ChessBase 18.9.0.0

ChessBase is the personal, independent chess database that has become the world standard. Everyone uses ChessBase, from World Champions to the amateur player next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to learn more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.

Whether it's preparing for an individual opponent or tournament, managing and analyzing your own games, developing training materials for self-study or for training groups, or publishing games on the web or in print: ChessBase offers an incredible amount of functionality for every field of study and level of play. Anyone who is seriously into chess, plays tournaments or just wants to understand chess needs ChessBase: young players, amateurs, tournament players, coaches, grandmasters, professionals, etc.

New features in ChessBase 18

• Playing style analysis: What kind of player will your next opponent be? ChessBase 18 examines games and identifies aspects like "A crazy attacker who risks everything," "A strong endgame specialist with great fighting spirit," "A changer with a high draw rate," and more.
• Search for strategic themes: Find games with exciting kingside attacks or on themes like: Defense; spatial advantage; strong squares; queenside play, etc. rich training materials and illustrations!
• Access to 6 billion Lichess games, ultra-fast access via the ChessBase Database Server.
• Prepare players by matching Lichess games: Match Lichess or Chess.com accounts through statistical matching provides deep insights to prepare for opponents!
• Download Chess.com games with built-in API, convenient and fast!
• Built-in cloud engine: Use the power of the cloud on your laptop or tablet, rent the right engine and save your own battery at the same time! Free flat rate for premium users*
• ChessBase Mobile: Mobile app – access your own cloud database, opening preparation, and the ChessBase Database Server with over 12 million games!
• Other improvements: QR code printing for games and positions. New design for the Interface. All new icons. Icon colors adapt to the design theme. Better display for reference searches (e.g. filters for Elo and year or draw range). Enter games faster with voice and more.

Minimum requirements: Desktop or laptop, 4 threads, 8 GB RAM, Windows 10 64-bit, DirectX 10 graphics card with 1 GB RAM

Recommended requirements: Intel core i7 or AMD Ryzen processor with 8 threads, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10/11 64-bit, DirectX 11 (or compatible) graphics card with 1 GB RAM or more, Full HD display