Databases

Die Funktion "Nullzüge eingeben" in ChessBase hilft Schachtrainern bei der Demonstration von Eröffnungsideen, Angriffsideen im Mittelspiel und Endspielplänen. Sie eignet sich auch perfekt, um fehlende Züge auf den Spielberichtsbögen von Schülern zu erfassen. Der US-Schachtrainer Jeffrey Ashton erklärt, wie es geht.

Das Studium von "Schwarz spielt und verteidigt Stellungen" lehrt Schachschüler, wie sie Drohungen erkennen und abwehren können. Trainer können Anfänger zum Beispiel auffordern, Wege zu finden, um ein Matt auf der letzten Reihe zu verhindern. Das Umdrehen des Brettes kann auch bei der Analyse auf hohem Niveau helfen. Nationaler Meister Jeffrey Ashton erklärt, wie man mit ChessBase Stellungen erstellt, in denen die schwarzen Figuren unten im Diagramm stehen, um die Perspektive von Schwarz darzustellen.

ChessBase 16 is already in the starting blocks and will be released on 17th November 2020. Now everyone wants to know: what are the new features in this version? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? Jeroen Van Den Belt, who has been active for ChessBase since Fritz 7, presents interesting innovations in the video. The last part of the five-part series deals with the new "chat" design and its features.

ChessBase 16 is already in the starting blocks and will be released on 17th November 2020. Now everyone wants to know: what are the new features in this version? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? Jeroen Van Den Belt, who has been active for ChessBase since Fritz 7, presents interesting innovations in the video. Part 4 of the five-part series deals with "raytracing", what it means and what it can be used for.

ChessBase 16 is already in the starting blocks and will be released on 17th November 2020. Now everyone wants to know: what are the new features in this version? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? ChessBase co-founder Matthias Wuellenweber, who has developed all ChessBase versions since 1986 with his team, presents the most interesting innovations in a video. Part 3 of the five-part series (in which ChessBase programmer Jeroen van den Belt is also involved) deals with "Novelty-Mining" and how it is done.

ChessBase 16 is already in the starting blocks and will be released on 17th November 2020. Now everyone wants to know: what are the new features in this version? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? ChessBase co-founder Matthias Wuellenweber, who has developed all ChessBase versions since 1986 with his team, presents the most interesting innovations in the video. Part 2 of the five-part series (in which ChessBase programmer Jeroen van den Belt is also involved) deals with "opening surveys" and how they are calculated.

What are the new features of ChessBase 16? What innovations are on the horizon? And what is the "key to new ideas"? ChessBase co-founder Matthias Wuellenweber, who has developed all ChessBase versions since 1986 with his team, presents the most interesting innovations in the video. Part 1 of the five-part series (in which ChessBase programmer Jeroen Van Den Belt is also involved) deals with "opening novelties" at the highest level.

ChessBase 16 is creating waves in the chess world. But do you know everything that is under the hood of this remarkable training tool for chess players? How it will find new interesting lines for you to play, and look after your repertoire, keep it fully up-to-date? IM Sagar Shah discussed the new features live with Matthias Wüllenweber, the head of the programming team. Watch the video recording (1:20 h) for a unique tutorial on how to use the new program. That will repay you with additional rating points – for sure!

Jeroen van den Belt has already explained how the search booster came about and how it works in an interview with Frederic Friedel. But how the high-speed tool will be used in practical tests may still be unclear to some. That is why we have simply opened ChessBase 16, and let the booster work.

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.

Tutorial and video (2:36 h) by IM Sagar Shah

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.

Tutorial and video (2:36 h) by IM Sagar Shah

If you are a true chess aficionado, you will want to stay updated with the latest games from tournaments all over the world! ChessBase 16 lets you do that with a single click. You can see all currently running tournament games, with machine analysis, the important novelties that were played, and even the most interesting tactical shots that occurred in the latest games. IM Sagar Shah explains it all to you in this tutorial video. It is just five minutes long, but will save you hours of tedious searching and copying.

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.

Solving tactical puzzles can be fun, but what if you could automatically create your own, even from your own games? Nothing could be easier thanks to the analysis tools in both the Fritz interface or ChessBase. In fact, it can be a fun way to review your online games and be tested on the moves where you or your opponent missed a shot. Read on to learn how!

By Albert Silver

Knowing the ins and outs of annotating a game in ChessBase is one of the most fundamental and useful skills to have in it. It is vital so you can prepare openings, review your games, and more. Before stating you know all this, ask yourself: can you easily add text before a move, add symbols such as 'with attack', and add a '!' without a mouse? Let's start mastering the tools!

By Albert Silver

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!

By Albert Silver

While entering moves, writing comments, and evaluating positions are the most fundamental aspects of chess annotation, there is little doubt that illustrating the board with well-placed arrows, and timely highlighted squares can tell you in a glance you can see what is going on without a single variation or comment. Be sure to have these tools in your tool kit.

By Albert Silver

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.

Whether for in-class work or for homework, worksheets help students review and practice chess. Creating worksheets—then printing, formatting, and sharing them—are tasks that every chess coach undertakes. In this article, National Master Jeffrey Ashton shows how ChessBase makes these tasks easier.

Finding novelties is a fun way for students to learn how to use a database to annotate chess games. Novelties, loosely defined, are new moves but not necessarily good moves. National Master Jeffrey Ashton explains.

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.

Tutorial and video by Alber Silver

Die wichtigsten Neuheiten von ChessBase 16 in der Übersicht

Über Acht Millionen Partien in weniger als einer Sekunde zu durchforsten ist sehr nützlich, wenn man sein Eröffnungsspiel auf den neuesten Stand bringen möchte. Dafür gibt es den Suchbeschleuniger auf ChessBase 16.

Im Video, zeigt Ihnen Jeroen van den Belt was der Beschleuniger ist, wie er in der Praxis funktioniert und wozu man ihn noch nutzen kann.

Jeroen Van Den Belt zeigt uns das neue Design des Chats, welche Veränderungen daran vorgenommen wurden, und wofür man den Chat während Schachpartien noch so verwenden kann.

Raytracing gab es bereits bei ChessBase 15 und es ist ein erstaunlich beliebtes Werkzeug, um Bilder oder Videos von Lieblingspositionen zu erstellen, und Spitzenspielern beim Schach zuzugucken, abseits vom ewig gleichen 2D Brett. Jeroen Van Den Belt erklärt uns, was Raytracing ist, wie es funktioniert, und was man alles damit in ChessBase 16 noch so machen kann. 

Matthias Wuellenweber erklärt uns, was es mit dem Begriff Novelty-Mining auf sich hat, was die Gemeinsamkeit zu "Bitcoins" ist, und das man selbst mit älteren Rechnern gezielt nach Neuerungen schürfen kann.

Teil 2 der fünfteiligen Serie befasst sich mit "Eröffnungsübersichten" und wie diese berechnet werden.

Matthias Wuellenweber erklärt, wie man interessante Varianten in Lieblingseröffnungen problemlos erstellen lassen kann. Diese Varianten kann man in dem Tab "Surveys" durch verschiedene Einstellungen so definieren, dass ein gezieltes Ergebnis dabei herauskommt.

ChessBase Mitbegründer Matthias Wüllenweber, der alle ChessBase Versionen seit 1986 mit seinem Team entwickelte, führt im Video die interessantesten Neuerungen vor. Teil 1 der fünfteiligen Serie befasst sich mit "Eröffnungsneuerungen".