Not raw data either - even 'simple' unannotated chess game collections like the Dutch Defense or the ChessBase Big Database come with many extra features. Other titles are really chess books on disk (cross-referenced in the Chess Training Software section), but also feature a large collection of games, such as the Ultimate Tarrasch Defense.

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You mean compared to the one on database.chessbase.com? Well, aside from being faster to access, especially if you want to do some non-trivial search query, biggest difference is in the commented games, and the fact that is more richly structured There are a ton of them, and more often than not, when you read some other book that shows you a 'model' game, the version you'll find in the Megabase is also commented. Also, again since you have physical access to the data, you can build your own reference DB by copying and/or merging games from Mega, and you also have a nice collection of opening and thematic keys immediately available (like ) • • • • •. New versions have integration into Cloud services - AFAIK this entails access other people's computer engines, which takes away from the load on the client resources (don't need a supercomputer to access one). There's some other minor stuff like 'cloud theoretical lines' which will show you if enabled, what other people are looking at with what strength of computing, choice of engine, and their centipawn evaluation.

You will know if you have deviated very far from the body of theory when you are the only one exploring a particular line. Other than that, it hasn't really changed drastically since like ChessBase 8. I believe 11 onwards has a new interface but I find it to be another source of distraction and adding to the learning curve. Swam engine keygen crack 1. CB has a pretty hefty price tag considering most of it's users are using it's basic database search and the use of engine analysis. People fork over the money simply because they want to win:) At the higher levels of chess, getting that extra edge out of the openings can be sort of an arms race and only at the absolute top (top 20ish), people are again willing to just get a position and try to outplay each other.