Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 15:15:18 11/24/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 17:51:31, Russell Reagan wrote: >What are the differences between the Chessbase Big Database and the Mega >Database? Mega 2003 is our flagship database of exclusive annotated material. It contains more than 2.3 millions games, 300,000 more than in Mega 2002. The games are in the highest ChessBase quality standard, 50,000 contain commentary by top players, making Mega 2003 the largest collection of top-class annotated games in the world. Mega 2003 comes on two CDs, the second contains a new edition of Playerbase with 150,000 entries and a database of 14,000 photos. Systems requirements: ChessBase 8.0, ChessBase 7.0, Fritz7, Fritz 8. BIG DATABASE 2003 Contains more than 2.3 millions games from 1530 to 2002 in the highest ChessBase quality standard, with ChessBase opening classification with more than 54,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames. With all the top tournaments of 2002 like Cannes, Dortmund, Linares and Wijk aan Zee.The most recent games of the database are from the middle of November 2002, so e.g. the complete Chess Olympiad Bled 2002 is included. Differences : Mega has 50,000 annotated games, Big has 0. Mega has Playerbase with 14,000 photos, Big has no playebase and no photos. They both have 2.3M games. IMO the games are of much higher quality than what is downloadable from the net (except TWIC which is excellent). >The Mega Database is $85 more than the Big Database. Is it worth the >extra money? That depends on the user. I like annotated games myself. > >Also, the Chessbase site says that you need Chessbase or Fritz to use the >database. If I have Shredder (and thus have the Fritz interface), will I be able >to use the database, or will I need to purchase Chessbase or Fritz in addition >to the database? Shredder wil work fine in the CB GUI, not the classic GUI. > >Thanks.
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