Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 upgrade from 2024 (English, German)


Price
79,90 €

Manufacturer

Product code
DB-LU25DIG

Available for download
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Be well prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2025! Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product and is the ideal start for your opening training. Many new articles enrich the current theory with new or revisited ideas. The Encyclopaedia can help you learn openings quickly and give you a head start on your next opponent. Each article contains explanations and annotated games illustrating typical plans to deepen your understanding.
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CONTENTS

  • The opening encyclopedia 2025 offers quick and convenient access to all openings. The opening articles are accessible by opening name and alternatively also via the “ECO list”.
  • Opening tutorials: What openings are there actually? What is the right opening for me? Let the opening tutorials briefly introduce you to all the established openings and find your favorites.
  • Videos in the encyclopedia: 100 first-class openings in video format commented by the most popular ChessBase authors: Daniel King, Mihail Marin, Jan Werle, and many more. (All videos in English; total running time: over 35 hours).
  • Professional opening analyses by grandmasters & international masters: You will find 1,524 opening articles under the menu item “Ideas for your repertoire”!
  • The game database with over 40,000 games contains the games from the opening articles, including all sample games. You can find this database in the menu on the left under the “Game database” tab.
  • Opening overviews: Get an overview of the current state of chess theory. Grandmaster Lubomir Ftacnik has created 372 new opening overviews for the Lexicon 2025! There are 7,983 overviews in total!
  • Find additional material in the ChessBase Shop: If you want to know more about an opening, you can go to the corresponding opening section in the ChessBase Shop with one click. There you will find video courses or further courses by the author on other openings.

PROPERTIES

Language:

English, German

Level:

any

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

Computer: PC or notebook with 4 threads
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
Graphics Card: 1 GB RAM with DirectX support 10
Other: Internet access for program activation, ChessBase Cloud and updates

Recommended:

Processor: PC Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen with 8 threads
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 or 11 64-Bit
Graphics Card: 1 GB RAM with DirectX support 11
Other: FullHD Monitor and internet access for program activation, ChessBase cloud and updates

ChessBase Account:

Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari.

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Language English, German
Level Any
Year 2025
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Language English, German
Level Any
Year 2025
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