ChessBase: Videos

In this series of lightning videos, learn everything from the basics to mastery of ChessBase in bite-sized lessons with crystal clear explanations and demonstrations. In this lesson you will learn the most essential feature: creating your own base and entering games. It will turn you into a power user – and do wonders for your rating!

by Albert Silver

In this series of lightning videos, learn everything from the basics to mastery of ChessBase in bite-sized lessons with crystal clear explanations and demonstrations. In this lesson you will learn the secret to annotating your games with variations, moves, colored arrows and more! It will turn you into a power user – and do wonders for your rating!

by Albert Silver

'Guess the Move' or 'Solitaire Chess' have long been favorites of players, and ChessBase has amazing tools to play them, with more than simply hiding the next move. It also comes with fantastic tools such as Assisted Calculation to help you train your visualization skills, combining great fun with top training. What more can you want? Don't miss this lightning lesson on video!

by Albert Silver

Training tactics can be fun, but how do you use your own suite of positions and solutions to train in ChessBase? Your questions will be answered in this quick and easy lesson on video demonstrated by using the Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations. However, you can create your own as well and then use the method described. Enjoy this bite-sized tutorial!

by Albert Silver

Matthias Wuellenweber shows the new beauty function for ChessBase 17, so you can find the most remarkable games in chess history in no time.

Video length 3:53

Matthias Wuellenweber shows us who Buddy is, and how he can improve your chess analysis. Video length 6:42 m

Matthias Wuellenweber shows what else the new engine window of ChessBase17 has to offer: threats and seductions

Matthias Wuellenweber goes into detail about the new hints option for ChessBase 17. Don't just watch the chess engine calculating the variants. Instead of the engine display, turn on the hint mode - and turn on the brain.

Jeroen Van den Belt shows us the new positional search option in ChessBase 17. Find games easily by entering fragments of a position. A pre-list of results is displayed, which is automatically updated by entering more pieces/pawns. 

Lutz Nebe shows us the visual database changes, and adjustments of the ChessBase 17 interface. 

Matthias Wuellenweber goes into detail about the new evaluation function for ChessBase 17. Video length 4:52 m

Mathias Feist explains how ChessBase 17 automatically pastes games and positions from the clipboard.

Among the numerous powerful new features in ChessBase 17, one of the most striking has to be the introduction of the Buddy Engine in the panoply of engine tools. This innocuous named tool is the lynchpin in the new engine data shared with users, effectively innovating on a standard that has changed very little in decades. Don't miss this overview and video! video length: 9 minutes

This is not just an update of the standard program that everybody uses – from rank amateurs to tournament players all the way up to world champions. Today we would like you to tell you about the major features of the new version, ChessBase 17: the improved analysis functions, data format, search mask and the very exciting feature of finding beauty in games. We even have an interview with the main programmers. video length: 1 hour 8 minutes

In this episode, we discover how easy it is to stream a Fritztrainer directly with ChessBase 17.

Mathias Feist shows how ChessBase 17 automatically restarts the last viewed game or database at the next program start.

Jeroen van den Belt explains how the new ChessBase 17 evaluation graph works, and how to enable it.

Mathias Feist implemented the feature to add analyses after the last move of a game. How to use the new end of game marker.

Jeroen Van den Belt shows us the newest tournament search option.

Mathias Feist shows us how to enable the new speak text annotation for ChessBase 17, in just a couple of clicks.

Jeroen Van den Belt shows us the new menu of the 2D-Board for ChessBase 17.

Jeroen van den Belt explains the new lightning-fast search function!

ChessBase 17 offers a wealth of new and interesting functions. IM Sagar Shah from ChessBase India took a closer look at the program to understand the features deeper. To share his insights he made a video that covers most of the new features of ChessBase 17 and explains how these features can be used. He concludes: "I think ChessBase 17 is amazing." video length: 50 minutes

In 11 seconds, you will learn how to adjust the visual settings in ChessBase 17. Change the colour theme to White, Blue, Grey, and Black, and simplify the ribbons. How do I change the visual settings? What is the Dark Mode?

ChessBase 17 offers many new features. We help to use them optimally! In our new video series, our developers personally explain the new features they have developed themselves. From the new data format to the beauty index. In no time at all, you'll learn how it's done. In the third episode, Jeroen van den Belt explains the newly visualized material search function!