Chessbase 26 + Fritz 21

ChessBase 26: your preparation powerhouse

ChessBase 26 is where serious players do their homework. Build and search your own database, prepare your openings in depth, and analyze your games with the precision that separates a good player from a dangerous one.

• Manage millions of games and find the exact position you need in seconds
• Build targeted opening files against any opponent or repertoire
• Analyze deeply and turn every loss into your next win
• Profile playing styles with built-in style analysis

Fritz 21: your training partner and sparring legend

Fritz 21 is where preparation meets practice. A multiple computer chess world champion rated 3,620 ELO, Fritz plays at exactly the level you set and pushes you on every move. • Face the legends: challenge Lasker, Tal, Fischer, and Karpov, now brought to life as animated characters who watch and comment on your moves
• Choose the fight: set Fritz to play aggressively, positionally, exchange-oriented, or risk-taking, and train against realistic human styles
• Sharpen your calculation: the new Bullet Training mode teaches you to keep a clear head under time pressure

Better together

Here is where the bundle earns its place. The style analysis in ChessBase 26 feeds directly into Fritz 21's style simulation, so the two programs are built to work as one. Analyze your latest game in ChessBase 26, pinpoint the weakness that cost you the point, then load Fritz 21 and drill that position against an opponent tuned to exploit it. Prepare a line in the morning, battle-test it in the afternoon. Study, play, repeat. That feedback loop is the fastest route to a higher rating, and no single program gives you both halves of it.

Everything in the bundle

• ChessBase 26, the professional standard for preparation, database work, and analysis
• Fritz 21, multiple world champion engine with style simulation and calculation training
• ChessBase Premium Account access: live database of 12 million games, over 50,000 tactics puzzles, remote engines, the Opening Training app, hundreds of training videos, and online play on playchess.com

 

Minimum: Desktop PC or Notebook, 4 Threads, 8 GB RAM, Windows 10, Internet access.

Recommended: Intel core i7 or AMD Ryzen Processor with 8 Threads, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11, full HD Monitor and Internet access. For all professional ChessBase work, it is essential, that your reference database resides on an SSD drive. Avoid classical hard disks.

ChessBase '26 - SINGLE/STARTER/MEGA/PREMIUM PACKAGE
Data, plans, practice – the new Opening Report In ChessBase there are always attempts to show the typical plans of an opening variation. In the age of engines, chess is much more concrete than previously thought. But amateurs in particular love openings with clear plans, see the London System. In ChessBase ’26, three functions deal with the display of plans. The new opening report examines which piece moves or pawn advances are significant for each important variation. In the reference search you can now see on the board where the pieces usually go. If you start the new Monte Carlo analysis, the board also shows the most common figure paths.
 

The new opening report

The opening report is a comprehensive treatise on all variations of the current board position. Based on historical development, the success statistics of a variation in different Elo ranges are shown. The usual statistics sum up the success and popularity of a variation across all skill levels and thus ignore exciting information. The new report opens your eyes to how different openings work for different skill levels. For example, the Scandinavian is simply bad for Black at top level, but up to Elo1800 it is a convenient, theory-saving way to equalize.

Grandmasters don't like the Scandinavian

 

After 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3, 3…Qd6 is better than 3…Qa5 in nearly all Elo regions

Furthermore, the opening report shows 3…Qa5 as the most frequently played main system, which is also at the top in all treatises. But the practical chances are higher at every level with 3…Qd6. GMs know this, amateurs apparently don't. The opening report shows that the frequency of 3…Qd6 clearly increases with the Elo rating.

The opening report naturally provides the frequent variations for each main variation. There is a lot of help when deciding what to play: Statistics – of course. But also how popular the system is currently. Then the style of the variation with numerous statements about the positional character, which are known from the style report.

What character does a variation have?

Once you have decided on a move, you play the “instructive” games. These are clear winning games in which a strong player is better or equal against a weaker player after the opening and then shows how to do it right. The report also provides the typical moves of a piece and pawn advances. And finally, the typical tactics. Anyone who has solved all 40 tactical tasks, for example those offered in the Marshall Attack from the Mega Database 2026, has seen the most common motifs. This is practical training!

