Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 21:45:50 11/24/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 24, 2003 at 18:15:18, Mike Byrne wrote: >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). IMO Xadrez, and the work of Luis Costa et consortes, presents many more new games - and with higher quality than TWIC. You'll find full player names and CB-quality here. TWIC is more regular though. Both need doublechecks. /S > > >>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.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.