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From Chess Challenger to Deep Fritz 14

2/27/2014 – Those were the day: back in the 1980s Ken Blake played Sargon, a chess-playing program that ran on the Apple II. He beat it easily – as he did Chess Challenger and Battle Chess. The general consensus was that computers will never play chess well, right? Wrong. Ken has encountered Fritz, which in its current incarnation is 269 Elo points stronger than the World Champion. Review.

Deep Fritz 14 – Elo 3150 on your computer

1/28/2014 – Deep Fritz 14 has improved on its great predecessor by adding 100 Elo points to its playing strength. It also comes as a powerful multi-processor version. right from the word go. "It’s very easy to get up and running; it took ten minutes on my laptop and most of the features are easy to get to grips with," writes Sean Marsh in CHESS Magazine. Review.

Ask the experts: With Matthias Wüllenweber and Mathias Feist

2/28/2012 – Last year we introduced a new series on playchess.com: “Ask the experts”, a show which gives the audience an opportunity to direct questions to chess experts in the ChessBase studio. This year’s first episode will go on air Tuesday, 28th February, and two of our programmers are ready to answer your questions: Matthias Wüllenweber and Mathias Feist.

ChessBase is 25: Birthday greetings from Anand

6/1/2011 – Our company was born on May 19, 1986, twenty-five years ago, and on May 19, 2011 one of our most loyal friends, World Champion Viswanathan Anand, logged into the Playchess server and sent us a ten-minute birthday greeting. It was quite moving to be reminded of the early days by one who was present at the time – and who has remained a close friend ever since. Must-watch historical video.
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