Chess Base

• Who was Ludwig Engels?

  11 December 2025 marks the 120th anniversary of Ludwig Engels's birthday. He was one of the best German chess players in the 1930s. Following the 1939 Chess Olympiad, he, like many others, remained in South America due to the outbreak of the Second World War and settled in Brazil. At the height of his career, Engels defeated renowned players such as Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Keres and Maroczy. | Photo source: Friedrich-Karl Hebeker

• ChessBase tips for beginners - Enter and save your games

  Anastasia Corotcova explains how ChessBase allows beginners to easily enter, edit, and save chess games, starting from creating a new board to recording moves directly on the screen. She highlights powerful ChessBase features such as assisted analysis, automatic move recognition, colour-coded move quality, and tools for correcting or inserting moves, showing that the software isn’t just for notation but a full analytical environment. In the end, she demonstrates how ChessBase helps players organize their own databases, store complete game information, and build a personal library—capturing...

• Freestyle Chess South Africa - Live!

  Today marks the end of the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour. Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian will battle it out in the final for the tournament victory, while Vincent Keymer and Javokhir Sindarov will play for third place. Arjun Erigaisi will face Fabiano Caruana in the match for fifth place, while Hans Niemann and Parham Maghsoodloo will play for seventh place. Follow the games live with commentary. | The matches start at 12.00 CET (6.00 ET, 16.30 IST)