We asked Grandmasters what should a great chess database look like. Especially on Halloween 2025. Should we call it SpookyBase? Check out our special Halloween sales this weekend.
HO HO HO, Santa is in the town and brings super trooper chess database deals to you. Already in October? Yes. Mariah Carey is being defrosted November 1st, but we are faster. In chess you need to predict. As every year we are giving out freebies and super discounts which you cannot get anywhere during the year. Still missing a perfect gift for.... yourself? Look no more, you came here for a reason.
While Oktoberfest is best known for beer, pretzels, and Bavarian music, there’s another tradition worth celebrating this season - sharpening your mind. As the weather cools and the evenings get longer, it’s the perfect time to settle in with a cup of hot cacao, open Chess.com or Lichess, and give your brain the same joy that your taste buds get at the festival.
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days. Writing articles, designing logos, even attempting legal briefs or teaching you how to cook. It raises an intriguing question for the chess world, could an AI model like ChatGPT simply “steal” all recorded human chess games and provide them for free, undermining professional databases like Opening Master or ChessBase?
Dear students, children, youngsters. You are going back. Back to school. The summer holidays are over and most of you are returning back to school this month. (some schools in US are already opened 2 weeks). You want to play chess, some just starting. We have prepared for you a great educational tool for you. It's called Opening Master.
Everyone knows becoming a billionaire is hard. You need big ideas, a bit of luck, some ruthless business moves, and ideally a photo with Elon Musk on LinkedIn. Did you know that statistically, it’s easier to become a billionaire than a chess grandmaster?
In an era dominated by real-time online blitz games, grandmaster commentary streams, and AI-assisted training tools, one might assume that correspondence chess has faded into history replaced by the rapid-fire world of Chess.com or Lichess. But nothing could be further from the truth. Correspondence chess is not only alive, it thrives. And it continues to attract some of the most analytical, patient, and passionate chess minds from around the globe.
In the ever-evolving world of chess, where engines grow stronger, ChatGPT is everywhere and preparation becomes ever more critical, one thing remains constant - the need for accurate, reliable, and comprehensive game data. That’s where Opening Master stands tall, not only as a chess database but as the official chess collection trusted by thousands of FIDE-certified educators and chess professionals around the globe, chess masters and basically anyone who ever downloaded Opening Master Chess Database
In an era where Artificial Intelligence dominates headlines whether it’s ChatGPT from OpenAI, Gemini by Google, or Elon Musk’s Grok on X, one might wonder: Is there anything still purely human? One answer, surprisingly, is chess.
March was a dynamic and electrifying month for the global chess community. From world-class tournaments to almost perfect individual performances, the chessboard saw battles that inspired fans and grandmasters alike. Let’s take a quick tour through the highlights. And we updated Opening Master with most up to date data. More than 10,2 million human chess games.
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