The "Mega" is the database every serious chessplayer needs. The database contains 7.1 million games from 1500 to 2017, in highest quality standard, full of top level analyses and completely classified.
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:
Master Class Vol.8: Magnus Carlsen
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
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":
Victor Kortchnoi, two-times contender for the world championship, is a piece of living chess history. He is known as one of the greatest fighters in the history of chess. On this DVD he speaks about his life and shows his game.
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:
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 Mega Package contains:
• Access to the Live-Database (8 million games)*
• Mega Database 2017
• CBMagazine subscription for a full year (6 issues)
• Database-Update-Service through end of 2017
• Full year Premium membership for playchess and for the ChessBase Accounts
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!
