ChessBase’26
ChessBase’26 broadens your chess horizons. Specifically, the new report shows how well different opening variations work for different playing strengths! Club players need different statistics than top players. Prepare for your level, not for the world champion. The ChessBase’26 opening books reflect current theory and often suggest variations that are not easy to play for the opponent you are preparing for. Top players immediately recognise the latest trends and statistics for different move sequences. With ChessBase’26, you too can understand the typical variations with their strategic themes and common plans. Train by watching selected instructive games. Solve typical tactical motifs – this is revolutionary for opening training and great fun.
Also new in ChessBase’26:
- New reference filters
- Instant preparation: simply enter the name.
- Filter out blitz and rapid chess with a single click.
- New detection of duplicate games.
- Ten times faster and much more accurate. Database maintenance has never been easier.
- Monte Carlo analysis: An engine evaluation is a single number. Monte Carlo provides additional insights into a position. Practical chances, move width, typical manoeuvres.
- AI description of plans: Explains a position to you like a good personal trainer.
- Remote engine: 4 CPU engine free for premium users!
- Real-time ray tracing: Ray tracing 3D boards have become ultra-fast, reaching high resolution in seconds.
EXPAND YOUR CHESS HORIZONS
Data, plans, practice – the new Opening Report In ChessBase there are always attempts to show the typical plans of an opening variation. In the age of engines, chess is much more concrete than previously thought. But amateurs in particular love openings with clear plans, see the London System. In ChessBase ’26, three functions deal with the display of plans. The new opening report examines which piece moves or pawn advances are significant for each important variation. In the reference search you can now see on the board where the pieces usually go. If you start the new Monte Carlo analysis, the board also shows the most common figure paths.
Of course, the following features are still included:
- The comprehensive ChessBase Style Report!
- Access to over 7 billion lichess games, extremely fast via the ChessBase database server.
- Download chess.com games with built-in API, conveniently and quickly!
- Player preparation by comparing with lichess games: Matching lichess accounts via statistical comparison provides deep insights for preparing for your opponents!
Fritz 20
Your personal coach. Your hardest opponent. Your strongest ally. Fritz 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, Fritz 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
New: playing style simulation at the highest level
FRITZ 20 analyses your next opponent – and plays like them! Use the style analysis in ChessBase 18 to configure whether Fritz should play aggressively, riskily, positionally or or exchange-oriented. This allows you to train specifically for your next game – realistically and practically.
Compete against legends
Compete against the strategies of the greatest players in history: Morphy, Lasker, Capablanca, Tal, Fischer, Karpov – with ELO ratings tailored to you, but in their authentic style. The unique style engine simulates their playing style as convincingly as only FRITZ can. New: the additional playing styles ‘Hypermodern’ and ‘Romantic’.
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally.
FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
Play better – even under time pressure
Perfect your reflexes with the new Bullet Training mode: configure the time limit exactly, and learn to keep your nerves under pressure – ideal for blitz and bullet players on online platforms.
AI that understands chess – and speaks
Experience a new dimension of interaction with AI chat and voice output: polished commentary, amusing analyses and subtle hints – spoken in natural language if desired. Fritz commentary at its best. Even stronger.
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally.
FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
ChessBase ’26 & Fritz 20 now available in a Christmas bundle.
Instead of 268.80 €, only 229.90 €. Get yours now.
Only until 24 December 2025!
The premiere chess database with over 11.7 million games
The ChessBase Mega Database 2026 is the premiere chess database with over 11.7 million games from 1475 to 2025 in high quality.
Links
ChessBase’26: Expand Your Chess Horizon!
ChessBase´26 – The interview with Matthias Wuellenweber
Matthias Wuellenweber on all new functions for ChessBase 26
Matthias Wuellenweber – The Complete Guide to the ChessBase 26 Monte-Carlo-Analysis
Dorian Rogozenco: How a Grandmaster Uses the New ChessBase 26 Monte-Carlo Analysis
Dorian Rogozenco: How a GM uses the new ChessBase 26 opening report
Matthias Wüllenweber on Fritz 20: More Fun, More Style, More AI
