From the BBC archive: Where Karpov is king
Chess Newsby André Schulz26 Aug 2026
8/26/2026 – The BBC has released a 1977 documentary from its archives on YouTube about the then world chess champion, Anatoly Karpov.
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top 49%WR Women's Chess Tour: Assaubayeva wins rapid section
Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig26 Aug 2026
The WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 is a new international tournament series for leading female players, comprising four stops on four continents: Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe.
ChessBase Summer Special! – Part 8
Chess Newsby ChessBase25 Aug 2026
8/25/2026 – Dear chess friends! This week's Summer Special offers you a real powerhouse: The Fritz 21 and the Fritz Powerbook 2026 are available this week (until August 30, 2026) for €99.90 – save...
GCT Finals: Pragg and Caruana to fight for the title
Chess Newsby Carlos Alberto Colodro25 Aug 2026
Pragg wins with four games to spare, Caruana protects early lead to emerge victorious Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu will battle for overall victory at the 2026 Grand Chess Tour...
Upcoming tournaments and events
Chess Newsby ChessBase25 Aug 2026
The following tournament information was provided for us by MyChess.Events, a global portal that tracks over-the-board chess tournaments worldwide.
GCT Finals: Keymer loses from winning position
Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig24 Aug 2026
8/24/2026 – Drama in the second game of the semifinals at the Grand Chess Tour Finals: Vincent Keymer had black against Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and after a relatively quiet opening the position...
ChessBase´26 – Tips for beginners, part 28: Creating Effective Training Material (Part 2)
Chess Newsby Stefan Liebig23 Aug 2026
Creating exercises from a database In the first part of this tutorial, we explained how to create a training database.
Renowned ex-footballer Gerard Piqué now part-owner of Fyers American Gambits
Chess Newsby Sagar Shah22 Aug 2026
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 ChessBase22 Aug 2026
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 Liebig22 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.
Review: Master Your Technique Volume 3 – Practical Techniques you must know von Adrian Mikhalchishin
Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl22 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.
GCT Finals with Pragg, So, Caruana and Keymer: Format and schedule
Chess Newsby Carlos Alberto Colodro21 Aug 2026
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 Fischer21 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.
In memoriam: Vereslav Eingorn (1956-2026)
Chess Newsby Press release21 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.
"It was solely my decision": Harika Dronavalli on stepping back from representing India in the Olympiad
Chess Newsby ChessBase India21 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...
Review: King's Indian – A Complete Repertoire for Black by GM Felix Blohberger
Chess Newsby Lukas Köpl20 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.
Will Elo 4000 ever be exceeded?
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel20 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."
Quo vadis, Fischer Random Chess? (1)
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel19 Aug 2026
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 ChessBase19 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.
Andrew Martin: Evans & Friends Vol.1 & 2
Chess Newsby ChessBase19 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...