Almost eight years ago, it was with deep chagrin that we announced the demise of the decades-old chess column in the New York Times.
It is with pleasure that we can trumpet its resurrection at the hands of @GmNaroditsky!
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- Vladimir Kramnik was interviewed by @theworldchess in Berlin: “I’m not trying to be polite, but I don’t consider myself on the same level. I’m good, of course, very good, but I’m not Kasparov, not Carlsen, and also not Vishy Anand.” en.chessbase.com/post/kramnik-i…
- Arjun Erigaisi made history by cementing Vishy Anand's legacy in Indian chess by becoming the second ever Indian (and we know a third is hot on his heels) to break the elusive 2800 rating barrier! 📸 Michal Walusza Read on: en.chessbase.com/post/arjun-eri…
- Chess is an integral part of the lives of Pia Cramling and her daughter Anna. While Pia has been one of the world's best women players for decades, @AnnaCramling has become a successful #chess streamer! An interview by @tatianafloreswr.
- The traditional TePe Sigeman & Co tournament will take place in Malmö on April 24-30. Eight players will battle it out in a single round robin with a classical time control. Most notably, 69-year-old Anatoly Karpov will be participating! #chess
- Congratulations to Ding Liren on becoming the 17th undisputed world #chess champion! Ian Nepomniachtchi was a brilliant opponent. Ding thanked his family and friends, and noted: “It’s not so important to become the champion”. 📸 Stev Bonhage Report: en.chessbase.com/post/world-cha…
- Yes, please! Kindly remind the entire community, that every single titled player works with Chessbase from the early age - and keeps doing so throughout their career. By the way, Chessbase'26 due to be released in a week, got many new features allowing to prepare in absolutelyOne way in which I plan to market chessmonitor, is to interview my colleagues, so you guys get to see, that we all prepare in the same way. And we did so since the young age. The big vision for chessmonitor is to deliver the needed tools. Nothing more, but also nothing less.
- We are so happy to see the young generation of German players showing such a great results. All of them use the widest range of Chessbase products from the very youth - and it makes us proud. At the same time, @DGukesh and @anishgiri are our long-time friends and authors. We sendReal Götterdämmerung in Goa. I can't recall anything similar - with so many of rating favorites leaving the FIDE World Cup at such an early stage. Curiously, this Götterdämmerung largely caused by German players. A very talented cohort, known as Prinzen, advances powerfully -
GIF- Just a week after winning the Silver Lake Open (with 8/9 points!), @NihalSarin got clear first place at the strong Serbia Open! The 16-year-old Indian prodigy had a 2786 TPR (currently ranked 88 in the world, with 2655 Elo points)! - Full report -
- Congratulations to @NihalSarin on winning the Silver Lake Open with a convincing 8/9 and a rating performance of 2809! His compatriots Raunak Sadhwani and Abhimanyu Puranik won silver and bronze. #India
- Congratulations to Wei Yi on winning the #TataSteelChess Masters in Wijk aan Zee! Wei won a 4-player blitz tiebreak including Gukesh, Abdusattorov and Giri. Leon Luke Mendonca ws the outright winner of the Challengers! 📸 Lennart Ootes Report: en.chessbase.com/post/tata-stee…
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov recently resigned as Fabiano Caruana’s coach. In an interview with André Schulz, he talks about the pandemic, their best years, the World Championship match in London, and much more. “It’s strange. It’s like a divorce.”
- Vladimir Kramnik breaks his silence on the war: “I am against all wars a priori, without exception, but I do not see much point in publicly expressing this obvious idea. Except to seek public applause”.
