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From the first move
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Nine ways to the perfect chess experience

ChessBase 26 — Chess database and opening preparation
Chess Database

ChessBase '26

ChessBase is the chess database program that has become the global standard. It offers the ultimate game management and analysis system for tournament chess players of all levels.

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Fritz 20 — The legendary chess program
Chess for PC

Fritz 20

The chess program that can do it all. Fritz offers fun gameplay and training features for every skill level - from beginners to grandmasters.

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ChessBase Mobile App — Chess on your smartphone
Chess App

ChessBase Mobile

ChessBase Mobile has everything you need as a chess player on the go: play, analyze and train on your smartphone or tablet.

ChessBase Magazin
Professional Chess Training

ChessBase Magazine

The most comprehensive and sophisticated chess magazine around! For over 35 years, world-class players have been analyzing their masterpieces, top coaches have been explaining strategy and tactics, and opening specialists have been presenting new variations.

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Remote-Engine — Supercomputer on Demand
Chess Analysis

Remote-Engine

Remote access to ChessBase high-performance computers with top engines for professional chess analysis. The deepest chess analysis on 128-core machines!

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ChessBase Training — Video chess training
Video Training

ChessBase Training

Private lessons with the masters: Top coaches and grandmasters explain chess in the ChessBase media system through videos and interactive exercises, covering all skill levels and topics.

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ChessBase — Chess news and tournament reports
Chess News

ChessBase News

The leading chess news site. Up-to-date reports, analyses, interviews and tournament coverage from the entire chess world — updated daily.

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Fritz and Chesster — Learn chess for kids
Educational Game for Children

Fritz & Chesster

The classic among children's chess programs! Learn chess through play in an imaginative chess adventure. Ages 6 and up.

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Free chess course on Schach.de
Learn Chess

ChessBase Learn: Play better by playing

The free online chess course with plenty of interactive exercises. From the basic rules to key tactical patterns and strategy: improve your game step by step.

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Not by us, but about us

ChessBase has changed the chess world forever. It is more or less unthinkable now not to work with it.

Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand World Champion 2007 - 2013

ChessBase is the greatest development for chess since the invention of the printing press.

Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov World Champion 1985 - 2000

Nowadays I don't know a single chess player, amateur or 2800, that does not use ChessBase, and for good reason.

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov FIDE World Champion 2004

ChessBase is changing the world of chess

1986
ChessBase 1.0
The first ChessBase version is released: the first chess database!
1988
ChessBase GmbH founded
A brilliant idea becomes a company.
1992
Fritz
The PC chess program goes head-to-head with grandmasters and world champions, becoming the "most popular chess program" (Der Spiegel)
1995
World Champion
Fritz wins the World Computer Chess Championship in Hong Kong
1997
Chess News
Daily news, reports, analysis & live broadcasts on chessbase.com
2001
schach.de & playchess.com
Play & train chess online on the first professional chess server.
2002
Fritz & Chesster
This imaginative chess-learning adventure game for children has won numerous international awards. Now a classic, it's available in 17 languages!
2004
ChessMedia System
Chess training courses with board diagrams and video. Authors: Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, and many more.
2006
Schach.de & Playchess
The online chess platform grows into the largest German-speaking chess community.
2012
Let's check
Analysis database containing 200 million positions analyzed in depth
2013
Playchess & Live Broadcasts
ChessBase becomes the leading platform for live broadcasts of world championship matches and international tournaments.
2014
ChessBase Cloud
The first ChessBase Cloud for opening preparation and personal game databases
2016
Fritz in the Browser
Fritz becomes playable directly on Schach.de — no installation required, accessible to everyone.
2019
Chess Course on schach.de
A comprehensive, interactive, web-based, and free chess course
2023
ChessBase Books
The new web-based chess publishing platform for interactive chess courses
2024
ChessBase Remote Engine
Remote access to high-performance computers for professional chess analysis
2026
ChessBase '26 with AI
The latest generation featuring AI-powered analysis, Monte Carlo search, and a revolutionary opening report.

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