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ChessBase video courses on your phone

6/29/2022 – For well over 20 years, ChessBase has provided video courses on just about every chess topic under the sun, but they were also only available to Windows users. Now that is not only no longer true, but you can watch them on just about any system with a modern browser, from Macintosh to Linux... to smartphones even! Here is a guide on how, as well as some special tips!
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Using Deep Fritz 14 on a smartphone

4/13/2015 – Recently, Danny Gormally wrote an entertaining article ‘The Komodo files’ where the Grandmaster describes his experience of working with a chess engine. While it is certainly the Summa Cum Laude of chess engines, the weekend chess warriors may balk at carrying a laptop. In this article you will see how you can easily fulfill your needs with Deep Fritz on a smartphone.

Deep Fritz 14 now with ChessBase for Android

2/23/2015 – Step-by-step, ChessBase for Android keeps on adding features, even though it is already a premium tool on mobile platforms. The latest addition to its rich feature set is a new engine that is now packaged with it: Deep Fritz 14. It is added to the ones it already came with, and if you own the app already, the update is free. Read on to learn how to use the analysis of several engines.

Cloud Database: saving and updating your games

2/21/2015 – A reader wrote explaining he had a database of his own games, and asked how he could create a database of his games in the Cloud Database, and transfer them there. After two articles on how a player could work with a colleague, student, or team, here is how, and what to do even if you're at a tournament with no computer at hand. A step-by-step guide.

Chess on tablets: Analyzing with ChessBase

7/30/2014 – Playing and watching games is certainly fun and relaxing, but what about genuine study and analysis on the go? If you watched a game, or played one, and would like to quickly review your moves from opening to middlegame, the tablet or smartphone is quite capable of helping you. In the following video, you will be shown how this is accomplished in a few easy steps.

Chess on tablets: Playing on Playchess

7/27/2014 – It is one o'clock in the morning and you just wanted a quickie before turning off the light? No problem. You can do it at a desk with a computer of course, but with a tablet you can do it in bed, just as if you were reading a book. Have a fifteen minute break during work? To scratch that chess itch while you sip some coffee or tea, just start the Playchess app. See how in this video.

Chess on tablets: Playchess broadcasts

7/24/2014 – Smartphones and tablets have impacted our lives like few technologies in the past years, and have evolved from gadgets to inseparables, and yet the very first iPhone, which launched the tidal wave, came out just seven years ago. For chess players, this has been a genuine boon, allowing for a degree of comfort and ease never seen before. Here is an article and video of the experience.

CB for Android: Analyzing your games

7/10/2013 – Years back, this was just a wild dream, but now, you have professional calibre tools right in your pocket. You can play a game, study the statistics of the opening, run a super-GM engine to analyze it, add variations and text comments, and then save it to a database. All this from your smartphone or tablets.

CB for Android: How to download and review games

7/5/2013 – With the latest update of ChessBase for Android, users now have complete tools to not only review their games in detail, but do genuine opening preparation on the go, and all with their smartphones or tablets. You can also download PGN games, commented or not, and review them with a super grandmaster engine quite easily. This takes only a few seconds. Here's a How-to guide.

ChessBase for Android: Start your engines!

7/3/2013 – Little by little and step by step the ChessBase Online for Android app has evolved from only online database lookups, to a full-fledged analytical tool, and once more a big step forward has been made. In the latest free update, you can now consult top engines, that you can turn on and off with incredible ease, and that even take full advantage of quad-core phones.

Analyzing Playchess for Android games

9/18/2012 – With the arrival of Playchess for Android, where one can play online, and follow live broadcasts, the question most asked is how this ties in with ChessBase Online, the ideal tool for looking up theory, and reviewing and annotating one’s own games. To show how to play (or watch) a game on Playchess, and then open it in ChessBase Online for easy review and annotation, here is a step-by-step guide.

Playchess on Android review

9/5/2012 – Although it has been some time in the coming, and was direly missed by many smartphone and tablet owners, the wait is over and the mobile Playchess client for Android is out! Above all, the app is free for download and use, so don’t even wait to finish reading this review, by all means download and get it now. To find out more though, read the review by Albert Silver.

ChessBase Online for Android – Creating a specific book

7/18/2012 – The latest major upgrade of the Android version of ChessBase Online is out, and it brings an important new function to allow improved research and opening preparation against an opponent: Create Book. Previously to prepare for an opponent, you would filter the games and position and then peruse the results. Now you can filter just the statistics of your opponent for every move. Learn how.

Chessbase Online for Android gets powerful update

2/27/2012 – A few days ago v2.0 came out, a free upgrade for previous owners, and this was more than a bug fix or minor cosmetic improvement. The latest version now allows users to enter their own games, variations, text comments and symbols, just as you can with the full desktop version, not to mention set up positions, and of course create databases and save them. Here is a tour of the new functions.

ChessBase Online for Android - A review

12/21/2011 – In ChessBase's first foray into the world of Android, the new ChessBase Online app has been released. It is an invaluable tool for opponent preparation, searching by player, year, and event, as well as giving detailed opening statistics from over five million games. It is also ideal to replay games commented with text and color markers on your phone and tablet. Buy it now or first read the review.
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