The Playerbase starts with the best: if you go to players.chessbase.com you see a list of the current top 100. Clicking on the profile of a player yields more information: photos and an Elo-chart showing how the rating of that player developed over time. Below photo and chart are the most recent games of that player — to play through and/or to download (if you have a ChessBase account).
Let's take a closer look at the profile and games of the current number one: Magnus Carlsen. You can see:
The replayer shows the last 1000 games Carlsen played
But this feature is not limited to the elite. You can also search for players, e.g. for yourself, friends, rivals, or any other player that interests you.
Just go to "Search" in the menu and enter the name of the player you are looking for.
You can also search for a part of the name, e.g. "Kort":
Searching for part of a name
The playerbase now offers you the profiles of all players whose surnames start with "Kort".
On the right of the "Search" tab is the "Lists" tab. It contains links to five different lists which follow the current FIDE ranking list: the "World Top 100", the "Women's Top 100", the "Boys U20, Top 100", the "Girls U20, Top 100", and a "Custom List".
In the Custom List you can search for a number of criteria. This allows you to create a number of interesting results. Let's say, for instance, you want to find out who are currently the best female players in the US who are still active. We enter the following into the search mask:
And find that Anna Zatonskih is the best active female player in the US (FIDE list May 1st 2018)
The playerbase is rapidly developing into a powerful took for learning about chess players past and present.
Let us know what you think! How do you use the playerbase? What would you like to see added or improved?
And of course, have fun!
