ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2022
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ChessBase 16 offers – as part of the Mega 2021 or as an individual product (Online Update reference database 2021 (chessbase.com) – the possibility to update your database every week with the most recent games. Every week you can download about 5,000 new games which you can then add to your reference database. In ChessBase 16 you only need two clicks for this update.
Here's how the automatic update of the Mega Database 2021 with ChessBase 16 works!
When you have started ChessBase, first make sure that you are logged in with your ChessBase account.
The arrow (and your user profile picture) indicates that you are logged in
If you are not yet logged in, the "golden key" icon would, of course, indicate "login". Click on it and the following dialogue box opens to enter your username and password.
Then click on "New Games" – the menu is at the bottom on the left of your starting screen.
To start the Mega-Update-Service, click on the button "New Games"
ChessBase 16 collected the weekly updates that have accumulated since the last download, and now offers to download and to integrate them into the reference database.
If you click on the corresponding button, this process starts. The games are downloaded and integrated into the reference database.
At the same time, the search booster of the reference database is updated so that you can continue working immediately and without any loss of time once the process is complete.
However, the automatic update service does not work if the subscription has not yet been activated. Instead, you will be connected to the game server, and you must first activate the subscription for the year 2021 by using the serial number of the Mega 2021.
To activate the update service for a calendar year, select the desired calendar year and then click on the "Activate subscription" button in the menu bar:
Note: You must be logged in or else the activation button will be greyed out
Now you will be prompted to enter the activation key, i.e. the serial number of your Mega Database 2021 (for the calendar year 2021). These can be found printed in the DVD box directly under the DVD or, if you installed the download version from our shop, you'll see it in the "MyDownloads" section of your ChessBase Shop account under Mega DataBase 2021.
ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2022
Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training!
Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
Click on "OK" to activate delivery for the calendar year 2021
In addition to the possibility to download the "New Games", you can also download each of the update databases individually by clicking on the desired databases and using "Download selected entries":
If you click on the "Download selected entries" button, only the selected updates will download
The ChessBase Mega Database 2021 is the premiere chess database with over 8.4 million games from 1560 to 2020 in high quality.
This is an option even if they were previously imported into the MegaBase by clicking on "New Games". After the download of the selected games has ended, the program asks where the games of the update should be stored. As a user, you have the option of attaching these to any database — presumably a different database than the reference database. Alternatively, you can also save the individual database(s) locally on your computer.
If you already have a Mega Database Update activated and would like to transfer it to the ChessBase Account, please click on the option "Transfer subscriptions" at the top of the Update menu:
Under "Old name" please enter the e-mail address under which the update service was previously running. And in the "Old password" field, enter your previous password for the update service. After a final click on "OK" you now have access to all old updates via your ChessBase Account.
TIP: All games of the old updates have been added to the Megabase 2021! So in most cases it will not be necessary to download the old updates!
But the described new feature of ChessBase 16 helps to save a lot of time. I hope you enjoy the new game update of ChessBase 16.
