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The Yuri Averbakh/Isaac Boleslavsky Award for the best book published in 2021 goes to “The Secret Ingredient”, co-authored by Jan Markos and David Navara and published by Quality Chess. The runners-up were “Miguel Najdorf – ‘El Viejo’ – Life, Games & Stories”, by Zenón Franco and Zeev Zohar, and “Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc”, both published by Thinkers Publishing.

Dull or exciting? That was the question in round two of Norway Chess on Wednesday. When GM Veselin Topalov exceeded the time limit against GM Viswanathan Anand, the Indian became the sole victor in the classical games of the second round. GM Wesley So took down the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the...

Opening theory has come a long way, from the ECO codes to the current digital, multimedia publications. The ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia is more than a compilation of writings on opening variations. It also has opening videos, tutorials, databases and games, annotated and unannotated. For who is it intended? For everyone who wants to learn.

Russia's warfare in Ukraine has left Arkady Dvorkovich, a former Russian deputy prime minister, in a precarious situation. Now 24 days into the war, some are calling for the FIDE president to resign while others continue to support him. Although Dvorkovich himself has declined to comment, Chess.com has...

The pair of bishops can be a powerful weapon. If you know what to do with them. In the fifth installment of "The Winning Academy" Jan Markos shows what you should do to convert the advantage of having the pair of bishops into a winning position.

€29.90 The World Championship Match Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mihail Tal, Moscow 1961 Some World Championship matches receive a lot of attention, others less. The 1960 World Championship match between Tal and Botvinnik received a lot of attention, their return match in 1961 created less interest and a lot of people thought that the "wrong" player won. Tal won the 1960 match to become the then youngest world champion of all time. His bold dynamic play thrilled fans all over the worl...