Dorian Rogozenco: How a GM uses the new ChessBase 26 opening report

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12/8/2025 – Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco highlights how ChessBase 26’s Opening Report quickly reveals statistical trends and practical insights for specific opening lines, demonstrating it with a rare surprise weapon for Black in the French Advance, with the moves f6 and also f5, and showing that Black’s results, especially at lower levels, look promising enough to merit investigation. He emphasizes that the tool not only shows performance data and history, but also warns which sidelines you must know, making it a powerful way to get a fast, informed first impression before more in-depth analysis.
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Dorian Rogozenco: How a Grandmaster uses the new ChessBase 26 opening report

EXPAND YOUR CHESS HORIZONS
Data, plans, practice – the new Opening Report In ChessBase there are always attempts to show the typical plans of an opening variation. In the age of engines, chess is much more concrete than previously thought. But amateurs in particular love openings with clear plans, see the London System. In ChessBase ’26, three functions deal with the display of plans. The new opening report examines which piece moves or pawn advances are significant for each important variation. In the reference search you can now see on the board where the pieces usually go. If you start the new Monte Carlo analysis, the board also shows the most common figure paths.

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