Chessbase

In other words, why do we play computer vs. computer? I know that it seems odd to talk about correspondence chess in the age of the internet. After all, once upon a time, chess players (myself included) would send postcards with moves on them to other chess players. That in and of itself also seems…

I caught this on IM Sagar Shah’s video about Chessbase 17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5NC-dmfQ8 If you have old (or even new databases) that were stored in the old .CBH format, you’ll want to upgrade them to the new .CB2 format. Chessbase doesn’t do this automatically for you – you’ll have to do that yourself. At this point,…

Thanksgiving normally brings turkey, shopping discounts, and every other year, a new version of Chessbase. When it comes to shopping for computer software upgrades, there’s always the question of “is the upgrade worth the money?” So, since I can be (somewhat easily) bribed by the 25% discount that’s normally available twice per year, I went…