ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the
standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World
Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for
anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it.
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: 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.
System requirements: Minimum: Pentium 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 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.
