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The Chess Database Program
Game management and analysis system for tournament players
PDF Manual for ChessBase 16
The PDF Manual for ChessBase 16 is available!English -> Download here .....French -> Download here . ...
Create position database
Question: I want to save positions from my own games in a separate position database without saving ...
Problems playing video courses
Question: I bought the Fritz 17 program. When I want to watch the training courses with the videos, ...
Installation and notes on Endgame Turbo 5
Perfect endgame analysis and a much better engine performance: the Endgame Turbo 5 is more than perf ...
Remove UCI Engines
Question: I have included many UCI Engines over time. I would like to remove the display of the engi ...
Program Updates
Question: I have tried to update the software. Unfortunately, the menu item under menu File - Activa ...
Sort databases
Question: I want to use the program to resort a database. The sorting should be done with the exact ...
Cloud databases
Storage of user data on the Internet on external cloud servers is standard nowadays. The storage of ...
Disable engine bar
Question: in FatFritz 2/Fritz 17 and other chess programs and also in ChessBase 16 you can see an en ...
The Reference Database
ChessBase is in contrast to our chess programs, e.g. Fritz18, a pure database program and offers for ...
Game history
Chessbase creates an accurate log of the work done with the program on request. In the game history ...
PGN files - Set ChessBase as default program
The standard format for game notations on the Internet is the PGN format, which is based on pure asc ...
Note about the UCI engines
Fritz was designed as a multi-engine system and allows - as does ChessBase by the way - the integrat ...
Problems searching for duplicates
Question: I am a recent owner of Chessbase 16 and I have problems with the removal of duplicate game ...
Generate repertoires with ChessBase
Mastering a well-structured opening repertoire is essential for any ambitious player. You can manage ...
Optimize engine analysis
Question: If I add a chess engine under ChessBase 16, the engine evaluation does not really run "smo ...
Search for Novelties
Active tournament players spend a lot of effort on maintaining their opening repertoire. An effectiv ...
Graphic comments
Do you own ChessBase,Fritz or one of our other chess programs? If yes, then you will surely apprecia ...
Commenting functions
One of the essential functions of the database program and our chess programs is the possibility to ...
Question about PGN export
Question: When I export games from CB16 to Pgn, the pgn often contains an embedded "evp" code.I remo ...
FritzTrainer Media Files
Question: I own various FritzTrainer which worked wonderfully so far. Recently other Windows applica ...
Change of computer - continue Mega Database subscription
Question: how do I organize the continuation of the Mega Database subscription (here MegaBase-2022) ...
Openings - View Novelties
ChessBase 16 offers you the possibility to view opening novelties from current tournaments without t ...
Individual tactics training
The best learning effect is achieved by critically examining your own games. ChessBase and Fritz off ...
Move synchronization DGT board
Question: sometimes the moves I execute on my DGT smartboard are not transferred to the graphical ch ...
Statistic display Piece Survival
Question: In the game list of a database I can call up statistical information about a database by p ...
Take positions from the website
Question: on your website interesting articles are posted. There is a diagram there whose position I ...
Display win probabilities
Question: when I do a tactical analysis of a game with the engine Fat Fritz or other engines, the re ...
Problems with figurines when annotating
Question: I am using ChessBase 16 and I have the problem that the figurine notation cannot be used w ...
Complete repertoires
To simplify building your own repertoire, Fritz comes with a set of ready-made opening repertoires. ...
Database texts unreadable
Question: I bought the current opening encyclopedia and I can't read the texts stored in it. Althoug ...
Use Mega without internet access
Question: I would like to use ChessBase 16 and the Mega on a computer that is operated most of the t ...
Using older engines with ChessBase/Fritz
Question: if I want to install older engines (e.g. Komodo 12) purchased directly from them under Che ...
Tactical motifs
An emphasis in Functionality of our programs focuses on training tactical skills, this is an importa ...
Endgame training - Find comparison games
Let's assume you have studied a certain type of endgame intensively and are now looking for suitable ...
Tip Entering games
When entering and saving games at bigger tournaments it can happen that the game results are entered ...
Change opening - a quick overview
For any given opening, the program can create opening overviews, i.e. repertoire suggestions, in com ...
Sorting databases
Our databases are sorted according to the following criteria:1. criterion = year ascending2. criteri ...
Rebuilding repertoire
Question: I want rebuild my opening repertoire completely. But before that I want to make a backup c ...
Note on promotion
Question: I deal intensively with endgame compositions and therefore use intensively the position se ...
Merge server games
Question: for reasons known only to my computer, I have several databases for my Internet games. I w ...
Reference search in ChessBase
An extremely helpful tool for the evaluation and study of openings is the reference search. Thanks t ...
Activation menu inactive
Question: i bought Fritz 18 online, installed it on my Windows 10 machine, activated it and still ca ...
Disable graphic comments
Question: How do I disable the functions in the program that display graphical symbols such as color ...
Tournament index ChessBase
Question: I recently purchased the above, and have the following question: How do you bring up the c ...
Color assignment variants
Question: I am a chessbase 16 user,there is a question about it.For example,when I'm analyzing a gam ...
Sort variants
Question: is there a way to sort variants in the variant dialog of Chessbase 16? For example, if I a ...
Search maneuvers
The search mask of ChessBase 16 allows the targeted search for certain maneuvers. Depending on the o ...
Opening surveys per click
Studying opening theory is an important part of training for any active player. In this area CB16 of ...
Discover plans
Every advanced tournament player needs to know not only the most important variations of his opening ...
Delete opening lines from the repertoire
Load your personal repertoire but take care that the rider "My Moves" is checked. Now mark the first ...
Check opening
Let's assume you are replaying a game in the board window and want to quickly find suitable comparis ...
Sorting game lists manually
Question: I often create databases to train youngsters, but also adults. It happens from time to tim ...
Copy search result
After you have performed a search with ChessBase, you want to copy the games to another database. Wh ...
Problem with move inputs
Question: since about 3 weeks Chessbase is playing crazy. If I draw a move (a legal capture move) th ...
Exchange chess information
Share your game with a friend! Direct Share in Fritz. There are many ways to exchange games or datab ...
Printing problem with blanks under ChessBase
Question: I have a problem printing games with ChessBase 17. The error seems to exist also under CB1 ...
Use touchpad
Question: I primarily play on my laptop with the touchpad. Unfortunately this leads to quite a few s ...
Set the number of open windows
In the program options you can find the entry " Maximum board windows " and " Maximum Database windo ...
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