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Here is a new retrograde chess puzzle! This one might be tricky to solve, but the task is straightforward enough: Can you determine the last three single moves leading to this posi...
When it comes to endgames, there's nobody better than Karsten Müller. Michael Kotyk, the young Hamburg chess trainer, knows this well. He's taken out his magnifying glass and dedic...
Svitlana explores the Center Game with 1.e4 e5 2.d4 and explains why this historic opening remains a practical surprise weapon. She examines the main queen placements, Black’s most...
In the first classical games of the semifinals at the GCT Finals, Vincent Keymer faced Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Keymer gave up the exchange in the middlegame, after which enough...
Do you know the feeling? You often come out of the opening with a promising position, only to struggle to convert your advantage because you do not fully understand the resulting m...
In this episode of Svitlana's Smart Moves, Svitlana Demchenko explores how to keep complete control of a position through the classic game Petrosian vs. Unzicker. She shows how Pet...
In this episode of ChessBase Tips for Beginners, we look at Tactical Analysis, a feature that automatically adds engine annotations to your games. Instead of going through every mo...
Here comes a new retrograde analysis puzzle. I've been sitting on some variations of this idea for a while and have now landed on a version that I'm quite happy with: Is it possibl...
In this episode, Svitlana explains why controlling the centre remains important throughout every phase of a chess game. Using an instructive encounter between Vassily Ivanchuk and...
This is a follow-up to the earlier question: What is the optimal strategy for this triangular board game? Here I look more closely at the smaller 5-row version and compare its opti...
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 posi...
Each player at the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table has a distinct problem they need to solve
Each player at the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table has a distinct problem they need to solve
In this episode of Svitlana’s Smart Moves, Svitlana Demchenko explains how to work with candidate moves and build a more reliable thinking process at the board. Using several pract...
A year ago problem composer Werner Keym issued a challenge: compose a study in which White is winning – but one that can be shifted and mirrored vertically and horizontally, with a...
Вариант этой игры на маленьком поле лучше классического не только тем, что не такой бесконечно долгий, но и возможностью полностью «решить» её. Граф состояний не такой большой, при...
Game Alice and Bob play Dots and Boxes on an initially empty MxN rectangular grid of boxes. The standard rules of Dots and Boxes apply, except that whenever a box is completed, it...
Svitlana Demchenko introduces the Ukrainian Variation from the Old Indian Defense and explains why it can lead to surprisingly comfortable positions for Black, especially if White...
Alice and Bob are playing a game of Connect Five on an infinite square grid. The rules of the game are as follows: Alice goes first. On each turn, she places 2 red pieces. Bob goe...
Fabiano Caruana retained a six-point lead over Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in the Grand Chess Tour final after holding a difficult 95-move draw in the second classical game. Pragg ha...
Chris Ward turns this edition of the Monthly Dragon into a special exploration of the Accelerated and Hyper Accelerated Dragon. He explains how Black can respond to the Maroczy Bin...
Svitlana looks at Max Euwe, one of the most underrated world champions in chess history. Through one attacking game and one defensive game, she shows that Euwe was not just a logic...
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