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The Spanish Plate Fleet was sunk during a hurricane in July 1715 on Florida’s Treasure Coast luring pirates of old and modern treasure hunters.

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 147th instalment of his ChessBase show "Understanding before Moving", Herman continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to take a look at the ideas and games of Alexander Alekhine. | Photo: Pascal Simon

Shareholders who sue derivatively on behalf of a corporation are often faced with counterclaims against them as individuals. The issue of whether such counterclaims are properly...

Wind back the clocks 40 years with this archive piece from 1982.

While the July 14 Bastille Day doesn't mean much for most North Americans, it is a very big deal in France where this strange French national holiday is similar to America's July 4th Independence Day, except with one important exception. While...

ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess and it also provides arsenal for the tournament player. This issue offers games from two major events, FIDE Grand Prix and Ukraine Charity Cup. 353 games (37 annotated), 11 opening surveys, lectures and exercises for training. Annotators include Anish Giri, Wesley So, Andrey Esipenko, Grigoriy Oparin and Nikita Vitiugov among others. The icing on the cake is the Larsen Special, a tribute to the Great Dane. Our columnist Nagesh...

As has only just become known, the long-time organiser and tournament director of the Biel Chess Festival, Peter Burri, has died. Burri was involved in the organisation for 40 years and was the tournament director of the traditional tournament for 20 years. The 55th edition in summer will be played as a memorial tournament for him.

Last weekend, Baden-Baden won the German Team Championship, the Bundesliga. Again. In fact, since 2006 the team from Baden-Baden, sponsored by GRENKE Leasing, only failed to win the league in 2016, when Solingen finished first. This year, at the end of a season that due to the pandemic lasted from 2019 to 2021, Baden-Baden was three team points ahead of their closest rivals but securing the title was more difficult than the final result suggests. | Photos: Pascal Simon

VIDÉO. Une nouvelle passerelle posée devant le châtelet des Portes mordelaises ... Chantier des portes mordelaises, à Rennes. Poste de la structure de la future passerelle, à l’emplacement de l’ancien pont-levis. © Ouest-France. Le chantier de valorisation de cette partie des anciens remparts de Rennes se poursuit. Mercredi 28 juillet, la métallerie d’art Crézé a posé les structures d’acier d’une passerelle qui permettra aux promeneurs de marcher dans les pas du couro...

Info Redon Rennes Les musiciens militaires font briller les ors de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre -... Redon