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The database contains a total of 11285 games where the average rating of the players is at least 2570 (apart from annotated games and games played by specialists). Among the annotators there are some world-famous names such as Adhiban, Anand, Duda, Edouard, Firouzja, Giri, Grandelius, Kasimdzhanov, Meier, Nielsen, Nihal and more.
Desktop-PC or Notebook with 8 GB RAM, Windows 11 or 10, Internet access,
ChessBase’26, 18 oder 17 or Fritz 20.
A double click on the database loads an overview of the games. A further double click and relevant game is loaded. Via the Players tag the games can be sorted by frequency (with the tag Total). There Zbigniew Pakleza heads the list with 1401 games, followed by Gata Kamsky (1241 games) and Le Tuan Minh with 1153 games. But Magnus Carlsen is also represented by 254 games. It is worth taking a look at the games of the absolute top proponents of this system. For example, pay attention to the games of Olexandr Bortnyk and Andrew Tang.
The games can be played through or further investigated with an engine or a Powerbook.
The London System Powerbase can only be read using a ChessBase programme or Fritz that supports the 2cbh format: CB 26 / 18 / 17, Fritz 20 / 19
