11/3/2017 – The Mega Database is chess. With 7.1 million chess games, of which 71,000 are commented, the mega documents over 500 years of chess history and always has up-to-date opening knowledge for the preparation for the next game and the next opponent. A must for every chess player!
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The "Mega" is the database every serious chessplayer needs. The database contains 7.1 million games from 1500 to 2017, in highest quality standard, full of top level analyses and completely classified.
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The exclusive annotated database
Mega Database 2018 contains more than 7.1 million games from 1560 to 2017 in the highest ChessBase quality standard. 71,000 games contain commentary from top players, with ChessBase opening classification with more than 100,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames. The largest top-class annotated database in the world. The most recent games of the database are from the middle of October 2017.
Mega 2018 also features a new edition of the ChessBase Playerbase (requires ChessBase 14, 13 or 12). As usual, this is where most of the work was done. As the player index now contains already more than 330,000 entries, it made sense to use an adapted playerbase which includes about 430,000 names. In the process, the photo database was extended as well and now contains 37,000 pictures!
Think about that for a second:
430,000 players
71,000 annotated games
37,000 pictures
Astounding!
Includes Online Mega-Update 2018
With ChessBase 14, 13 or 12 you can download games for Mega 2018 for the whole year, a total of approximately 250,000 games! That means your Mega 2018 will remain up to date from January to December.
Getting started with Mega
How to install and use the MEGA
Intro to Mega Database
Find out more about the work done on the historical part of the MEGA by Gisbert Jacoby
€159.90 €134.37 without VAT (for Customers outside the EU) $145.12 (in the USA without VAT)
Languages: English, German ISBN: 978-3-86681-621-3 EAN: 9783866816213 Delivery: Download, Mail Level: Any
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Make your best game a part of Mega — did you know you can upload your own game to make it available in the Mega Database itself either via the Mega Update or in a future year's edition?
The "Mega" is the database every serious chessplayer needs. The database contains 7.1 million games from 1500 to 2017, in highest quality standard, full of top level analyses and completely classified.
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Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains a total of 11 766 games from Mega 2026 or the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 1136 are annotated.
For the Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbook 2026 the ratings average was set again at 2400. 2.24 million games from the engine room of playchess.com met this threshold, to which were added over 130 000 games played by humans.
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YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
In this powerful new course, endgame expert Karsten Müller teams up with rising star Leon Mendonca to deliver what truly matters: 10 essential rules that every player must know.
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