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• ChessBase Magazine - Dorian Rogozenco: Master Your Chess with ChessBase Tools

  Dorian Rogozenco explains how to access the ChessBase Magazine directly in the browser via the ChessBase Books page and shows that it works on PC, tablet, and even on a phone, including board display and videos. He demonstrates that with just a few clicks you can reach a huge range of training material: opening articles with full analysis and engine support, video lessons on top events, strategy topics, interactive “Move by Move” sessions, modern classics, and tactical/combinational exercises.

• Q&A with Hou Yifan: "I am quite happy with my current situation"

  In a recent "Ask Me Anything" session organised by FIDE, Hou Yifan addressed a wide range of questions from chess fans, touching on her competitive career, views on elite play and her current relationship with the game. The discussion also covered her academic path, advice for younger players and her approach to balancing chess with other pursuits. | Photo: FIDE

• Aronian beats Carlsen, wins Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final

  Levon Aronian won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in South Africa after defeating Magnus Carlsen in a controlled 1½–½ match, securing the event's $200,000 top prize. The final brought the four-day competition to a close, with Vincent Keymer taking third place against Javokhir Sindarov. Further down the table, Fabiano Caruana beat Arjun Erigaisi to finish fifth, while Hans Niemann prevailed over Parham Maghsoodloo in the match for seventh place. | Pictured: Levon Aronian with wife Anita Ayvazyan and their daughter | Photo: Freestyle Chess / Lennart Ootes

• Who was Ludwig Engels?

  11 December 2025 marks the 120th anniversary of Ludwig Engels's birthday. He was one of the best German chess players in the 1930s. Following the 1939 Chess Olympiad, he, like many others, remained in South America due to the outbreak of the Second World War and settled in Brazil. At the height of his career, Engels defeated renowned players such as Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Keres and Maroczy. | Photo source: Friedrich-Karl Hebeker

• ChessBase tips for beginners - Enter and save your games

  Anastasia Corotcova explains how ChessBase allows beginners to easily enter, edit, and save chess games, starting from creating a new board to recording moves directly on the screen. She highlights powerful ChessBase features such as assisted analysis, automatic move recognition, colour-coded move quality, and tools for correcting or inserting moves, showing that the software isn’t just for notation but a full analytical environment. In the end, she demonstrates how ChessBase helps players organize their own databases, store complete game information, and build a personal library—capturing the essence of ChessBase as a professional tool for learning, analysing, and managing chess games.

• Freestyle Chess South Africa - Live!

  Today marks the end of the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour. Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian will battle it out in the final for the tournament victory, while Vincent Keymer and Javokhir Sindarov will play for third place. Arjun Erigaisi will face Fabiano Caruana in the match for fifth place, while Hans Niemann and Parham Maghsoodloo will play for seventh place. Follow the games live with commentary. | The matches start at 12.00 CET (6.00 ET, 16.30 IST)

• Freestyle Chess South Africa: Carlsen and Aronian reach the final

  Day three of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in South Africa clarified the lineup for Thursday's concluding matches. Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian advanced to the championship decider after winning their respective semifinals, while Javokhir Sindarov and Vincent Keymer will contest third place. In the lower bracket, Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigaisi secured victories to reach the fifth-place match, leaving Hans Niemann and Parham Maghsoodloo to compete for seventh. | Photo: Freestyle Chess / Lennart Ootes

• Dorian Rogozenco: How a Grandmaster Uses the New ChessBase 26 Monte-Carlo Analysis

  Dorian Rogozenco demonstrates how ChessBase 26’s Monte-Carlo analysis can rapidly generate thousands of short engine games to obtain a statistically reliable evaluation of an opening line. In the example, it becomes clear that a previously promising surprise weapon for Black performs objectively much worse, providing a second, more realistic perspective to decide whether the line is practically worth playing.

• Freestyle Chess South Africa: Carlsen comes from behind to beat Caruana

  The second day of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in South Africa marked the start of the knockout phase, with four quarterfinal matches played under a 30+15 time control. Two encounters were settled in the first pair of games, while the other two required blitz tiebreaks. Magnus Carlsen, Javokhir Sindarov, Vincent Keymer and Levon Aronian advanced to the semifinals, while the defeated players moved to the lower bracket to compete for fifth to eighth place. | Photo: Freestyle Chess / Lennart Ootes

• Diego Flores wins Argentine Championship for an eighth time, equals Miguel Najdorf's record

  Diego Flores claimed his eighth national title at the 2025 Argentine Championship, matching Miguel Najdorf's long-standing record in the event's centenary edition. The 12-player round-robin, held at Buenos Aires City Hall, saw Flores finish unbeaten with 8½/11, securing victory after a final-round draw against Federico Pérez Ponsa. Strong performances by Diego Valerga, Leonardo Tristán and 12-year-old IM Faustino Oro added further significance to this historic edition. | Photo: Argentine Chess Federation (FADA)