Fritz 16 - He just wants to play!
Fritz 16 is looking forward to playing with you, and you're certain to have a great deal of fun with him too. Tense games and even well-fought victories await you with "Easy play" and "Assisted analysis" modes.
A"ducat" (pronounced like "bucket") is the official "server currency" on "playchess.com", the ChessBase chess server. Ducats can be bought in the shop — like any other product — or transferred from another account.
For a number of transactions in the ChessBase world it is helpful to have ducats, to (e.g.):
Bet ducats on the next move in a live-game with Fritz 16!
First, you need to register with name, email address, and serial number.
Then you have the following options:
The exchange rate is 1:10. You get 10 ducats for 1 Euro. You can order ducats in the ChessBase shop at this exchange rate.
Grandmasters or players who offer training or simuls for a fee can exchange their ducats into Euros. The average player doesn't have this option, but can spend ducats in the various ways outlined above.
After logging on to the playchess server you go to "Account".
Account → View account shows how many ducats you have in your account
In our example, there is a total of 906 ducats in the account
Account → Fill Up Ducats
E.g.
200 Ducats (20 Euros)
300 Ducats (30 Euros)
500 Ducats (50 Euros)
You need ducats to rent an engine. If you are lucky you might find a free engine but usually, engine owners ask for a fee if you want to use their computer and engines.
More information about how to analyse with engines offers the tutorial "Analysing with Fritz 16".
Rent an engine
You have a few options:
You can bet a certain number of ducats on a game or you can agree on a fee for the game — no matter how it ends.
Note! If you offer your opponent a positive number of ducats your opponent has to pay you to play the game. If you send a challenge to an opponent and offer a negative number of ducats you offer to pay him if he plays against you.
An example:
You challenge a grandmaster and you want to offer him a fixed fee if he plays against you. When challenging him you offer him a fee of e.g. -10 ducats (minus ten). On top of that, you can bet e.g. 4 ducats to bet that you will win the game.
The payments would be as follows:
Right-click on the player name in the list, then select "Offer Payment"
This opens a window in which you can enter how much you want to pay and for what. In our example we offer the International Master and ChessBase author Sergio Estremera 50 ducats for a private lesson:
Pressing "OK" sends your offer to the player on the server. A window opens in which it is confirmed that Nadja offered 50 Ducats for a "Private training lesson". Sergio Estremera can now accept the offer with "OK" or reject it with "Cancel". Offering ducats to play a game works in the same way.
It is helpful to give the reason for the payment, e.g. "Private training lesson" or "Simultaneous event" — you can always check how many ducats you paid — or received — for what.
ChessBase 14 Premium package — English Version
Follow the World Champion and your chess friend next door. Start your success story with ChessBase 14 and enjoy your chess even more! In addition to the ChessBase 14 Program, the Premium Package contains:
• Access to the Live-Database (8 million games)*
• Mega Database 2018
• ChessBase Magazine subscription for a full year (6 issues)
• Database-Update-Service through end of 2018
• Full year Premium membership for playchess and for the ChessBase Accounts
• Corr Database 2018
• Endgameturbo 4
Of course, you can pay our products in the ChessBase Shop with ducats. Go to the shop, select "Account" (if you do not have an account yet, you can easily create one), and now pick the products you want to buy. In our example, we want to buy the Mega Database 2018 for 159.90 euros. Follow the payment process and if you come to "Payment Details" choose "Ducats" (in this example you should have at least 1,599 ducats in your account.)
The ducat was a gold or silver coin used as a trade coin in Europe from the later middle ages until as late as the 20th century.
