6/1/2025 – We've compiled some additional tips for our latest tutorial. These allow you, for example, to quickly open endgame positions from Karsten Müller's articles in ChessBase, and compare structures you're interested in with positions from the Mega Database. Check out the example and use these practical features for your training!

5/25/2025 – You want to analyse a position without having to enter all the moves first? No problem: with ChessBase 18, the position is quickly displayed on the board and you can analyse it with or without an engine, or import other game positions using FEN code. Learn how to use the “Position Setup” menu to start immediately at the point that interests you, and find out what FEN is all about...

5/18/2025 – When you are on the move, it is particularly important that your computer does not consume too much power when analysing. With ChessBase 18, you can conserve your battery and connect to top-quality hardware via a remote engine whenever you need it. This means that the engine installed on your computer can remain off and the computing power is provided by an Internet server. But there are advantages at home too: the wide selection is sure to include engines that are more powerful than the one on your own computer, and the fan stays quiet. In this tutorial series, you will learn how convenient and resource-efficient you can analyse with your engine of choice.

5/17/2025 – In April, ChessBase released many new video courses and other products. Browse the convenient monthly overview to select your favourites: ChessBase Magazine, the new Master Class episode on Max Euwe, the comprehensive Pirc package, or the various Sicilian and strategy guides. What's more, the holidays are just around the corner, and Fritz & Fertig can make those long journeys a little more enjoyable! Take a look at all of last month's products!

5/11/2025 – Would you like to make the most of ChessBase 18, especially in the opening, to improve your repertoire? With the Powerbooks and Powerbases, you will always be one step ahead of your opponents. Learn how to use these comprehensive and up-to-date databases with ChessBase and how to train your favourite openings with Fritz.

4/27/2025 – ChessBase 18 offers great possibilities for analysing with several menu windows at the same time. Having been introduced to the practical options in the last tutorial, today you will learn about options that will take your analysis to a new level.

4/20/2025 – ChessBase 18 also impresses with its clarity: Analysing with multiple menu windows without losing the overview is no problem. Are you familiar with the six standard layouts or do you prefer your own? Explore the options and try them all out. You will be amazed at how you can use this ChessBase feature to visually organise your analysis in a meaningful and effective way.

4/18/2025 – There was a lot of news at ChessBase in March: whether it was a mobile app, video course, ChessBase Magazine Extra, or databases – there was sure to be something to suit every chess taste. Take a look at last month's products:

4/15/2025 – Tactical analysis is not just exciting, but it is very practical. With ChessBase 18, it is easy to use its findings. In this episode, learn how you can use this ChessBase function to complement your analysis and make it more effective.

4/10/2025 – ChessBase Mobile is NOW also available for iOS! – Are you a passionate chess fan? Then we have good news for you: with the new ChessBase Mobile App you can take all your games and databases with you wherever you go, thanks to the cloud. The new and user-friendly app for Android, iOS and tablets is sure to make your chess heart beat faster.

4/7/2025 – ChessBase 18 offers many possibilities for organising databases so that they contain all the important information, while remaining clear and user-friendly. In this episode, learn how to use ChessBase features to improve your game.

4/4/2025 – Fritz trainers can be very helpful: at the top tournament in St. Louis in mid-March, the two American chess superstars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana followed the recommendations of Jan Werle. In his two-volume video course, Werle analyses the Catalan Opening. The players followed his recommendations and were well-prepared. | Fotos: ChessBase/Pascal Simon

4/3/2025 – The ChessBase Opening Encyclopedia 2025 has recently been released with many new features and improvements. In an interview ChessBase editor and lecturer Thomas Stark explains how this comprehensive and versatile product is created, what it can do and how to get the most out of it.

3/30/2025 – Do you know the feeling? Over time, more and more databases accumulate in ChessBase: How do you keep track of them all? It's best to get organised right from the start – but how? In this tutorial, we'll show you how to organise and systematically save your own material so that you can always find everything quickly. It's not that complicated and it's actually fun!

3/24/2025 – Are you a passionate chess fan? Then we have good news for you: with the new ChessBase Mobile App you can take all your games and databases with you wherever you go, thanks to the cloud. The new and user-friendly app for Android, iOS and tablets is sure to make your chess heart beat faster.

3/14/2025 – Analyses with ChessBase 18 are flexible: insights gained can be added to or changed at any time. This often leads to a re-evaluation of variations. In this tutorial episode, we will therefore explain how you can upgrade variations and insert or change evaluations. We will show how practical this is with the quick access bars next to and below the notation.

3/9/2025 – With ChessBase 18, you can not only analyse your own games professionally – as we have already shown in the first four parts of the tutorial – you can also comment on them individually. There are several methods for doing this, and they can be linked together. The comments can be entered as text or using the commonly used chess symbols. In this fifth part of our new tutorial series, we will show you how easily you can integrate all types of comments into your notation.

3/8/2025 – We've all been there: you see a great game or suddenly find yourself in an unusual opening variation and want to know more about it. But how can you find the relevant material if you don't know the name of the opening? ChessBase has the solution: in the shop section, there is the search board – simply enter the first moves and the appropriate video courses from the huge range of products in the shop will be displayed!