Get the Brand new Fritz 19 and Mega Database 2024 in the Mega Diwali Sale 2023!
by Himank Ghosh - 03/11/2023
Keeping our yearly tradition, the Mega Diwali Sale 2023 on the ChessBase India Online shop is here! Every year during the Mega Diwali Sale, we have a new big product release - this year it is Fritz 19. There are huge discounts upto 25% up for grabs - the more you buy, the bigger discount you will get! Moreover, we have two big product releases - The Fritz 19 and Mega Database 2024 will be released on 14th November! This article is meant to be a guide for the customers, advising them on the some of the best products we have at the Shop and recommending product purchases according to needs. Check out the full article below:
Avail massive discounts upto 25% this Diwali season on 3rd, 4th and 5th November!
The sale starts off from 3rd November, 6 PM IST!
The festive occasion of Diwali is upon us, and this is the time for the ChessBase India Mega Diwali Sale! The game of chess is now more popular than ever, and a lot of the fans who have started getting into chess may consider registering for some over the board tournaments, or start to seriously study chess this winter. This sale is the perfect one for you to get some of the best chess books and Softwares in the world in a pocket-friendly manner! Below, we share a list of some of our most popular products sorted according to your needs.
Remember, this is by no means an exhaustive list - digging deep into the ChessBase India Online shop catalogue can find you some hidden gems! Like every year we have the mid year sale. And this time it is held for from the 5th to the 7th of August 2023. These are the various discounts you can avail in the sale starting from 3rd November, 6 PM IST:
If you buy:
Rs. 1 to Rs. 2,500 you get 5%off
Rs.2,501 to Rs. 7,500 you get 10% off
Rs. 7501 to Rs. 20,000 you get 15% off
Rs. 20,001 to 50,000 you get 20% off
Rs. 50,001 and above you get 25% off
The amount of discount depends on your sub-total which is before GST.
We understand that the ChessBase India shop has hundreds of different products and hence shopping is not at all easy. That's the reason why I would like to give my suggestions on a few personal favorites - be it Softwares, books or accessories. We start off with the software essentials:
Essential Softwares:
Fritz 19 is here!
This is the software which has won the World Chess Software Championships 2022 and 2023. This is the software whose journey started in November 1991, and is one of the world's most popular chess Softwares till date. A brand new version- Fritz 19 is here now!
Attacker, coward, swindler or endgame wizard: Fritz 19 will show you how to win against anyone!
Following are some of the amazing new features in Fritz 19:
- Practical training: six fully realistic player personalities as sparring partners. Learn how to defend against the ferocious attackers, or how to open up the king position against position players!
- New opening training: Play against your own repertoire and make it even stronger!
- Good play is rewarded: 150 different trophies to win, including rankings.
- Improved calculation training for a quick Elo boost!
This product also contains 6 months of ChessBase Premium account included with it. You can pre-order Fritz 19 NOW, it will be released on 14th November 2023! This amazing software is priced only at Rs. 2899.
A very attractive combo pack is that of ChessBase 17 and Fritz 19. While Fritz will teach you how to play chess against various kind of players and improve your calculation, with ChessBase 17 you can analyse your games with great depth and learn from the games of the great masters! If you buy ChessBase 17 and Fritz 19 individually, you will have to spend Rs. 7619. But with this combo pack, you will get it at Rs.7299!
The Mega Database 2024 is out!
The ChessBase Mega Database 2024 is the premiere chess database with over 10.4 million games from 1475 to 2023 in high quality. Packing more than 112,000 annotated games, Mega 2024 contains the world‘s largest collection of high-class analysed games. Train like a pro! Prepare for your opponents with ChessBase and the Mega Database 2024. Let grandmasters explain how to best handle your favorite variations, improve your repertoire and much more.
The new version of Mega Database 2024 has many new features!
- Includes Mega Update Service 2024: update your Mega with your ChessBase 17 (or 16/15) program every week with over 5,000 new games. That’s about 250,000 new games by the end of 2024!
- Comfortable design with even more top-level tournaments than ever before!
- Direct access to All World Championship matches, Candidates tournaments, famous historical tournaments and all Olympiads!
