4/2/2026 – Meet the ultimate training-and-prep bundle: Fritz 20 plus Fritz Powerbook 2026 - your personal chess trainer combined with a modern, statistics-based opening reference. With opponent-style simulation, Bullet Training, and AI voice commentary on the Fritz side, you can turn preparation into realistic practice games. And with 25 million opening positions built from 1.7 million high-class tournament games, Powerbook 2026 gives you a clear, structured picture of what actually works in today's openings.
new: ChessBase 18 - Mega package
Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. With this combination, you can’t go wrong: the comprehensive chess program Fritz 20 plus the latest opening theory from Powerbook 2026! FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it’s a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Together with Powerbook 2026, Fritz allows you to practise openings at every level and in every area. Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training or already playing at tournament level: with FRITZ 20, you’ll train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before!
How much opening prep is really necessary - especially in blitz and rapid games? The idea of a “lazy” but smart repertoire: minimal theory, rich ideas, and easy-to-remember structures.
€39.90
Fritz 20 & Fritz Powerbook 2026
With this combination, you can't go wrong: the comprehensive chess program Fritz 20 plus the latest opening theory from Powerbook 2026! FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it's a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals.
Together with Powerbook 2026, Fritz allows you to practise openings at every level and in every area. Whether you're taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training or already playing at tournament level: with FRITZ 20, you'll train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before!
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
Even more power forFritz. Even more Chess knowledge for you. The Fritz Powerbook 2026 contains 25 millions opening positions, derived from 1.7 million high class tournament games. Together with each position all relevant information is stored: all moves that were played in the position, by players of what average rating, with what success and performance results.
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. With this combination, you can’t go wrong: the comprehensive chess program Fritz 20 plus the latest opening theory from Powerbook 2026! FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it’s a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Together with Powerbook 2026, Fritz allows you to practise openings at every level and in every area. Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training or already playing at tournament level: with FRITZ 20, you’ll train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before!
3/30/2026 – Chess returns to the Esports World Cup in 2026 following a successful debut at last year's event. On its biggest stage ever, chess cemented its place in the larger esports ecosystem, drawing impressive viewership numbers while packing the arenas. This year, chess expands with a 21-player pool that now includes a play-in stage prior to a reformatted group stage and playoffs.
3/27/2026 – An overview of the Opening Encyclopaedia 2026 highlights its role as a structured resource for studying modern opening theory. Combining articles, annotated games and video content, it offers both broad coverage and practical guidance. With contributions from authors such as Daniel King and Dorian Rogozenco, the material spans introductory tutorials and detailed analysis, alongside an extensive, searchable games' database.
King’s Indian fans who choose the Mar del Plata attack (7...Nc6) against White’s classical system (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0) usually aim for a complex position with mutual attacks on open wings, requiring long-term strategic planning and tactical sharpness in critical moments. Computers often do not know how to handle the arising complex strategic positions, which suits players who like to think on their own instead of memorizing long variations. However, the fashionable Bayonet Attack (9.b4) interferes with Black’s ideas. After Black’s main move 9...Nh5 the positions opens, the lines get forced and computer analysis is important again. But this DVD offers an antidote against White’s Bayonet Attack, namely 9...a5! This move leads to sound positions with very few concrete lines, in which the focus is on strategy not on tactics. Objectively chances are equal but if Black knows what to do things might quickly become dangerous for White.
London System PowerBase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
€9.90
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