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The Catalan Opening

7/9/2004 – The Catalan Opening, with its many transpositional possibilities, can be a real labyrinth to navigate through its myriad variations. Fortunately, Mihail Marin has provided us with the proverbial "ball of yarn" with his new Advanced training CD, Catalan E00-E09. We preview this valuable tool for players (and potential players) of the Catalan in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

CD Sicilian Dragon 2 preview

7/1/2004 – In his preview of the new ChessBase training CD Sicilian Dragon 2, columnist Steve Lopez admits to receiving a pair of major shocks. What's so shocking about GM Dorian Rogozenko's CD? Read more about it in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

The greatest chess tournaments of all time

6/8/2004 – Chessplayers love to argue. Who was the greatest World Champion? The greatest tactical player? What's the best way to face the King's Indian Defense? And, of course, there's the question "What were the greatest chess tournaments of all time?" A great new CD from ChessBase attempts to answer that last question; you'll find a preview of it in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

The Giuoco Piano

5/21/2004 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, ChessBase columnist Steve Lopez hits a "mid-life chess crisis" but finds the antidote in an unexpected form. Read his preview of the new opening training CD The Giuoco Piano by Reinhold Ripperger in the new ChessBase Workshop.

Five-time World Computer Chess Champion

2/16/2004 – It's the five-time World Computer Chess Champion. It comes with a huge database and opening book. It comes with dazzling new 3D boards. And it's the subject of this week's ChessBase Workshop. It's Shredder 8 and you can read all about it in Steve Lopez' latest column.

MegaDataBase 2004 - review

2/9/2004 – In the last of a series of previews of the new ChessBase DVDs, we rip the shrinkwrap off of Mega Database 2004 and look at not just the database but the other goodies included on this DVD. Steve Lopez supplies the details in the latest edition of his ChessBase Workshop...

Workshop: Powerbook 2004 and Endgame Turbo 2

1/26/2004 – In order to play a better game, chessplaying engines have access to opening books and endgame tablebases. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we look at these "Openings and Endings" as we examine the new DVDs Powerbook 2004 and Endgame Turbo 2. ChessBase Workshop

Two new CDs: historical and one instructional

10/30/2003 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we preview two new CDs: one historical and one instructional. Have a sneak peek at Two Masters from Seattle by John Donaldson and Albin Countergambit by Luc Henris in Steve Lopez' ChessBase Workshop...

Review: Hiarcs 9

10/17/2003 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, we tear the shrinkwrap off of Mark Uniacke's brilliant new chessplaying program Hiarcs9 to show you the new features included in the package. Workshop...

New ChessBase CDs: "Paul Morphy" and "English opening"

7/22/2003 – The games of Paul Morphy have fascinated generations of chessplayers. But what made Morphy "tick"? What were his strengths and weaknesses? How strong was he? A new ChessBase CD, Paul Morphy: Genius and Myth attemps to provide the answers. It's previewed (along with Mihail Marin's English 1.c4 e5) by Steve Lopez in this week's ChessBase Workshop
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