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Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port.
ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. The latest issue, CBM #214 is out. Meanwhile our columnist, Nagesh Havanur takes a look at a recent issue. 2651 games (47 annotated) from WR Masters and European Championship among others. 12 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, 9 demo. lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Levon Aronian, Alexey Sarana, Kirill Shevchenko, Vincent Keymer, Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa among others. The icing on the cake is a feature on Viswanathan Anand with 26 annotated games.
April will be a clarifying month for the chess world, as we learn who will succeed Norway's Magnus Carlsen after a 10-year reign as world champion and a challenger emerges to take on women's world champion GM Ju Wenjun of China in a title match in July.
Day 4 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania was projected to be another eventful day and it did not fail to disappoint.