ChessBase 16

ChessBase 16

• Better overview when playing through deeply analysed games thanks to dynamic folding of
the notation

• Urgent news about recently played innovations with direct access to the database

Direct access to recent live tournaments

• Preparation for opponents with recognition of their weaknesses taking into account your own repertoire

• Innovations and trends as annotations in Tactical Analysis

• Update service for MegaDatabase with a single click

• After an update to Megadatabase, overview of
important recent innovations and theoretical trends

• Search for characteristic tactical positions in an opening variation

• Slimmed down search booster: required hard disk space halved

• New chat + chat options

News

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Centipawn Analysis: evaluating strength with an engine

11/1/2022 – Using an engine to find out how many moves in a game match its top choice, is but one way to measure a move's quality with an engine. Another key way is what analysts such as Ken Regan use: a tool to compare the engine's evaluation of a move with its own choice of best move, and see by how much the evaluations differ. Now you can do this too using the Centipawn Analysis tool in ChessBase 16!

Let's Check Engine Correlation: How to use it

10/20/2022 – You've seen videos using it, and articles displaying it, and here is the tutorial on how to use it in all its glory. The Engine Correlation in Let's Check can be a wonderful tool when used properly and comes with a variety of options in both ChessBase 16 and the Fritz interface. Here is the easy-to-use definitive guide.

Chess Artistry Adventure Part II - Deeper Into the Jungle

10/19/2022 – Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival was held in Budapest, Hungary, on the 8th of October this year. Among other things, the current edition of the annual gala hosted a study composing cum exhibition event called Chess Artistry Adventure. The artful program in memory of the late Pal Benko has received fourteen original studies from some of the best composers in the world. In an article we published last month, four of these were explained in detail. Today, as it were, we venture deeper into the forest and tackle some more from the rest of them. What follows is some high-class chess, with difficulty ranging from the guilefully complex to the tortuously analytical—nothing remotely facile, nothing for the faint-hearted!

The Woodpecker Method: How to get the best of both worlds

9/17/2022 – Some readers may have heard of this special tactics training regime, while others will wonder about the gimmicky sounding name. This is the name given to an intensive but very effective training method by the Swedish grandmaster Tikkanen, which just so happens to be a dream fit for the Replay Training feature in ChessBase 16. See how you can get this best of both worlds and watch the video to demonstrate!

Replay Training: a hidden gem in ChessBase

9/15/2022 – When you are solving an exercise in a book, or guessing a move in Solitaire Chess, and your move is wrong, the first thing you want to know is why it was wrong, and what the refutation was, but unless the author included your exact choice, you will be left scratching your head. A new feature in ChessBase solves this brilliantly and can become a powerful tool to your improvement.
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ChessBase 16 和Fritz 18 这两个程序的中文版面世了。

3/24/2022 – 中国的国际象棋朋友们，告诉您们一个好消息：我们就Fritz 18 和ChessBase 16这两个程序的中文翻译已经完成了。 程序全部转换成Unicode (统一码) 因此，可以在程序操作过程中显示汉字。 所有的菜单选项和运用功能全部都是汉字显示。 今天隆重登场。欢迎大家前往我们的网店订购下载。

The search mask in ChessBase 16

2/18/2022 – The ChessBase MegaDatabase 2022 contains around 9.2 million games, many of them by top players. Thanks to the ChessBase reference function the immense opening knowledge from these games is easily accessible. Thanks to the ChessBase search mask the same applies to the middlegame and endgame. But how does the search for positions work, e.g. for positions with an isolated queen pawn? You will quickly learn how powerful this tool is and how easy it is to use the search mask! Let's go.

Annotating in ChessBase: Variations, moves, and more

10/21/2021 – Adding symbols, evaluations and comments may be important, but without variations and moves to depict the possibilities that could have taken place or should have taken place, describing chess as a science would have no meaning. Yet knowing how to organize and re-organize those variations and moves sensibly and efficiently is no less essential. Learn how to do it like a pro!

What is a Cloud Database. And how to use it.

9/6/2021 – With so many cloud-based tools and services with 'cloud' in their name, it would be easy to overlook this incredibly useful tool inside ChessBase 16, which allows you to seamlessly work across multiple devices and even share with others in real time. Even professional players can miss this tool, and what is more it integrates directly with the web apps from ChessBase Account. Read on to learn more!

How to prepare against an opponent with ChessBase 16 (and no database!)

8/31/2021 – Have a fearful opponent next round? Have ChessBase 16 but no database (having one is a bonus)? No worries, here is a tutorial to help you get sorted and prepared so you can approach your next game with confidence. Don't miss this valuable lesson, which comes with a summary of the main points in a convenient video at the end!

The ChessBase Shop Assistant

7/25/2021 – Many of the ChessBase products have been around for more than 30 years, and we now have ChessBase 16, Fritz 17, over 200 ChessBase magazines, as well as more than 500 training programmes from chess masters. With so much choice, it is easy to lose the overview, and sometimes you ask yourself: what is which software good for, what can I do with it, and what are the main functions? With the newly made shopping assistant, we have created a guide for you in a short description + videos.

How to get the most from ChessBase 16

1/18/2021 – Everyone knows the situation: you get some impressive new software, work happily with it for a year – and then suddenly discover that it can do way more than you thought. Why not find out straight away what it has to offer. ChessBase 16 has some incredible functions, designed to rapidly improve your playing strength and add to your Elo rating. Let a consummate power user show you how they work.
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