- Player lexicon for download with over 1.4 million player names and more than 44,000 player photos (only with ChessBase 17/16/15)
Mega Database 2024 is set to release on November 14th, 2023. You can Pre-order NOW!
ChessBase is one of the most popular chess improvement Softwares out there in the world of chess - so much so, that it is an essential part of every professional chess players ensemble! Every year, a new version of ChessBase is released to make the experience smoother, faster and better for the chess enthusiast. ChessBase 17 definitely delivers on that! Starting from a brand new .2cbh file format which is much faster and efficient, hugely improved position search, sacrifice detector, the buddy engine and many more features, analyzing your chess games has never been easier. It is not the simplest software to master if you are a complete beginner - but this article on the various features of ChessBase 17 will definitely get you going!
There are many different variations in which ChessBase 17 is available in the ChessBase India shop
If you just need the ChessBase 17, you can go for this:
ChessBase 17 as a standalone software is good. But if you want to make the full use of its powers, you have to get the Mega Database 2024. ChessBase 17 and Mega Database 2024 are powerful companions - with the huge number of annotated Grandmaster games, it makes the position search feature of ChessBase 17 a complete beast!
ChessBase 17 + Mega Database 2024= Rs.10198/- If you buy this combo then you will get it only on Rs. 8999/- You will save around Rs. 1,199/-
You can also upgrade your Mega Database from any previous year version, and also combine it with the upgrade of ChessBase 17. Check out these products below if you want to upgrade from your existing ChessBase and Mega Database:
I feel one of our underrated products is the ChessBase Premium account. It is a browser-based solution where you do not need to download anything, and it makes ChessBase accessible even for the Mac and Linux users! Just access the ChessBase Account website and you get 12 features: Playing online, solving tactics, following live games, over 5000 training videos, live database access, play against an engine, learn openings, save your games on cloud, Player database, solving studies, chess quizzes and the ChessBase news portal.
The ChessBase Premium account is one of the most affordable chess portal memberships out there with a yearly account costing you just Rs.1499+GST and the three monthly membership costing you Rs.499+GST. If you ask me my favorite feature of the ChessBase Premium account, it is playing against opponents in the playchess.com server. All of those games are saved automatically in the "My Games" folder in ChessBase 17 - you can analyse them deeply later on!
Like all of the things we talked about above? A good solution for you is to get the ChessBase 17 Mega pack. It consists of ChessBase 17 (Rs.4199), Mega Database 2024 (with one year weekly updates) - (Rs.5999), 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account - (Rs.1499), 1 year of ChessBase Magazine (6 issues of CBM) - (Rs.699*6 = 4194), and 250 Ducats ( Rs 2000).
If you buy all of these products individually, the total cost comes to Rs.17891. But if you buy the ChessBase 17 Mega Pack, you get it at Rs.10999, saving a total of Rs.6892!
If you are looking for more products in one pack together, you can try out the Premium Pack: ChessBase Premium Pack includes: ChessBase 17 -
Rs 4199
, Mega Database 2024 - Rs 5999, 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account)- Rs 1499, 1 year of ChessBase Magazine (6 issues of CBM) - (Rs.699*6) = Rs 4194, 250 Ducats - Rs 2000, Fritz 19- Rs. 3420.82
, and Opening Encyclopedia - Rs 3538.82. The actual cost: Rs. 25115.28
+ GST.
However, the cost of CB 17 Premium Pack is Rs.
18524
+GST. What's more, you also get a T-shirt worth Rs. 650 free with this product! (The t-shirt is only for orders from India). You can make a total saving of Rs. 6591.28!
Video courses from India's top players
Since opening the ChessBase India Studio in Mumbai, we have recorded a few video courses with some of India's strongest chess Grandmasters. 2 of them are out now! The first one is with none other than the India no.1 player in live ratings now - GM D Gukesh. Gukesh breaks down his attacking style of play, and teaches the viewers the key elements of a successful attack. We named the video course "Attack like a Super Grandmaster"! We have 5 main games of Gukesh and each of the game has been broken into 3 parts. These games are explained in great detail and make you think at various junctures. Make sure to go through the model and test positions - and think actively while watching!
