A hot summer for chess means that the new issue of ChessBase Magazine contains five really top tournaments.

Starting with the World Team Championship in Ningbo in China and the Russian Championship in Moscow via classic tournaments in Biel and Dortmund going all the way to the Botvinnik Memorial, in which the four best players in the world tested their rapid chess skills against each other.

A particular theme this time is the Chess Festival in Biel (see cover). On the DVD you will find more than three hours of video analysis and with contributions from Carlsen, Morozevich, Shirov, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana and Pelletier all the participants have something to say to you.

Amongst the other star authors in the issue there are Kramnik, Aronian, Ponomariov, Le Quang and Hou Yifan. Not to mention the 11 openings articles with thorough analysis and ideas for your repertoire which await you.

TOP TOURNAMENTS
• World Team Championship
• Russian Championship
• Biel
• Dortmund
• Botvinnik Memorial

OPENINGS
• Stohl: Gruenfeld Defence 7.Be3
• a total of 11 opening articles 

WORLD CLASS PLAYERS COMMENT
• Levon Aronian
• Vladimir Kramnik
• Ruslan Ponomariov
• Sergei Movsesian
• Le Quang Liem
• Krishnan Sasikiran
• Hou Yifan
• Alexander Morozevich
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
 
Opening Surveys
Schipkov: Dutch Defence A97
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1
 
 
Prié: Scandinavian Defence B01
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 c6 7.Bd2
 

Kritz: Sicilian Defence B42
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nb3
 

Breder: French Defence C07
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.N1f3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Bd7
 
 
Breutigam: Tarrasch Defence D34
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6
 
Krasenkow: Semi-Slav D46
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5
 
 
Stohl: Grünfeld Defence D85
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5
 
Kuzmin: Grünfeld Defence D90
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bg5
 
Skembris: Queen's Indian E10
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6
 
Marin: Queen's Indian E16
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0-0
 
Postny: King's Indian E94
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7