Chessbase 14 - Starter 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 Starter Package contains:
• Access to the Live-Database (8 million games)*
• Big Database 2018
• CBMagazine subscription for half a year (3 issues)
• Database-Update-Service through end of 2018
• Six months Premium membership for playchess and for the ChessBase Accounts
Short for "web seminars", this format differs from a video lesson you'll find, say, on YouTube or in the ChessBase video portal, because they are "peer-level web meetings", meaning they afford far greater interaction between the presenter and participants. In fact, any one of the participants can be brought into the live session, as I discovered when I took one myself recently with Swedish Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson. To use an offline analogy: it's rather like being suddenly called up to the front of the classroom!
Most of each individual webinar can be watched like a lecture, with Pontus sharing his screen and guiding the session. But participants can also ask questions via text chat at any time.
A few chess professionals have tried this format for engaging with multiple students, but it remains relatively underused. One of the chief advantages for the student is the affordability — even with a relatively small group you can receive high-quality training at a fraction of the cost of a one-on-one lesson, while still receiving individual attention.
The 60-minute webinars are broken down into about 45-50 minutes focusing on a specific theme followed by a dedicated question and answer session.
Afterwards the session participants receive all the lecture slides and recording of the lesson for further review.
Carlsson demonstrating ChessBase 14's "the drill" feature during a webinar
Some examples of themes that will be covered include:
Each member that signs up and pays the membership fee receives a personal invitation to the webinars. The sessions are held on Saturday's at 17:00 CET (11:00 AM EST), but if the timing doesn't work out on any given week, the webinar is still possible to review later (although you lose the interactive element, which is part of the fun).
The fee is normally USD $120 / month (or $30 per session), but in the lead up to the next batch, Carlsson is offering a 50% discount, through his web site, which is valid through January 13th.
The schedule and theme plan for the upcoming series is:
