The ChessBase Magazine appears six times a year and shows the latest trends in top level chess and opening theory. However, the issues do not get old: the first issue of 2023 is CBM #211, but Davide Nastasio recently had great fun looking at CBM #205. In an impromptu review he writes: every issue of the ChessBase Magazine "is pure gold for those genuinely interested in growing as chess players".
Magnus Carlsen won the top prize on the basis of a higher score. He finished with 16 match points to the Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa’s tally of 15.