ChessBase 10 Starter Package

What you can do with ChessBase: Enter, annotate and save games, including variations, text commentary, spoken comments, embedded pictures, soundtracks and even video sequences; analyse position with GM-strength chess engines Fritz and Crafty (both included); retrieve games according to openings, players and tournaments; generate tournament cross tables and full graphic statistics of players or openings; merge games on-the-fly into an opening tree; generate a player’s dossier containing all available information from the database; find the new move in a game with one mouse click; generate a comprehensive openings report with main and critical lines, plans and most important games; search for material distribution, positions and manoeuvres, mates and stalemates; classify games according to self-defined middle and endgame criteria; print games in superb DTP quality with diagrams and multiple columns; automatic email transmission of positions, games or databases; team championship or correspondence chess management; integrated Chess Media System; and much, much more...

New in ChessBase 10.0: New integrated online database with millions of games, kept topical and up-to-date by ChessBase; split-second online search results (DSL); automatic update of your local reference database (Big or Mega) with the weekly instalments of games; display of games and moves with statistics in tree style; optional restriction to quality games in all searches; openings references include an overview of common variations; new search booster for super-fast results; openings books with instantaneous display of replies; fast-and-easy preparation for any specific players, with tree display and games; player dossier with improved openings references; direct access to the ICCF server for correspondence chess games; new engine functions, e.g. display of discarded lines; new functions for the chess server: e.g. online database accessible for kibitzers, ECO codes in the games lists, tactics training, full Chess 960 support. In addition: new look with high-resolution pieces, improved window management.

Openings reference

openings reference

openings books with instantaneous display of replies

Online database accessible for kibitzers

CB 10 – Starter Package

• ChessBase 10 Program
• Big Database 2010
• Games download service till the end of 2010
• Access to the online database with 5 million games
• 1 up-to-date ChessBase Magazine
• A half year’s subscription to ChessBase Magazine (3 issues)
• Language: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German

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System requirements:Minimum: Pentium 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (Service Pack 2), DVD ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9. Recommended: PC Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows Vista 64, GeForce8 graphics card (or compatible) with 256 MB RAM or higher, 100% DirectX compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD ROM drive.