The introduction of Attack like a Super GM with D Gukesh
The second video course we recorded was with GM Vidit Gujrathi - named "Master advanced Tactics and Calculations like a super Grandmaster". In this video course, we use studies to present the different aspects of Advanced Tactics and Calculations. As Vidit navigates his way through the world of studies, you get to see a world class GM in action. When does he use brute force and calculation and when does he rely on his intuition - these are all the things that you get to learn from Vidit's video course.
A snippet of Vidit Gujrathi calculating his way through difficult studies
We have put together both of these video courses in the "Indian Super GM Combo". This is a fantastic resource of in-depth learning from India's top players. Also, this is accessible for all devices - Windows, MacOS, Linux, you name it. Improve your attacking chess and master your calculation skills!
High quality combo packs
I would like to attract your attention on these two masterpieces, which I consider to be very helpful for a serious chess player:
1. Powerplay series by Daniel King. Vol. 1-28
Daniel King's powerplay series covers a huge number of important aspects of the game starting from attacking chess, mating patterns, positional play, endgames, openings, tactics and much more. If you have the financial viability to buy all his products, 28 of them and the patience to go through them, it is sure to boost your chess understanding by leaps and bounds. I have gone on record and mentioned about how these lessons of Daniel King have made a deep impact on my chess. If you have watched some of his streams in the ChessBase India Channel, or his instructive videos on his YouTube channel Power Play Chess, you already know you are in for a treat!
2. Master Class series vol. 1-15
Have you always wanted to learn about the games of the old masters of the past? Well, the master class series is a very exciting idea by the ChessBase team. Four master players come together to dissect the play and style of a legendary chess player. Lets say for eg. The first Master Class is related to Bobby Fischer. In it you get to know all about Fischer's openings, the strategies he used in his games, some of the best tactical ideas and also the Endgames. Study the games of 15 legendary players in the World of Chess deeply through the lucid explanations of Dorian Rogozenco, Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, and Oliver Reeh!
Must-have Chess Books
We have a wide collection of Chess Books from esteemed authors all over the World. While there is no "one" book which can be recommended to everyone, I'll share some of my personal favorites - preferable to people of various skill levels and taste:
A matter of endgame technique
The most hated cliché in chess is: And the rest is a matter of technique. In A Matter of Endgame Technique, Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard deals with one of the few things chess players hate even more – losing a winning position. No serious chessplayer is new to the misery of spoiling hours of hard work in a few minutes. A Matter of Endgame Technique offers the second-best happiness – the misfortune of others – as well as deep explanation of the underlying patterns of how and why we misplay winning endgames. At just under 900 pages, this hardcover book is actually six books in one, explaining the technical and practical areas of chess endgames plainly, simply and deeply. A must-have book for any serious chess player - the fact that it is written by such a prolific author only adds to its value!
Analyzing the Chess mind
Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how.
To write about chess psychology, the ideal authors would have world-class chess skills and advanced professional qualifications in psychology, so GM Boris Gulko and Dr Joel Sneed are perfect for the task of Analyzing the Chess Mind. I feel this is a very interesting and little-discussed topic in chess, so this is a nice book to have in your arsenal!
Grandmaster Preparation - Thinking Inside the Box by Jacob Aagaard
In Thinking Inside the Box Jacob Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy, developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: How do we make better decisions at the chess board?
As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the previous five books and delves into such topics as:
• Chess psychology
• The four types of decisions we take at the board
• How to play simple positions
• What is calculation?
• How to analyse your games
• and much more!
This is a heavily appreciated book which has helped countless number of chess players. If you are a serious tournament player, there are good chances you already have this one - but if you don't, this is an instant purchase!
There are 2 other books on endgames by Jesus De la Villa which we highly recommend the reader to get along with 100 endgames you must know: 100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know, and The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook: Practical Endgames Exercises for Every Chess Player. This will complete your experience learning endgames from the author! These 3 books compliment each other very well, making you stronger in both theoretical and practical endgames.
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry
In the course of a game of chess, questions continually arise that test a player’s reasoning skills. Questions such as: – “Who has the better position?”- “Should I resolve the tension in the center?”- “How can I improve the placement of my pieces?” In this long-awaited extension of the classic Best Lessons of a Chess Coach, the reader is invited to take a seat in the classroom of a renowned chess teacher, and learn how to answer such questions while experiencing the beauty, logic, and artistry of great chess games. When Sunil Weeramantry lectures on the games of top grandmasters, one can imagine making decisions alongside them!
