12/20/2017 – Jump at the chance to add some variety to your opening repertoire, with an opening which can be learned in five hours, and will last a lifetime! Davide Nastasio has the review of GM Simon Williams, as he introduces us to the Four Knights, an opening from classical times, which can still bring many wins!

12/16/2017 – The most well-known quote by Tarrasch, if memory serves me well, is, "he who fears an Isolated Queen Pawn should give up chess." There are many steps one must follow in order to become a chess master. While tactics are fundamental, at a certain point it becomes obvious one needs to know how to treat pawn formations resulting from certain openings. The Isolated Queen Pawn (IQP) results from many different openings, hence the need to know it. When the topic of the DVD is the IQP and Tactics, one knows this is a DVD to have at all costs!

11/29/2017 – The road to mastery is a difficult one, but one aspect everyone agrees on, is related to how mastering some pawn structures can help us grow as chess players. Here we have a repertoire to use against the usual frenemies we play against in tournament, and a pawn structure whose deep understanding will bring us to a new level. Davide Nastasio has the review...

11/24/2017 – Mihail Marin is considered one of the premier opening theorists and treats all his topics with great care and thoroughness. Hannes Langrock has watched his DVD on the main variation of the King's Indian Defense. Langrock calls it "an ambitious classical repertoire...the analysis is quite thorough and complete."

11/7/2017 – The name says it all: Powerbook. This DVD contains over 21 million opening positions, the current opening knowledge. For study and training — your own opening repertoire gains a power boost.

11/3/2017 – The Mega Database is chess. With 7.1 million chess games, of which 71,000 are commented, the mega documents over 500 years of chess history and always has up-to-date opening knowledge for the preparation for the next game and the next opponent. A must for every chess player!

7/26/2017 – Rustam Kasimdzhanov was FIDE World Champion in 2004, a renowned opening expert and a successful trainer. He was a long-time second of Vishy Anand and helped him to prepare for several World Championship matches. For ChessBase, Kasimdzhanov has published a number of popular opening DVDs. Fiona Sieber had a close look at his DVD about the Main Line of the Classical French.

6/19/2017 – You do play 1.e4 but you do not really know what to play against 1...e5? Because you do not want to enter Spanish territory which your opponent might know inside out, or you fear a trip to the Berlin Wall? Why not try the Four Knights? An old opening that is deceptively quiet but can be very dangerous. Simon Williams shows you why.

6/12/2017 – Erwin l'Ami is a strong grandmaster and a popular author. In an interview with ChessBase he talks about his fascination for chess, how he caught the chess virus, gambit play in modern chess, his favorite games, the Dutch Stonewall, how and why to study the opening and why playing blitz can improve your game.

5/16/2017 – English Grandmaster Simon Williams is a popular commentator and author who recently published a DVD about the London System with 2.Bf4. In an interview with ChessBase he explains why this seemingly quiet line is dangerous and also talks about effective opening study and reveals why it is sometimes a good idea to break rules.

3/28/2017 – Sam Collins is an International Master (with two grandmaster norms) and a prolific author. He was born in Dublin in 1982 where he now works as a barrister. In an interview he talks about his latest DVD about ...Bc5 in the Open Games, his career, how to study openings and his favorite games.

10/17/2016 – The ChessBase Online Shop is constantly increasing the number of products in its repertoire. We have DVDs on practically every opening, with hours of video lessons provided by world-class experts. Today we bring you a list of hot items – absolute essentials – guiding you through the opening after playing 1.e4 or reacting to that move. Each product has a short description and a video sample. Our October shopping guide contains a useful 1.e4 overview in PGN.

1/22/2015 – The ChessBase Shop is a treasure trove for every chess fan. ChessBase 13, Deep Fritz 14, Komodo 8 and the Mega Database help you to organize and improve your chess. Moreover, the shop also offers more than 300 training DVDs, a lot of them about openings. And the product finder helps you to quickly find the DVDs you are interested in. Try it out!