Plans in the new Reference Search

The new filters catch the eye in the reference search: For example, you can switch off the blitz games with a click. A player filter is also provided, which makes preparation completely easier. With one click you can switch back and forth between a player's repertoire and the overall search.

If you move the mouse over pieces on the board, their typical piece paths and the associated success rate are visualized: The better the results achieved, the greener the move:

The typical knight manoeuvre against Winawer: Nf3-g5-h3-f4-h6. On the other hand, Nf3-h4xg6 is not very successful

Further innovations

Monte Carlo search shows how difficult a position is to win and provides typical figure paths - Fast and easy duplicate search - Elo profile in style report - Instant analysis of a game runs in parallel on several CPUs - New selectable database symbols - New engine management - Faster remote engine with premium account and much more!

 

ChessBase '26 - Mega package

• ChessBase 26 Program
• 1-year Premium membership
• Mega Database 2026
• Update Service until 31.12.2026 (approx. 5,000 games per week)
• Annual subscription to ChessBase Magazine (6 issues, digital)

* Only in conjunction with a ChessBase Premium account, which is included with the purchase of CB18 (1 year). This also applies to CB18 access to the ChessBase Online Database.

ChessBase 26 - Premium package

• ChessBase 26 Programm
• 1-year Premium membership
• Mega Database 2026
• Update Service until 31.12.2026 (approx. 5,000 games per week)
• Corr Database 2026
• Annual subscription to ChessBase Magazine (6 issues, digital)
• 1.000 Ducats

* Only in conjunction with a ChessBase Premium account, which is included with the purchase of CB18 (1 year). This also applies to CB18 access to the ChessBase Online Database.

Fritz 21 (download)

Fritz 21 - download - faceti comanda online si va trimitem pe email instructiuni de download si cheia de activare
 

FRITZ is more than just a chess engine – it’s a training revolution! Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.

COMPETE AGAINST LEGENDS

Take on the greatest masters: Lasker, Tal, Fischer, Karpov – with authentic style, and an ELO rating tailored to you. The unique style engine simulates their human playing styles even more realistically - only FRITZ can do that. Your opponents – legendary masters or animalistic foes – now appear as animated characters in video form and comment on your moves!

FRITZ is fun! BETTER CALCULATIONS – EVEN UNDER TIME PRESSURE!

Perfect your variation calculations: FRITZ offers furtherimproved calculation training with the Bullet Training mode - learn to keep your cool, even under pressure!

STYLE SIMULATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL Train realistically and practically: use the style analysis from ChessBase’26 to configure whether FRITZ should play aggressively, positionally, exchange-oriented, or take risks. Style Simulation at the Highest Level Train in a realistic and practical way: choose whether FRITZ should play aggressively, take risks, focus on positional play, or be willing to make exchanges.

✓Aggressive, positional, exchange-happy — you choose the style
✓Risk-taking or solid — the playing style adapts to you
✓Practical training against realistic playing styles

EVEN STRONGER. EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL. EVEN MORE DIRECT.

• Multiple computer chess world champion
• Rating: 3,620 ELO
• Matches against legends: Lasker, Tal, Fischer, Karpov, with video animations
• Calculation training with a new evaluation system ChessBase Premium Account (3 months) – access to the ChessBase mobile world anytime, anywhere: Live database with 12 million games, tactic training with over 50,000 puzzles, remote engines on 4 CPU machines, the Opening Training app, video library with hundreds of training videos, and online games on playchess.com

Includes 3 months ChessBase Premium Account – access to the ChessBase mobile world anytime, anywhere: Live database with 12 million games, tactic training with over 50,000 puzzles, remote engines on 4 CPU machines, the Opening Training app, video library with hundreds of training videos, and online games on playchess.com Some features are only fully accessible with a Premium account.

Languages:
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Level:
Any
System:
Windows 10 or higher
Delivery:
Download
Postal Delivery (booklet+key)

Published:
May 2026