{"id":2418,"date":"2023-02-19T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2418"},"modified":"2023-03-12T02:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T02:09:09","slug":"news-summary-chessbase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/news-summary-chessbase\/","title":{"rendered":"Chessbass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/sinquefield-cup-2026-live'>Sinquefield Cup &#8211; Live!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-11T19:50:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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. Besides battling for a share of the $475,000 prize fund, players battle to get one of the four spots in the upcoming Grand Chess Tour Finals. Follow the games live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST) | Photo: Lennart Ootes<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/chessbase-summer-special-part-6'>ChessBase Summer-Special! \u2013 Part 6<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-11T16:00:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Dear chess friends! We\u2019ve got another great offer for you: this week (until August 16th, 2026), you can get over 25% off all Fritz Trainer courses by Svitlana Demchenko and Karsten Mueller!<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/esports-world-cup-live'>Esports World Cup live<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-11T13:11:24+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Magnus Carlsen will be looking to defend his title at the $1.5 million Esports World Cup. Chess is part of the event for the second time, with this year&#039;s competition taking place in Paris from 11 to 15 August. The tournament will be played at a rapid time control of 10 minutes per game with no increment. Fourteen players have qualified directly for the group stage, while eight more will compete in Tuesday&#039;s Play-In for the final two spots in the 16-player field. | Photos: Esports World Cup 2025 | Live from approximately 11:40 CEST<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/sinquefield-cup-2026-1'>Sinquefield Cup: Caruana beats Van Foreest to take early lead<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-11T09:20:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Fabiano Caruana was the only winner in the opening round of the Sinquefield Cup, defeating Jorden van Foreest to take the early sole lead in Saint Louis. The remaining four games were drawn, though Javokhir Sindarov missed chances to convert a favourable endgame against Levon Aronian. | Photo: Austin Fuller \/ Grand Chess Tour<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/apogee-chess-festival-2026-preview'>Veselin Topalov headlines the inaugural Apogee Chess Festival<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-11T08:07:43+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The inaugural Apogee Chess Festival will take place in Caissargues, near N\u00eemes, from 22 to 30 August 2026, combining competitive chess with the cultural heritage of southern France. Organised by IM Silvia Alexieva, the event will feature two FIDE-rated open sections, a \u20ac26,000 prize fund and a special appearance by former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov, who will give a simultaneous exhibition near the historic Maison Carr\u00e9e.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/esports-world-cup-2026-preview'>Carlsen returns to defend Esports World Cup title in Paris<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-10T19:35:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">10\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Magnus Carlsen will return to defend his Esports World Cup title as chess makes its second appearance at the event, this time in Paris. The competition runs from 11 to 15 August and features a rapid 10-minute time control without increment. Fourteen players have already qualified directly for the group stage, while eight others will contest Tuesday&#039;s Play-In for the final two places in the 16-player field. | Photos: Esports World Cup 2025<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/help-us-build-the-next-chessbase'>Help us build the next ChessBase<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-03T07:57:57+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">03\/08\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">We&#039;re planning the next chapters of ChessBase and we want input from the people who actually use it, before we decide what to build first. Help us by taking part in a survey that asks how you work day to day: your setup and hardware, how you use engines and databases, and which parts of the interface help or get in your way. Filling out the survey takes around three minutes. If you fill it out we will send you a thank-you voucher gift.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/shifts-and-mirrors-in-a-chess-problem'>Shifts and mirrors in a chess problem<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-29T13:00:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">29\/07\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A year ago problem composer Werner Keym issued a challenge: compose a study in which White is winning \u2013 but one that can be shifted and mirrored vertically and horizontally, with all vertically shifted and mirrored positions drawing, and all horizontally shifted and mirrored positions losing. Here is the elegant solution, which reminds us of the famous Babson task.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/how-much-faster-are-computers-today'>How much faster are computers today?<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-27T11:21:48+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">27\/07\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">In the early 1980s, as a fledgling TV journalist, I did a report on the fastest computer in the world. The Cray-1 cost eight million dollars and could do 130 million floating point operations per second. That was enough to calculate the weather, but also to win two consecutive world computer chess championships. How much faster are today&#039;s supercomputers? Take a guess \u2013 you are definitely not going to get it right.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/biel-festival-2026-live'>Biel Festival &#8211; Live!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-23T14:50:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">23\/07\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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 Generations Challenge Triathlon face off in the final stage of the classical section on 21-23 July. | Follow the games live starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/svitlana-s-smart-moves-most-underrated-world-champion'>Svitlana&#039;s Smart Moves &#8211; Most underrated World Champion<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-21T11:05:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">21\/07\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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 logical and balanced player, but also capable of finding powerful sacrifices, active counterplay and precise prophylactic ideas. The lesson highlights how much can still be learned from classical games, especially when it comes to initiative, defensive resourcefulness and the idea that prophylaxis can be aggressive rather than passive.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/chessbase-tips-for-beginners-standard-layout-or-custom-layout-10'>ChessBase tips for beginners &#8211; Standard Layout or Custom Layout (10)<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-21T11:00:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">21\/07\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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. You will learn how to use predefined layouts, resize and dock panes, save your own setups, and restore the default view whenever needed.<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2418\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}