2/4/2006 – New Chessbase CDs and DVDs have been coming out at a fast and furious rate. You can read previews of three of them (Vienna Game, Dutch A80-A85, and 1000 Opening Traps) in the new Chessbase Workshop.

12/21/2005 – Two of our recent training CD offerings concern the opening and middlegame: Knut Neven's Classical Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 and Alexander Bangiev's Squares Strategy 3. If you've not seen either of them yet you can get a preview of both in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

9/2/2005 – It's not "just another training CD". The new release Test Your Chess lets you do just that and in a wide variety of areas, too: threats, tactics, attacks, defenses, and even overall positional evaluation. Take a sneak peak at this unusual new offering in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

8/30/2005 – Vienna's a long way from Austin and Luckenbach, but they have something in common: outlaws. Learn the connection and catch a preview of the new ChessBase training CD, the Budapest Gambit - 2nd Edition, in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

8/17/2005 – In the new ChessBase Workshop, we preview two "high-level instruction" disks. The first is the Chess Media System DVD "How to Play the Najdorf, Vol. 1", latest in the "Mr. Kasparov" series, the second is Alexander Bangiev's CD "Squares Strategy 2: The Opening". More...

7/15/2005 – Andrew Martin is a chess teacher of some renown, possessed of excellent communication skills and a flair for the metaphorical. He's already displayed his considerable talents on previous ChessBase DVD offerings. You can get a preview of his two newest training DVDs, The Basics of Winning Chess and The ABC of Chess Openings in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

7/3/2005 – In the new ChessBase Workshop we give you a sneak peek at what you can expect to find on two recent ChessBase opening training CDs: The Paulsen System and The Van Geet Opening. See the previews here...

4/13/2005 – Viktor Kortchnoi has authored an incredible two DVD series for ChessBase entitled "My Life for Chess". Get a preview of these disks featuring the man ChessBase Workshop columnist Steve Lopez calls "a bottled hurricane". Workshop...

3/23/2005 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we somehow manage to link together the Nimzoindian Defense, South Park, How to Beat Bobby Fischer, cool videos, perfume on a shirt collar, opening ideas, and IM Jacob Aagaard. Even James Burke would have a hard time making these connections...

3/18/2005 – Kings and Queens – it's too bad columnist Steve Lopez isn't playing poker. Have a look at his previews of Garry Kasparov's How to Play the Queen's Gambit and Andrew Martin's ABC of the King's Indian in the latest installment of ChessBase Workshop.

3/13/2005 – ChessBase Workshop columnist Steve Lopez has again turned his attention to previews of ChessBase products. In his latest column, he previews four products that he terms "essentials": software that he can't live without. Find out what makes them so vital in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

2/11/2005 – It's not just another key file -- in fact, we called Joachim Zunke's comprehensive new openings key the Superkey for good reason. See what makes this key different and learn how to use ChessBase 9 to navigate it in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

12/29/2004 – Steve Lopez doesn't just hate the Panov Attack; he loathes it. Steve would rather undergo oral surgery without anesthetic than face 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 as the player of the Black pieces. But a recent Air Post package saved him a call to the dentist. Here are his impressions of IM Zoran Petronijevic's new ChessBase Training CD in the latest installment of ChessBase Workshop.

12/9/2004 – The Chess Media System feature of ChessBase 9 and the Fritz family of playing programs allows instructors to provide video chess instruction in a more engaging manner than standard chess videos by using fully animated chessboards. The latest entry in the Fritz Trainer series is Andrew Martin's DVD The ABC of the Ruy Lopez. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we tear off the shrinkwrap to bring you details on our latest chess DVD release. Workshop...

11/5/2004 – ChessBase's accomplished tactics trainer George Renko has done it again! In the latest ChessBase Workshop, get a first glimpse of his newest tactics training CD Intensive Course Tactics 2. Workshop...

10/26/2004 – When we think of central pawn captures in the Queen's Gambit, we typically think of Black's move ...dxc4. But White can play a "preemptive first strike" with cxd5, as Thomas Henrichs demonstrates in his new ChessBase Opening training CD Queen's Gambit Orthodox Defense. Get a first look at it in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

10/20/2004 – Alexander Bangiev's new ChessBase training CD Squares Strategy is already stirring more than its share of controversy. Columnist Steve Lopez adds a few barrels of kerosene to the fire with his own somewhat controversial preview in this week's ChessBase Workshop. Read on and prepare to see red...

8/3/2004 – Nearly everyone loves attacking chess, but few of us are good at it. Mainly because we don't know how to establish the prerequisites for an attack. IM Jacob Aagaard shows us how to create winning attacks in his new CD series Fritz Middlegame Trainer: Attacking Chess. Tear off the shrink-wrap and take a sneak peek at this two CD set in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

7/21/2004 – The new issue of ChessBase magazine is a landmark in the publication's history: our 100th issue. In celebration of the event, we've included a bonus -- the Jubilee DVD, chock full of videos. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, Steve Lopez offers a (sometimes very personal) preview of this retrospective DVD. Workshop...

7/17/2004 – ChessBase Workshop columnist Steve Lopez is a self-confessed friend for correspondence chess. In this week's column, he sings the praises of the correspondence form of play while previewing ChessBase's latest database release: Correspondence Database 2004. Workshop...

7/15/2004 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we provide a sneak peek at a brand-new kind of ChessBase Training CD which uses the Fritz Media System multimedia features to provide a wholly different and compelling instructional environment. Take a first look at Peter Wells' Fritz Middlegame Trainer: Strategy and Tactics in the new ChessBase Workshop.

7/9/2004 – The Catalan Opening, with its many transpositional possibilities, can be a real labyrinth to navigate through its myriad variations. Fortunately, Mihail Marin has provided us with the proverbial "ball of yarn" with his new Advanced training CD, Catalan E00-E09. We preview this valuable tool for players (and potential players) of the Catalan in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

7/1/2004 – In his preview of the new ChessBase training CD Sicilian Dragon 2, columnist Steve Lopez admits to receiving a pair of major shocks. What's so shocking about GM Dorian Rogozenko's CD? Read more about it in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

6/8/2004 – Chessplayers love to argue. Who was the greatest World Champion? The greatest tactical player? What's the best way to face the King's Indian Defense? And, of course, there's the question "What were the greatest chess tournaments of all time?" A great new CD from ChessBase attempts to answer that last question; you'll find a preview of it in this week's ChessBase Workshop.