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Dutch author and International Master Willy Hendriks just published "The Ink War: Romanticism vs Modernity in chess". The book analyses the rivalry between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, who in 1886 played the first official World Championship match. But Hendriks also looks at chess history and challenges a number of accepted views about chess improvement and the development of chess knowledge. In an interview with Johannes Fischer Hendriks talks about Steinitz, Zukertort, ch...

The photo shows the tournament hall of the Hoogovens tournament 60 years ago, at that time still in Beverwijk. 18 players took part in the A-tournament and Jan Hein Donner won. One of the participants at that time was Tan Hiong Liong. He was the first IM of Asia - a bright star that soon burnt out for tragic reasons. A journey through time... | Photos: Dutch National Archive (if not otherwise stated)

At a time often known for excess — and at the end of a year when we’ve had two different monarchs and three different prime ministers in the United Kingdom — Jon Speelman considered it fitting to explore chess positions with more than two queens on the board. Remarkably, these positions arise rather frequently (relative to how rare this situation is) in games involving the ever-creative Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

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. You are sure to get your money worth by going for the new ChessBase 17. Order it this...

The successful series "How does a chess professional analyse with ChessBase" with Regina Pokorna had shown the final episode on Sunday on the German ChessBase YouTube site. On the other hand, "How to prepare for a tournament like a professional chess player" with Lilit Mkrtchian has just started. In the first episode she shows us how she creates an opening repertoire, and has accumulated almost a terrabyte of opening data over the decades. Martin Fischer now shows us the vers...

There are several ways to check a player's performance using an engine. One is to simply ask an engine to analyze every move and highlight every disagreement however small. Another is to use the tool in ChessBase and Fritz known as Let's Check. Here are the results from the recent Sinquefield Cup including a 100% match and the curiously high results by...

André Hollstein is a professor for information technology and digitisation at the International University of Applied Sciences (with over 90,000 enrolled students). In a podcast for his students and for the general public he interviewe ChessBase co-founder Frederic Friedel. The subject of their discussion: the digitization of chess, and the revolutionary changes ChessBase brought to the game. The podcast is in German, but André sent us a full English transcript.

Discount Day 2022 begins on Monday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. and ends on Wednesday, May 18 at 10.00 a.m. CEST (midnight in California). We are offering you a 25% discount on all our products. That includes software, training DVDs, services, the ChessBase Account. And there are some very interesting new products that are being released. The biggest attraction: the brand new Komodo Dragon 3. Don't miss this great opportunity to shop in our store, and get all our software at a premium price!

When Boris Spassky, World Champion from 1969 to 1972, had to play the Sicilian with the white pieces, he seemed to get particularly inspired. Today, the living legend from Leningrad turns 85, and to celebrate him we share a selection of brilliant games he played with 1.e4 c5 during his illustrious career. | Photo: Gerhard Hund

Chances are that like most ambitious chess players all over the world you already have Mega Database 2022, with 9.2 million high quality games, more than 100,000 with expert analysis. But do you know how to use Mega properly, how to conduct instant preparation for your next opponent? How you can use it to improve your repertoire. Let an experienced chess trainer show you how: IM Sagar Shah does it in this tutorial video. Watching it can be the most profitable 7½ minutes you have spent on yo...