European Club Cup - Live! The European Club Cup is taking place on 19-25 October in Rhodes, Greece, bringing together no fewer than 122 teams and around 800 players from around the world. The seven-round event features a number of elite players, including Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Gukesh Dommaraju, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Zhu Jiner. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)
https://en.chessbase.com/post/....european-club-cup-20

Salamanca Chess Festival - Live! The eighth edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on 22-25 at the "Centro Internacional del Español" in the city's prestigious university. The Masters Tournament, featuring four men and four women, is a single round-robin with a time control of 30 minutes plus 5-second increments. Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET, 19.30 IST)
https://en.chessbase.com/post/....salamanca-festival-2

My ChessBase 18 Desktop! - Svitlana Demchenko We take a unique behind-the-scenes look at how top chess masters organize their digital workspace. Grandmasters and trainers like Svitlana Demchenko, Robert Ris, Michael Prusikin, Harald Schneider-Zinner, Frederik Svane, Felix Blohberger, and Dorian Rogozenco share their screens to reveal their personal ChessBase 18 setups — from meticulously clean desktops to chaotic databases full of ideas. They show us their board designs, current projects, and discuss their favourite or most-used ChessBase functions, offering fascinating insights into how great minds prepare, study, and work with chess.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/....my-chessbase-18-desk

US Chess Championships - Live! The 2025 US Chess Championships are taking place on 12-24 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Each tournament is a 12-player single round-robin with a classical time control. Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hans Niemann are the highest-rated players in the open, while Carissa Yip, Alice Lee and Tatev Abrahamyan head the women's field. | Follow the action live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST)
https://en.chessbase.com/post/....us-championships-202

Play Like Kari Tikkanen! A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
https://chesscafe.com/play-like-kari-tikkanen/