Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 3/3)

 

12/29/2013 – In this final part on web publishing with ChessBase 12, you will learn how to publish several games for the javascript replayer with a drop-down menu, which can be published in your pages, or linked to, even from Facebook or any other social network. You will also be shown some tips on how to present just parts of games, combinations, studies, and more.

 

In this final part on web publishing with ChessBase 12, you will learn how to publish several games with a drop-down menu, as well as learn some tips on presenting just parts of games, combinations,

Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 2/3)

27/12/2013 – In this second part on publishing on the web, you learn how to make use of the powerful new javascript replayer, exactly as in the ChessBase News pages, with fancy pieces, figuring notation, highlighted squares and arrows, and more. You can also easily embed these into a personal blog or professional resources, and even publish a replayable game on Facebook in seconds.

 

In part one, we saw how to use the output functions to produce classic notation

Review: Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 1/2)

12/22/2013 – A common issue when considering writing a chess blog, or publishing chess news, is how to publish the actual chess material. Diagrams, chess notation, or a nice game replayer such as the one seen in the ChessBase News pages are a must, and the truth is, all our ‘secret’ tools are available in ChessBase 12. Here is an easy step-by-step guide on how to use all the main tools for online publication.

BBC Radio 4 to broadcast chess chats

12/19/2013 – Believe it or not, but on Monday, December 30, BBC Radio 4 will start a week-long series of 15-minute chat shows on… chess! The program Across the Board will feature Dominic Lawson, the former Sunday Telegraph editor, who will play against and interview a different guest each episode on five consecutive days. This is the first time in 50 years since the 1960s radio show with Bobby Fischer.

Battle of Moscow defense celebrated

12/18/2013 – A small tribute to the defense of the famous Battle of Moscow was held with chess at its center. A small tournament with a rather prestigious clique of players was organized at the Prechistenke Peace Foundation regarding a historic battle with millions of soldiers on both sides. The opening was attended by two world champions, Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov. A pictorial and small history lesson.

 

Vasily Ovchinnikov, Boris Spassky, a veteran from the Battle of Moscow - Anatoly

Mega 2014: the Rolls-Royce of databases

When describing Mega Database 2014, it is easy to get caught up in all the numbers, however impressive they may be, but this truly is the Rolls-Royce of chess databases. The reason is not in the numbers, but every aspect that make it such a wonderful tribute to chess, and indispensable tool. From pictures of Philidor, to commented games by Carlsen, it is all there. Here is a detailed review.

 

When describing Mega Database 2014, it is easy to get caught up in all the numbers, however impressive they may be, but this truly is the Rolls-Royce of chess databases with none even a close second. The reason is not in the numbers but in every aspect that make it such a wonderful tribute to chess, and indispensable tool.

Of course, the numbers do say a lot, so let's get them out of the way:

• Nearly 5.8 million games
• Close to 68 thousand commented games
• Over 293 thousand player entries
• 33 thousand pictures

5.8 million games

The database is difficult to quantify since the games list includes opening surveys, game excerpts, and even short games or game entries with no moves. This last element bears explaining since one might think this is a way to cheat and pad the numbers artificially. There are tournaments, whether very old, or not so old, where only the result is known for a game or others. Why are these then added? Quite simply to be able to create a complete crosstable.

This crosstable is only possible because of the 'blank' gamescores of a few games, for which
the result is known, but not the moves. Otherwise it would be full of missing results. A blank
game score also will not appear in the statistics of an opening, so it has no detrimental value.

Sometimes even this is not enough to complete a tournament crosstable, but little by little, new finds are contantly brought in, and in the end, they do add up. In fact, it would be a mistake to think the grand total of Mega 2014 is only Mega 2013 plus all the games played in the last year. Although it contains all the games from previous additions with the added games of 2013, the work at improving the core database is a non-stop process, and includes improved headers, names, as well as rare games uncovered during the year included by experts as well as sent from a variety of contributors.
A cursory example can be seen with classic masters. Mega 2011 had 2201 games with Alexander Alekhine, while Mega 2012 had 2207 games, and now there are 2214. Boris Spassky had 2472 games in Mega 2011, whereas in Mega 2012 there were 2492, and now in Mega 2014 there are 2515, and no these aren't games played in the last year. The last entry for Spassky, for example, is from 2009.

