A bit more on updates: I received an email from Chess Publishing today listing the latest updates: Flank Openings May 2026 (18 May 2026), Daring Defences: April 2026 (15 May 2026), and Dragons: March 2026 (13 May 2026). These are the top three entries in the "Latest Updates" section of the new site, reading left to right and then down. Going further, order of updates given in the changelog for the site

https://www.chesspublishing.com/changelog

appears to correspond to that shown in the "Latest Updates" area.

Nernstian59 wrote on 05/15/26 at 21:45:31:

Apparently, that list of updates depends on the actual position on the board - if you click on the buttons above it sets up that position and shows relevant updates. So, the list of updates on the right is always changing depending what moves you make on the board and is not the latest at all.
It's actually rather neat and I didn't even know!

FreeRepublic wrote on 05/13/26 at 13:54:49:

I really don't know, and I find it confusing too! I've asked the developer.

The new website is an ambitious project. It's a challenge to add functionality without losing old functionality. It looks great. Keep up the good work.

I try to keep up with updates as they occur. My ChessPub home screen shows updates (right of the chess board) as French (May 26), Open Games (May 26), Open Games (April 26).

Scrolling down, I see "Latest Updates". I think the order proceeds with the 1st row entry Dragons (March 26), then to the right Nimzo & Benoni (April 26), second row Daring Defenses and Open Games. (Another way to read this would be to go down from Dragons to Daring Defenses, etc.).

It looks like two orderings of updates, which I find confusing.

Should I rely on "Latest Updates" and read from left to right, row by row, to see which updates are the most recent?

Nernstian59 wrote on 05/01/26 at 00:47:26:

Yeah, I had to do this too! I think we should have received an email asking us to change our passwords, but it might have ended up in a spam folder. Some long-term subscribers' emails might also be out-of-date, but everything should work smoothly soon enough.

GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/30/26 at 14:19:22:


My apology for the ambigous word "issue." I found an Issue (edition) of ChessPublishing (Nov 1st 2024 French Defense) that was of interest to me. All good.

I fwas able to search and I found an issue and a game of interest. I was able to play through the game, as before. Features have been added that are most welcome. I was able to do what-if analysis on the live board, request engine analysis, and download the PGN of the game in question. These are significant improvements IMO.

The Check Your Games feature is not a replacement for position search, rather it's a completely new feature. Position search is now integrated into the database page. For Chess Publishing Updates, that is https://www.chesspublishing.com/database/chesspub. Similarly, for TWIC it is https://www.chesspublishing.com/database/twic. Links to the different databases are available from the dropdown Databases menu in the main navigation bar. On your first visit to the database page, you should be presented with a quick walkthrough of the features that can be reopened at any time via the Help icon (?).

There is a list of games bottom left of the database page, that can be filtered. The Position Search "Auto" toggle, when turned on, will update the list of games automatically as the position on the board changes. Or you can hit the "Search position" button in a specific position and keep the Auto toggle off to "pin" the search to a specific position.

Apart from the list of games, there is also a list of Updates that updates automatically with the position on the board. And the opening moves explorer is to the right of the screen.

On mobile devices, the layout is different, but the same functionality is available.