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Today everything is 25% off (only exceptions: ducats, vouchers, books, account memberships and subscriptions). At the bottom of this page you will find instructions on how you can browse through the ChessBase Shop and search for things you need. Here are some of this our top offers:
Order Fritz 21 now: €52.43 (instead of €69.90)
Fritz 21-Update from Fritz 18, 19 or 20: today €37.43 (instead of €49.90)
Expand your chess horizons
ChessBase'26 has all the time-tested functions of the world's premier chess database. In addition the latest version pays special attention to plans. The opening report tells you which piece moves or pawn advances are significant for each important variation. In the reference search you see on the board where the pieces usually end up going and their paths.
ChessBase Magazine 231
ChessBase Magazine offers top-class training material for club players and professionals! World-class players analyse their finest games and explain the ideas behind the moves. Opening specialists present the latest trends in opening theory and exciting ideas for your repertoire. Master trainers in tactics, strategy and endgames show you exactly the tricks and techniques you need to become a successful tournament player!
Available as a download (including the magazine as a PDF file) or as a printed magazine with a download key sent by post. Including: CBM #231 as a “ChessBase Book” for iPad, tablet, Mac etc. available at books.chessbase.com.
Opening Encyclopedia 2026
Be well prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2026! 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 in one product and is the ideal start for your opening training. Many new articles enrich the current theory with new or revisited ideas.
The Encyclopaedia can help you learn openings quickly and give you a head start on your next opponent. Each article contains explanations and annotated games illustrating typical plans to deepen your understanding.
Order the Opening Encyclopedia on discount day: €127.43 (instead of €169.90)
Update: €74.93
Mega Database 2026
The premier chess database with over 11.7 million games from 1475 to 2025 in high quality, more than 120,000 annotated games – the world‘s largest collection of high-class analysed games.
Train like a pro! Prepare for your opponents with ChessBase and the Mega Database 2025. Let grandmasters explain how to best handle your favorite variations, improve your repertoire and much more.
• Includes Mega Update Service 2026: update your Mega with your ChessBase'26 (18/17/16) program every week with over 5,000 new games. That’s about 250,000 new games by the end of 2026!
• Direct access to All World Championship matches, Candidates tournaments, famous historical tournaments and all Olympiads!
• Player lexicon for download with over 1.4 million player names and more than 44,000 player photos (only with ChessBase´26/18/17).
Corr Database 2026
Correspondence players often have a deep chess understanding and enrich their games with interesting new ideas. Thus, the games are not decided by tactical blunders but by strategic understanding, long-term preparation, and passionate, patient scientific work.
This is the large ChessBase collection of correspondence games from the period from 1804 to 2025. It contains 2.5 million games, with more than 80,000 tournaments. Corr 2026 is a must for all correspondence chess fans. But the Corr Database is also very popular among many grandmasters and chess coaches, as correspondence games often herald the development of opening theory! Get insights from the pioneers of chess opening novelties and update your repertoire with games from the new Correspondence Database. It gives you a unique opportunity to enrich your opening repertoire with ideas from a wealth of unknown top-class games.
Order the Corr Database 2026 on discount day: €149.93 (instead of €199.90)
Update: €74.93 (instead of €99.90)
Fritz Powerbook 2026The Fritz Powerbook 2026 contains 25 million 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.
The games from which the Fritz Powerbook 2026 was derived are also included. The Fritz Powerbook 2026 represents the state of the art of current opening theory. Additionally, the best 100,000 games from the Correspondence 2026 Database were used to derive the Fritz Powerbook to further enhance the theoretical value of moves given by the book. With the 2026 edition you get 3 Books: Fritz Powerbook, Strongbook and the CorrBook. Discover exciting and tricky new lines and practice them against Fritz. In addition the Powerbook has a small but very exclusive book with the strongest GM games (ELO >= 2550) from the past 100 years (2.7 M positions) and StrongBook Games Database.
Order Fritz Powerbook 2026 on discount day: €67.43 (instead of 89.90)
10 Golden Rules of Endgame Play
by Dr. Karsten Müller, Leon Mendonca
Endgames decide more games than any opening preparation ever will and yet it is often the least understood phase of chess. 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.
Order 10 Golden Rules now: €14.43
(instead of €19.90)
Master Class Vol 1 to 20
by Dorian Rogozenco, Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh
This series covers virtually all official World Champions alongside era-defining masters: Bobby Fischer, Mihail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, José Raúl Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Korchnoi, Judit Polgár, Boris Spassky, Max Euwe, Wilhelm Steinitz, Bent Larsen.
You can find the individual courses on the ChessBase Shop Master Class Collection page.
Get the full Master Class series at a bundle price: €337.43 (instead of €449.90)
A powerful 1.e4 Repertoire
by Harshit Raja
India’s 69th GM has created a practical and powerful 1.e4 repertoire – perfect for players who want to play aggressively without drowning in opening theory. Whether you’re playing online or over-the-board, this course gives you solid attacking weapons that are easy to learn, fun to play, and difficult for opponents to face.
Instead of forcing you to memorise endless lines, Raja focuses on clear plans, typical ideas, and attacking motifs that you can apply in your own games without delay. A short, focused, and practical repertoire - designed for club players who want to play 1.e4 with confidence, create attacking chances, and save precious study time.
Buy now for: €29.93 (instead of €39.90)
Mastering the London System
by Elisabeth Pähtz
The London System is one of the most popular openings at every level of chess but not all Londons are the same.
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.
Across a well-organised course, she systematically covers Black’s most important options, including modern trends with …Bf5, the increasingly popular …Nh5 lines, Queen’s Gambit Declined setups, and key move-order nuances that often shape the entire game.
Buy now for: €44.93 (instead of €59.90)
Reversed Colour Systems – Benoni, Blumenfeld and Benko Gambit
by Ivan Sokolov
The Benoni family of openings has toppled world champions, decided match games under the highest pressure, and rewarded those brave enough to play them with some of the most electrifying chess imaginable.
In this Fritztrainer, grandmaster Ivan Sokolov – continuing his successful series "Understanding Middlegame Structures" – takes you deep inside the complexities of the Colour-Reversed Benoni, the Colour-Reversed Benko Gambit, and the Colour-Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit.
Buy now for: €29.93 (instead of €39.90)
King’s Indian – A Complete Repertoire for Black Part 1 & 2
by Felix Blohberger
The King’s Indian Defence has been one of the most dynamic and popular responses to 1.d4 for decades. It continues to fascinate today, as it offers Black not only solidity but also rich attacking and counterattacking opportunities. The King’s Indian is a universal system, equally effective against 1.d4, 1.c4, and 1.Nf3. Grandmaster Felix Blohberger, multiple Austrian Champion and experienced second, presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black. His approach: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
Buy now for: €67.40 (instead of €89.90)
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