8/30/2024 – A very special offer awaits you in this week's summer special - two products that are indispensable for serious chess players are on special offer and available as a bundle: ChessBase 17 and the Opening Encyclopaedia 2024. Take the chance and get both for the summer special price of only €249.90 (instead of €299.90)!
new: Fritz 20
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
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. FRITZ is more than just a chess engine – it’s a training revolution! 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.
The Italian Four Knights is the ideal choice. It combines the solid foundation of classical openings like the Ruy Lopez or the Italian Game with an active, initiative-driven style of play.
€24.90
ChessBase 17
ChessBase is the personal chess database that has become the standard worldwide. It's made for everyone who enjoys chess and wants to continue playing successfully in the future. This applies to the world champion as well as for the club player or the chess enthusiast next door.
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (opening expert, star coach and FIDE world champion): "All the chess players I know, amateurs and competitors with a 2800 rating alike, use ChessBase - for good reason".
GM Vishy Anand (World Champion 2007 - 2013): "ChessBase has changed the chess world forever. It's almost unthinkable not to work with it".
GM Stefan Kindermann (founder and director of the Munich Chess Academy): "ChessBase has made chess “democratic” and ensured equal opportunities. At the same time, Chessbase has made a huge contribution to the further development and spread of chess all over the world!"
GM Daniel King (author, coach, YouTuber): "ChessBase is indispensable for finding games from the past and developing new ideas for the future".
GM Garry Kasparov (World Champion 1985-2000): "ChessBase is the most important innovation in the field of chess information since the invention of printing".
In a video, Sagar Shah explains why ChessBase 17 is important for every chess player and what you can do with the software.
The ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia is also indispensable for ambitious chess players.
1,463 special theory databases: Analyses & ideas from grandmasters
Over 40,000 sample games
7,679 opening overviews, 350 of which are new or updated
75 videos (DVD+download). Total playing time: 27 hours
Current opening trends from Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco in 9 videos
If you're serious about openings, you can't go on without the Opening Encyclopaedia. Whether beginner or grandmaster. The Opening Encyclopaedia is by far the most comprehensive theoretical work for chess: over 1,463(!) theory articles offer a huge pool of ideas and high-quality analyses!
With the ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia 2024 you will be remarkably prepared! It offers in-depth information on all established openings, and is therefore particularly valuable for building up a complete and powerful repertoire. The 2024 Opening Encyclopaedia is the complete presentation of all opening areas on one DVD (or download), and therefore the ideal introduction to opening training.
Whether you want to build up a solid opening repertoire or are looking for new ideas for your repertoire: a huge pool of opening ideas and high-quality analyses awaits you. With the Opening Encyclopaedia you can learn openings quickly and always be a few steps ahead of your opponent.
Each opening article contains selected sample games in which the authors explain typical plans and show how these openings are played in practice. High-quality analyses raise your knowledge of openings to master and grandmaster level. The articles cover the entire range of openings and always pick up on current and new ideas.
The new 2024 Opening Encyclopaedia offers you quick and convenient access to all openings. The articles are sorted by opening name & ECO code, the opening tutorials are linked to the more in-depth professional opening articles. The Opening Encyclopaedia offers 75 first-class opening articles in video format with specific, promising ideas for the opening repertoire from the most popular ChessBase authors: including Daniel King, Dorian Rogozenco, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mihail Marin, Ivan Sokolov, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Leon Mendonca, Jan Werle, Luis Engel, Rainer Knaak and many other grandmasters, who present you with exciting and new opening ideas.
You will also receive 1,463 professional opening articles with analyses by grandmasters & international masters. The included database contains all games from the opening articles, including all sample games. The icing on the cake: GM Dorian Rogozenco presents the opening trends in world-class chess. Look forward to a total of 9 videos on the French, Sicilian, Najdorf, Ragozin, Nimzo-Indian, English, Reti, 1.d4 and 1.e4 e5.
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.
Keep it simple. Stay objective. Watch the clock. Sometimes take the risk. GM Loek van Wely explains the ten principles that decide real games. They aren’t about theory. They’re about what you do at the board when it counts.
2026 Chess Olympiad with analyses by Abdusattorov, Donchenko, Duda, So and many more – ‘Rooks love open files’: Tactics training with Oliver Reeh – ‘Don’t underestimate it’: Caruana’s blitz weapon 1.e4 e5 2.d3 – Total Video playing time: over 6 hours!
Most players don’t lack the urge to attack, they just strike at the wrong moment, and GM Sipke Ernst shows you which signals tell you to go for the king and which tell you to choose another plan.
How grandmasters win without fireworks: GM Jan Markos shows you 11 very practical tips from "How to play in a lost position" to "Be patient like Carlsen" that will improve your tournament chess.
The Nimzo-Indian has stood the test of time for over a century: Still a top choice for elite players today, from Magnus Carlsen to Praggnanandhaa, it remains one of Black's most reliable ways to fight for real chances against 1.d4 2.c4 3.Nc3.
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4!? is an opening idea well worth considering. Black immediately threatens to double the pawns on c3 in the style of the Trompowski or Sicilian Grand Prix attack.
In this 60-minute video course you’ll learn how to use the Austrian Defence as a practical weapon for Black!
€9.90
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