CANDIDATES SPECIAL!
The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 kicks off today in Cyprus! 3 Indians are taking part in total - R. Praggnanandhaa in the Open section, Vaishali R. and Divya Deshmukh in the Women's section. All the action starts today at 5:45 PM IST - you can watch it all live on the ChessBase India YouTube channel with Sagar and Amruta's commentary!
On this special occasion, we thought it is only apt to give a nice offer on some of our amazing products. So here it is - use code "CANDIDATES" to get a 20% discount across multiple amazing products! This offer is only valid till 5th April end of day - so hurry up and get your favorite products now.
This is how the offer looks on the ChessBase India Shop!
We'll take you through the salient features of some of the amazing products that we have on sale:
1. ChessBase '26:
The choice of professional chess players, ChessBase has always been a key tool for preparation for any chess player looking to seriously improve their game. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more. Whether it is preparation for an individual opponent or tournament, administration and analysis of one's own games, development of training material for self-study or for training groups, or publication of games on the web or in print: ChessBase '26 has an incredible wealth of functions for all areas of study and playing levels.
Here is a list of just some of the amazing new features of ChessBase '26:
- Opening report: Club players need statistics that are different from top players. Prepare for your level, not for GMs. Opening books reflect mainstream theory and often suggest lines that are not practical for normal players!
- New Reference filters: Instant preparation - Just type the name! Filter out Blitz and rapid games with one click.
- Monte Carlo Analysis: An engine evaluation is a single number. Monte Carlo provides additional insights into a position. Practical chances, drawing width, typical manoeuvres and more!
- AI description of plans: Explains a position to you like a good personal trainer would do it!
2. Mega Database 2026:
To utilize ChessBase '26 to the maximum extent, a very important software to have is the Mega Database 2026. The ChessBase Mega Database 2026 is the premiere chess database with over 11,7 million games from 1475 to 2025 in high quality. Packing more than 114,000 annotated games, Mega 2026 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 2026. Here are just some of the new features:
- Includes Mega Update Service 2026: update your Mega with your ChessBase 26 every week with over 5,000 new games. That’s about 250,000 new games by the end of 2026!
- 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!
3. Fritz 20:
Meet your ultimate personal Chess trainer - FRITZ 20! It is the world’s most advanced chess training software - trusted by professionals, loved by ambitious players, and perfect for anyone serious about improving their game. Whether you’re just starting tournament play or already a seasoned competitor, FRITZ 20 gives you structured, personalized, and fun chess training like never before! Here are just some of the amazing features:
Train Like a Pro: FRITZ 20 isn’t just a chess engine - it’s your personal coach. Analyze your games, identify weaknesses, and practice specific positions intelligently. The built-in AI training tools help you learn faster and more effectively than ever!
Style Simulation at the Highest Level: Get ready to face your next opponent before the real match! FRITZ 20 integrates with ChessBase 26’s Style Report, allowing you to configure your virtual opponent’s playing style - aggressive, positional, risky, or exchange-oriented, and train specifically for your next game.
Play Against Legends: Challenge history’s greatest chess masters: Lasker, Tal, Fischer, and Karpov - each recreated with authentic playing styles and ELO levels adapted to your strength.
Plus, explore new playing styles: ‘Romantic’ and ‘Hypermodern’!
AI That Understands Chess - and talks: Experience an all-new level of interactivity with AI chat and voice commentary. Enjoy natural-sounding analysis, witty insights, and helpful hints - all spoken like a real coach sitting beside you!
4. Opening Encyclopaedia 2026:
Be well prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2026! 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! Here's what is being offered:
- 1,586 special theoretical databases – analyses with annotated games & ideas by Grandmasters
- Over 40,000 illustrative games
- 8,200 opening surveys, 300 new or updated
- 100 opening videos. Total duration: over 35 hours
- Grandmaster Lectures : Dorian Rogozenco: The latest trends (3.5 hours)
5. ChessBase Premium Account for 1 year:
At the airport, in the hotel or at home on your couch: with the ChessBase Premium Account you always have access to the whole ChessBase world: the new ChessBase video library with hundreds of training videos, tactics server with more than 50,000 tasks, the brand new opening training App, the live database with eight million games, Let’s Check, and, of course, web access to playchess.com – all you need is an internet connection and a current browser, no matter whether you use iPad, a tablet PC, iMac, Windows-, Android- or Linux! Here are just some of it's amazing features:
- Accessing Playchess.com - play online chess with your friends!
- Live database - 8 million games online, and growing!
- Tactics app: Train chess tactics wherever you are and whenever you like!
- Your own private lessons with the masters: Over 13,000 chess videos online! Running time: over 6.500 hours.
- MyGames Cloud: Your games and analysis - available 24/7! You will always have your own games with you. Secure back-ups prevent data loss!
6. ChessPa Complete Learning Books Combo:
What started as a way to teach kids the game of chess in a fun way with the "ChessPa in Chess Adventure Park", has now grown immensely - there are 5 books in the ChessPa series now, something we call the ChessPa Complete learning Combo! After the love we received for the first ChessBase India original book which was ChessPa in Chess Adventure Park, we went on to publish 3 ChessPa Activity books where the kids can learn further and understand the finer details.
And what better way to inspire kids than to tell them about the youngest ever World Chess Champion - D Gukesh! ChessPa meets Guki - the Golden boy is the latest installation in the ChessPa series, where we take you through Gukesh's journey to the World title in beautiful comic-style art. We have to thank Amruta Mokal and Ketaki Kulkarni for bringing this beautiful idea to life - we hope the young ones get motivated through these fantastic books!
Check out the complete collection link at the top of the newsletter to get to know about all of the amazing products which we have on sale today - Happy shopping with code CANDIDATES, and remember the sale ends on 5th of April! Hope to see you all in the Candidates 2026 livestreams regularly.
CANDIDATES 2026 ROUND 1 LIVESTREAM
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