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Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig·22 Aug 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl·22 Aug 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby Carlos Alberto Colodro·21 Aug 2026

The Finals come immediately after the Sinquefield Cup, the last regular-season event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour.

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Chess Newsby Johannes Fischer·21 Aug 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby Press release·21 Aug 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby ChessBase India·21 Aug 2026

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...

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Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl·20 Aug 2026

The video series produced by ChessBase aims to build a complete yet practical repertoire for Black against 1.d4 and related move orders.

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Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·20 Aug 2026

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."

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Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·19 Aug 2026

In the book Chess Stories, by Prof. Christian Hesse and me, one of the chapters is about my contact with Bobby Fischer.

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·19 Aug 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·19 Aug 2026

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...

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Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·13 Aug 2026

Oleg Skvortsov was a prominent Russian businessman, chess philanthropist, and international tournament organizer.

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Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·29 Jul 2026

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.

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Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·27 Jul 2026

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...

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·23 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...

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Chess Newsby Arne Kaehler·21 Jul 2026

7/21/2026 – Svitlana looks at Max Euwe, one of the most underrated world champions in chess history.

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·21 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.

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Chess Newsby Arne Kaehler·13 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...

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·22 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...

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Chess Newsby ChessBase·10 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...

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