From January 26 to January 31, a special deal for Chess Assistant 12 with Houdini 2 is available. You can buy download versions of Chess Assistant 12 - both Starter and Professional - for the price of the corresponding Upgrade products (cheaper versions for the owners of our previous releases).

Game Service: January, part 4. All updates are available on this page.

The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held in Wijk aan Zee Saturday 14th January - Sunday 29th January 2012. 14 grandmasters will play against each other once.

Participants include: Magnus Carlsen (ELO 2835), Levon Aronian (2805), Teimour Radjabov (2773), Veselin Topalov (2770), Sergey Karjakin (2769), Vasiliy Ivanchuk (2766), Vugar Gashimov (2761), Hikaru Nakamura (2759), Boris Gelfand (2739), Fabiano Caruana (2736), Gata Kamsky (2732), Anish Giri (2714), David Navara (2712), Loeak Van Wely (2692).

Watch the games commented by Houdini Aquarium in our Tournaments&Broadcasts section:
Game days: January 14-17, 19-22, 24, 25 and 27-29.
Games start at: 12:30 GMT.

Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 \br\Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Aronian 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 \br\Navara - Topalov 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Giri 0-1 \br\Kamsky - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Aronian - Nakamura 1-0 \br\Giri - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Caruana - Karjakin 1-0 \br\Gashimov - Kamsky 1/2 \br\Navara - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Topalov - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Aronian 1-0 \br\Nakamura - Caruana 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Topalov 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Giri 1-0 \br\Kamsky - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Navara 1-0 \br\Van Wely - Gashimov 1/2 \br\Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Giri - Nakamura 1/2 \br\Aronian - Kamsky 1-0 \br\Topalov - Gashimov 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Navara - Karjakin 0-1 \br\Ivanchuk - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Giri 1/2 \br\Nakamura - Navara 1-0 \br\Radjabov - Topalov 1/2 \br\Van Wely - Aronian 1/2 \br\Kamsky - Caruana 1/2 \br\Gashimov - Ivanchuk 0-1 \br\Karjakin - Gelfand 0-1 \br\Navara - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Nakamura 0-1 \br\Aronian - Gashimov 1-0 \br\Topalov - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Karjakin 1-0 \br\Giri - Kamsky 1-0 \br\Caruana - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Gelfand 1-0 \br\Nakamura - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Topalov 1-0 \br\Van Wely - Giri 1/2 \br\Kamsky - Navara 1-0 \br\Gashimov - Caruana 1/2 \br\Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Nakamura 1/2 \br\Topalov - Aronian 1/2 \br\Giri - Gashimov 0-1 \br\Caruana - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2 \br\Navara - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Karjakin 0-1 \br\Nakamura - Topalov 1/2 \br\Aronian - Caruana 1-0 \br\Ivanchuk - Giri 1-0 \br\Kamsky - Radjabov 1/2 \br\Gashimov - Navara 1/2 \br\Van Wely - Gelfand 1/2 \br\Nakamura - Carlsen 1/2 \br\Giri - Aronian 0-1 \br\Navara - Ivanchuk 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Van Wely 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Kamsky 0-1 \br\Topalov - Caruana 0-1 \br\Gelfand - Gashimov 1/2 \br\Carlsen - Topalov 1-0 \br\Kamsky - Nakamura 1/2 \br\Aronian - Navara 0-1 \br\Ivanchuk - Gelfand 0-1 \br\Gashimov - Radjabov 0-1 \br\Caruana - Giri 1-0 \br\Van Wely - Karjakin 0-1 \br\Carlsen - Kamsky 1/2 \br\Nakamura - Van Wely 1-0 \br\Gelfand - Aronian 0-1 \br\Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 \br\Topalov - Giri 1-0 \br\Navara - Caruana 1/2 \br\Karjakin - Gashimov 1/2 Carlsen (2835) (NOR) \br\Aronian (2805) (ARM) \br\Radjabov (2773) (AZE) \br\Topalov (2770) (BUL) \br\Karjakin (2769) (RUS) \br\Ivanchuk (2766) (UKR) \br\Gashimov (2761) (AZE) \br\Nakamura (2759) (USA) \br\Gelfand (2739) (ISR) \br\Caruana (2736) (ITA) \br\Kamsky (2732) (USA) \br\Giri (2714) (NED) \br\Navara (2712) (CZE) \br\Van Wely (2692) (NED)

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN], Round 11 [ PGN], Round 12 [ PGN]

Dear customers,
The Christmass deal for 25 training programs is still in effect, and will be active till January 25. Both download and CD/DVD versions receive 25% discounts! A perfect opportunity to buy presents for your friends and relatives.
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Chess King, a new program combining today’s strongest chess engine, enormous databases and excellent training potential, has been released.
A professional chess software system, the largest game database available GigaKing, the strongest chess engine in the market Houdini 2, 1500 chess puzzles for all chess levels, a unique random playing mode, and much, much more - all in one package!
You can order DVD versions of Chess King and Chess King Pro in our shop:

Or you can buy download versions of Chess King and Chess King Pro:

A new series of training courses in Peshk@ interface has been released! You can either buy them as separate products:

New articles by Dadi Jonnson are available in our Articles section:
Sending Games and Position to IDeA - how to have IDeA analyze the position you want;
Houdini 2 Aquarium - covering improvements in Aquarium, as well as the new Houdini 2.0 engine;
WBCCC: Victorious With Aquarium - a detailed article about World Blitz Correspondence Chess Championship.

The London Chess Classic takes place December 3rd-12th at the Olympia Conference centre in Kensington. Round robin. Participants: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2826), Viswanathan Anand (India, 2811), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2802), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2800), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2758), Michael Adams (UK, 2734), Nigel Short (UK, 2698), Luke McShane (UK, 2671), David Howell (UK, 2633).
Time control: 2 hours for 40 moves, the 1 hour for 20 moves and 15 minutes for finishing the game, adding 30 seconds for every move starting with the 61th.
3 points for winning a game, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for losing. No draw propositions.

Magnus Carlsen - David Howell 1-0 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Michael Adams - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Levon Aronian - Luke McShane 1/2 \br\Luke McShane - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Levon Aronian 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 \br\David Howell - Michael Adams 1/2 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 \br\Levon Aronian - Nigel Short 1-0 \br\Viswanathan Anand - David Howell 1/2 \br\Michael Adams - Luke McShane 0-1 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 \br\David Howell - Luke McShane 0-1 \br\Michael Adams - Nigel Short 0-1 \br\Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - David Howell 1-0 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Michael Adams 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Viswanathan Anand 0-1 \br\Luke McShane - Hikaru Nakamura 1/2 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 \br\Michael Adams - Levon Aronian 1/2 \br\David Howell - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Magnus Carlsen - Michael Adams 1-0 \br\Levon Aronian - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - David Howell 1-0 \br\Nigel Short - Luke McShane 0-1 \br\Viswanathan Anand - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Nigel Short 1/2 \br\Luke McShane - Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 \br\David Howell - Levon Aronian 1/2 \br\Nigel Short - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 \br\Hikaru Nakamura - Michael Adams 1-0 \br\Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian 1/2 \br\Luke McShane - Viswanathan Anand 1/2 Magnus Carlsen (2826) (NOR) \br\Viswanathan Anand (2811) (IND) \br\Levon Aronian (2802) (ARM) \br\Vladimir Kramnik (2800) (RUS) \br\Hikaru Nakamura (2758) (USA) \br\Michael Adams (2734) (ENG) \br\Nigel Short (2698) (ENG) \br\Luke McShane (2671) (ENG) \br\David Howell (2633) (ENG)

Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN]