This interview with Matthias Wüllenweber, Head of Development at ChessBase, was recorded last week, just before the official release of ChessBase 26. In it, he presents the major innovations of the new version, including the redesigned Opening Report, the Fashion Index, and the powerful Monte Carlo Analysis. If you missed it then, now’s the perfect […]
Monthly Archives: November 2025
Today is Discount Day, and we are offering you a 25% price reduction on most products: software, services, video courses, the ChessBase Account. The premium offer is the brand-new ChessBase’26, which provides a new way to understand opening plans, to prepare for your next opponent. There are other very interesting new products that will improve […]
On November 11, 2025, the time has come: ChessBase’26 will be released and available in the ChessBase Shop. Don’t miss out — get ChessBase’26 with its many exciting new features! Look forward to the latest edition of your chess database software and order it from tomorrow in our shop. Then you can start enjoying all […]
On November 11, 2025, the time has come: ChessBase’26 will be released and available in the ChessBase Shop. Don’t miss out — get ChessBase’26 with its many exciting new features! Look forward to the latest edition of your chess database software and order it from tomorrow in our shop. Then you can start enjoying all […]
Svitlana explores the theme of “invisible moves” — creative, hard-to-spot ideas that suddenly make everything work. By looking for checks, deflections, and quiet improving moves, players can uncover the beauty of ideas that seem “invisible” at first glance.
FIDE has announced the winners of the 16th FIDE Trainer Awards, honouring outstanding achievements in global chess training for 2024. The recipients include Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan), Richard Rapport (Hungary, pictured) and Mikhail Kobalia (FIDE), recognised for their contributions to women’s, open and junior competitions, respectively. The Book of the Year Award went to “Mastering Chess […]
London is set to host the climax of the 2025 Speed Chess Championship, with the world’s fastest players gathering at 180 Studios (pictured) on 7 and 8 February 2026 for the semifnals and the final match. Eight players, including Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, remain in contention in the quarterfinals. The four winners of these […]
In this interview, Matthias Wüllenweber, Head of Development at ChessBase, presents the innovations of ChessBase 26, explaining how the software has evolved into a more intuitive and intelligent tool for chess training. He introduces the completely redesigned Opening Report, which selects instructive games, uncovers typical plans, and extracts tactical motifs, while also discussing the new […]
Saturday brought major drama at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, as four of the top ten seeds were eliminated. Reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov all exited the competition, falling to Frederik Svane, Alexander Donchenko, Jose Martinez and Nils Grandelius. With 15 decisive games in total, the knockout […]
GM Dorian Rogozenco explains how coaches can use ChessBase to analyse and improve both their students’ and their own games. By creating a database of a player’s games and generating a Style Report, one can quickly identify strengths and weaknesses—such as low aggressiveness or strong theoretical play. Using the search mask in the Mega Database, […]