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Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 31st instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues to talk about the right exchange. | Photo: Tommy Grooten

The fifth World Champion Max Euwe was born on May 20, 1901, precisely 120 years ago. 

€29.90 As you surely know, in chess, as in other fields, it is important to study the past. But why is this the case? Well, there are several reasons. First of all, it is about understanding why something took place several years ago, under what conditions it was played, what foundations were laid and for what benefit or meaning it had, how old masters thought, on the basis of which principles they judged the position and what effects the "work" of the old chess school has on ...

€19.95 Recommendation: Realizing an Advantage by Sergei Tiviakov Hello there, my name is Mattis and I want to recommend a DVD of ChessBase titled „Realizing an Advantage“. I am a new ChessBase author and I am very happy that I can write articles on different topics, including things like DVD (Fritztrainer) recommendations, book recommendations, studying the classics, studying endgames, the psychology of chess, the importance of concentration in chess, and so on. My first a...

€29.90 Wijk aan Zee Storytellers - Ian Rogers In this new episode of the Wijk aan Zee Storytellers, Eric talks to GM Ian Rogers (1960), mainly about his debut in WIjk aan Zee in 1977, where he met the best players of the era for the very first time. He has a story to tell about the great Dutch chess world champion GM Max Euwe. Ian also remembers the greatest game he ever saw in Wijk, and it is not the game Kasparov-Topalov! We talk about the crazy game Bellon vs. Jamieson from...

€29.90 Paul Keres in ChessBase Magazine #199 Paul Keres, who was born on January 7, 1916 in Narva, in Estonia, and died from a heart attack on June 5, 1975 in a hospital in Helsinki, while returning from a tournament in Vancouver, Canada, is a true chess legend. In 1938, at the age of 22, Keres won the AVRO tournament, in which eight of the worlds top players of that time took part, and established himself among the worlds best. After this victory, he hoped to get the chance t...

€19.95 What does it take to become a grandmaster? The coveted grandmaster title is the highest that FIDE awards, aside from “world champion”.  The title has a long history. An oft-told story attributed to Frank Marshall is that it originated when Tsar Nicholas of Russia awarded it to the five finalists of the St. Petersburg, 1914 super-tournament. However, chess historian Edward Winter says that this romantic tale is doubtful, evidently emerging only in 1940. The Tsar par...