Opening Encyclopaedia 2024 - Upgrade from 2023 Edition

Verlag: ChessBase
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Sprache: English

Anyone who seriously deals with openings cannot avoid the opening encyclopaedia. Whether beginner or grandmaster. The Opening Encyclopaedia is by far the most comprehensive chess theory work: over 1,463(!) theory articles offer a huge fund of ideas and high-quality analyses!

• With the Opening Intro_Impressum you have fast access to all openings and can easily navigate to your favorite branches: The Menu offers opening names sorting all opening-articles for fast and easy access to your favorite openings. Of course, you can still find all opening articles using the “ECO List” tab as well.
• Opening Tutorials: What Openings are established in chess and how do I find the right ones according to my preferences? Let yourself be inspired by the new opening overview and pick your favorite lines for your Chess Repertoire!
• 75 Videos included in the Encyclopaedia 2024 (total running time: 27 hours): High-class annotated opening videos from popular ChessBase Authors such as Daniel King, Mihail Marin, Jan Werle, Erwin l'Ami, Nicholas Pert and many others.
• Professional Opening Analysis by Grandmasters & International Masters: Ideas for your Repertoire offers many suggestions to all well-established openings. The number of articles in the Opening Encyclopedia is growing – it now contains 1,463!
• The Games Database with 40,000 games, contains all games from every one of the 1,463 opening articles. You will find the Database on the left menu under the tab “Games database”.
• 350 new & revised Opening Surveys by Grandmaster & opening specialist Lubomir Ftacnik, with 7,679 surveys in total!
• If you would like to know more about a certain opening, you can click on the link “Related Products in the ChessBase Shop” (under the headline of any article) to list suitable DVDs in the ChessBase Shop related to the opening. Or click on the author's name to see his publications with ChessBase.

Be well prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2024! 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 DVD 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.

The Opening Encyclopaedia offers quick access to all openings. The openings are sorted by name and ECO code via the menu for quick and easy access to your favorite openings. Opening Tutorials give a quick yet comprehensive overview of all established openings to help every chess player find the most suitable opening according to their personal preferences. 75 high-class opening videos are included in the Encyclopaedia 2024, from our popular ChessBase Authors. Among others Daniel King, Dorian Rogozenco, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mihail Marin, Ivan Sokolov, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Leon Mendonca, Jan Werle, Luis Engel, Rainer Knaak and many more Grandmasters present new opening ideas clearly and vividly. The number of articles in the Opening Encyclopaedia is growing – it now contains 1,463 and the included database contains all games from all opening articles. One more highlight: Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco presents opening trends in world-class chess. You can look forward to a total of 9 videos on the French, Sicilian, Najdorf, Ragozin, Nimzo-Indian, English, Reti, 1.d4 and 1.e4 e5 based on selected key variations and games, from the entire year 2024 to spring 2024. This makes the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2024 an indispensable reference work for every tournament player.

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