This is the man who taught chess to GM Hikaru Nakamura - check out his interview with IM Sagar Shah!
The Jeremy Silman Combo - Silman’s Endgame Course + How to Reassess your chess by Jeremy Silman
We must first start with the very sad news of IM Jeremy Silman's demise. Aged 69, Silman passed away on 21st September 2023 after suffering from a long illness. May his soul rest in peace.
IM Jeremy Silman is regarded as one of the finest authors in the World of Chess. This is a combo pack of 2 of his amazing books! Silman's endgame course is well-known to be one of the best resources of teaching endgames to players of different skill levels. The book has a unique system where you can access different chapters as you grow stronger! Starting from Level E where the reader gets to know about basic chess endings, we gradually proceed to A (expert player level), and then to master, which is an amalgamation of everything you have learnt so far and more!
The book is also loaded with a huge number of exercises so that you can test out what you have learnt!
How to Reassess Your Chess has long been considered a modern classic. Designed for players in the 1400 -2100 rating range and for teachers looking for a ready-made chess curriculum, the author shares a mind-expanding journey that takes the reader through imbalance-basics, ensures that every detail of all the imbalances are mastered, and leaves the player/lover of chess with something he always wanted but never believed he could achieve: a master-level positional foundation. If you feel Positional chess still feels like an alien concept to you, let Silman take you on a magical ride!
Silman's humorous quips loaded in between the instructive lessons is a joy to read!
Chess is becoming very popular and we are always asked by parents:
1. What is the right age to start chess?
2. What is the best way to teach chess to their kids.
We, at ChessBase India, have always believed that even a very young kid can learn chess if it is shown to them in a fun way. We felt that a beautifully illustrated children's chess book will be a perfect fit for kids to kickstart their chess journey. ChessPa in Chess Adventure Park is your first chess book.
Grandmaster Anish Giri holding a copy of ChessPa, gifted for his young children!
The book introduces you to the character of ChessPa, a fun Grandpa like character who absolutely loves chess! He takes you on a journey in a chess adventure park where the kids learn all about the chess board, chess pieces, the rules of the game and much more! The text in the book is in the form of a poem story which can be read out to the kids! The pages are colorfully illustrated in a way that the kids would fall in love with chess. This is an ideal way for any child to begin their journey into the world of chess!
Accessories
When we started out the Accessories section in the ChessBase India Online shop, our main goal was to design cool T-shirts for Chess players which they can wear. The Pens and notebooks were created so that you look cool and feel cool while writing down your moves - also, these are the ideal gifts to a chess enthusiast!
We are proud to say that we have expanded our product range in the T-shirts - moving to sweatshirts, hoodies and zippers! Come take a look:
King of Words Sweatshirts
Be the king of words (and fashion) with this stylish sweatshirt, which comes in a cool trendy look and the signature logo. Fits comfortably feel good, and keeps you warm. This is Premium Quality ChessBase India Apparel with a unique flavor of Chess and India. If you are a chess couple, the Couple Soulmate Sweatshirt will look mighty cool!
Hoodies with Cap (Black)
Hoodies are the perfect blend of comfort and style that you can flaunt wherever you are. Fact. Offering high-quality fabric that is unfazed by washing machines, the unforgettable 'Unstoppable Me' to strike fear in the hearts of your opponents, and that sweet jet black that goes with anything in your wardrobe. Darkness is your ally!
D Gukesh rocking the ChessBase India Black Hoodie while standing with 2 legends of the cricket world - Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara!
Charcoal Grey Zippers
Available in a range of sizes, the ChessBase India Zippers are another cool product we have added to the shop! With a charcoal grey color and apparel designed while thinking of the comfort of chess players, this can be your perfect outfit while planning tournaments in the winter.
Chess Clocks
One of the most demanded items from our customers was chess clocks in the ChessBase India online shop. We are very happy to say that we have added 4 different types of premium quality DGT Chess clocks in the store - the DGT2010, DGT2500, DGT3000 and DGT3000LE Official FIDE Chess Clocks. This is a perfect buy along with the ChessBase India Premium Chess sets - you are now completely tournament-ready!
The four different kinds of Chess clocks we are offering!
