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The 709 selected annotated games offer outstanding material for study. Players such as Adhiban (2 annotated games), Kramnik (1), Heine Nielsen (1), Gashimov (1), Karjakin (1) and Gelfand (4) have contributed analyses, but the lion’s share of the annotated games is down to Pirc experts Igor Stohl (151), Alexander Finkel (145) and Sergey Erenburg. There is a total of 8423 games in which the rating average is at least 2525 (apart from games with annotations or by specialists).
System requirements (Minimum): Desktop PC or Notebook, Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 2 GB RAM, and Fritz 18, 17, 16 or ChessBase 17, 16, 15 and DVD drive for DVDs / for Downloads no DVD drive required.
The database loads the overview of the games. A game is loaded with a double click. Via the Players tab it is possible to sort the games according to frequency. This makes it possible to investigate more closely players such as Zurab Azmaiparashvili (243 games) and Vladimir Onischuk (220 games), both experts with the black pieces or Viktor Bologan and Peter Svidler (experts with both colours).
The games can be played through or further examined with an engine or a Powerbook.