian of the fabulous place on rue Victor Hugo in Lyon (apartment/studio 1882-1886, Napoleon III era), passed away at the beginning of this year...
Chess Newsby ChessBase10 Jun 2026
When does a chess game stop being a chess game? Longest games, repeated positions, and why records demand more than move counts The idea of the “longest chess game” sounds simple and seductive...
Chess Newsby ChessBase23 May 2026
5/23/2026 – The second event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour is the Super Chess Classic Romania, which is taking place on 14-23 May in Bucharest.
Chess Newsby ChessBase9 May 2026
5/9/2026 – Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour is the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events, which is taking place on 5-9 May in Warsaw.
Chess Newsby ChessBase7 May 2026
5/7/2026 – The TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place on 1–7 May in Malmö, Sweden. World number one Magnus Carlsen heads the field, as he faces ambitious opposition that includes Tata Steel...
Chess Newsby ChessBase15 Apr 2026
4/15/2026 – The Candidates Tournaments form the final qualifying stage of the FIDE World Championship cycle.
Chess Newsby ChessBase14 Apr 2026
What to do about very long endings By Valery Golubenko In his book, in the chapter “Queen and Pawn vs.
Chess Newsby ChessBase6 Apr 2026
The Longest Game By Valery Golubenko This time I will carry out a detailed analysis of the endgame "queen and knight pawn versus queen" that arose on move 88 of my game against Kirill Gorkov...
Chess Newsby Praful Zaveri23 Mar 2026
3/23/2026 – Praful Zaveri is the founder of Indian Chess School, where he has trained more than 5000 students.
Chess Newsby ChessBase10 Mar 2026
Exclusive for National Federations Top-level chess games are not decided solely at the board – preparation plays a decisive role.
Chess Newsby André Schulz21 Feb 2026
The 1896 Schiffers vs Steinitz Match As early as December 1895, the Russian newspaper Juschny Krai informed its readers that in the following year a match was to take place in Kharkiv (Russian...
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel9 Feb 2026
Who are the most intersting chess players in history, focusing on style, rather than just strength? Who do you count as your favourites?
Chess Newsby Milan Dinic5 Feb 2026
As never before, chess is present in the mainstream media – albeit usually for the wrong reasons (not least cheating allegations, “jeansgate”, and alleged Russian political influence in the top...
Chess Newsby Nagesh Havanur30 Jan 2026
1/30/2026 – ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Nagesh Havanur takes a look at the current issue, CBM 229.
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel27 Dec 2025
Text puzzles First, let us dip into history. I'm going to show you a text puzzle I have used on countless chess enthusiasts over the years.
Chess Newsby Christian Hesse25 Dec 2025
Symmetry and symmetry breaking by Christian Hesse Symmetry is one of the universal principles in the cosmos.
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel3 Dec 2025
In our previous article, we told you about Ed Schröder, a pioneer in chess programming. At 75 he is now in semi-retirement, but has placed his super-aggressive engines as freeware online, and is...
Chess Newsby ChessBase27 Nov 2025
The annotations in Mark Dvoretsky's famous Analytical Manual were not convincing. And not just one or two variations seemed "off" – Fishbein had questions about everything.
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