Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Conquer Chessbase & Fritz with Free Tutorials & Resources

"The only true wealth is knowledge, and the only true expense is ignorance." - Confucius

ChessBase for Beginners
 Taming the Beast 
 Free Resources to Get You Started


Feeling intimidated by ChessBase? You're not alone!

This guide tackles the ChessBase learning curve head-on with a treasure trove of FREE resources - video tutorials, manuals, articles, and guides - all designed to get you up and running with this powerful chess software. Conquer ChessBase and take your chess game to the next level!



Chessbase Books


The ChessBase 15 manual  - 485 Page PDF   ---  Chessbase 15 Quickstart Guide - 8 Page PDF
The Chessbase 16 manual -  525 Page PDF    ---  Chessbase 16 QuickStart Guide - 20 Page PDF
The Chessbase 17 Maunal - 577 Page PDF

Fritz 19 Guide - 461 Page PDF
Fritz 18 Guide - 418 Page PDF


Chessbase Articles


Official Chessbase Site


Chessbase Magazine Lessons (With many helpful Chessbase Tips as well)
  • Studying openings with "Let's Check" and ChessBase Magazine It helps to get help when studying openings. The ChessBase "Let's Check" function offers a lot of help. It is a database with analyses made by other "Let's Check" users, often with top engines and powerful computers. "Let's Check" gives you access to these analyses and you can check, broaden, and sharpen your repertoire. Together with the ChessBase Magazine "Let's Check" is particularly powerful
  • Studying openings with the ChessBase Magazine, II: Creating a repertoire database - Shows how to create a repertoire database and how to import games from the ChessBase Magazine and other sources to your repertoire database to save a lot of time and effort.
  • Tactics training with the ChessBase Magazine -  With a regular tactics column and with interactive games with training tasks. Here's a brief guide on the tools available to help you improve your tactical acumen.
  • Strategy training with the ChessBase Magazine! - ChessBase Magazine regularly offers high-class training materials by top players and coaches — material that helps you to improve your strategic understanding. The following tutorial shows how to make the most of these training materials.

Chessbase Wiki - 36 Pages of Questions - Each Question w/ a link to a page with an answer & Diagrams .
(Lots Questions)


Chessbase Video Lessons


Playlists

How to use Chessbase - GM Magesh Panchanathan - 63 Min - Pro Chess Trainingdemonstrates how to use Chessbase effectively and efficiently.

How to use chessbase - 12 Min - ChessGeek The tools shared in this video apply to chessbase 15 as well as chessbase 16.
Chessbase India
Creating a Repertoire
IM Lilit Mkrtchian (Videos made for Chessbase) Tips Fritz Chessbase Magazine How to Use Chessbase Magazine: Overview (for Beginners and Intermediates) - 21 Min I cover in this video: - How to read ChessBase magazine, digital edition. - How to look at games and analyses in Chessbase software. - Comparison of print and digital editions.

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