68 thousand commented games

Then there is that mindboggling other number, that promises more than statistics: nearly 68 thousand commented games. One can lose sight of what that really contains. Instead, it bears looking at it a bit differently: looking for a book of games commented in depth by Magnus Carlsen himself? There is only one: Mega Database. In it are no fewer than 24 games he has commented in soul-searching depth. How about world number two Levon Aronian? 21 games commented by the great Armenian. Vladimir Kramnik has analyzed 63 games, Garry Kasparov did 57, and the list goes on and on.

Where else will you find dozens of commented games by Magnus Carlsen himself?

The depth of the commented games is not limited to the last couple of decades either. For anyone willing to do a bit of digging, there is gold to be found. Consider this little nugget:

This sort of buried treasure is typical: a correspondence game between Chigorin and
Steinitz from 1990, in which one finds detailed commented by Steinitz himself,
Chigorin, Myers, and... even Garry Kasparov!

Just to show you, here is the game with the comments. One small warning: there were numerous openings references to further games with this Evans Gambit line, which I removed for conciseness.

33 thousand pictures

Again, this is not simply a large number of pictures sent by players, but also contains multiple pictures of the same players. Take Boris Spassky for example, a player with a long career, and Vlastimil Hort.

Pulling up a game from 1962 between the two from the world U26 championship
shows a very young Hort, aged 18 (note the ages in parentheses) and Spassky
who is 25. Suppose we roll the clock forward to... 1975.

Now we see an adult Hort, 31 years old (again, note the age in parentheses)
facing a 38-year-old Boris Spassky. The pictures have changed to reflect this.

Finally we leap forward in time to 1999 where we have a graying Hort, 55, and
Spassky, silver haired and 62

Certainly the pictures cannot be considered essential to studying, but putting a face to the player is certainly pleasant, and reminds us there was a person behind those moves, struggling and competing. In fact, even when there are no photos to go by, such as the great Philidor, images depicting him are used instead.

If you own Mega 2014, or a previous edition, and do not see the player photos,
open a game from Mega and in the View tab put a check in Players Photos

A year of updates

There is no question that Mega Database is not the cheapest item in the ChessBase catalogue, even if it is one of the most desirable, nevertheless the pricetag also includes a full year of weekly updates to ensure the database is always up-to-date. At an average of 5000 games per week, these games are also cleaned up so the headings all follow the same spelling that has been painstakingly normalized over the years. Anyone who recalls the databases years back with half a dozen Korchnois, all with different spellings, to cite but one example, can appreciate the importance of this.
If you had the choice between buying five games collections or one Mega Database, believe me the choice is a no-brainer. This database is more than just a collection of games trying to wow you with big numbers. The depth and quality attest to professionalism and a love of chess.

Available in the ChessBase Shop

• Mega Database 2014 (€159.90)
  • Upgrade Mega Database 2014 from Mega 2013 (€59.90)
  • Upgrade Mega Database 2014 from older Mega (€99.90)
  • Upgrade Mega 2014 from Big 2013 (€109.90)
• Big Database 2014 (€59.90)

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Snowdrops defeat Old Hands by 17.5:14.5

Round six of this battle in the Czech city of Podebrady brought the first win of a veteran GM against a young female talent. But the fight back came too late: in the end the Snowdrops – average age 22 – clinched the team match by three points. WGM Alina Kashlinskaya, 20, scored five points in eight games, with a performance of 2561. Final illustrated report. Final illustrated report.

The Snowdrops are represented by Lithuanian GM Viktorij Cmilyte (30, from Lithuania, rated 2506), IM Maria Muzychuk (21, Ukraine, 2491) WGM Alina Kashlinskaya (20, Russia, 2422) and WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina (18, Belarus, 2350). The "Old Hands" are GM Iossif Dorfman (61, France, 2580) GM Boris Gulko (66, USA, 2543), GM Borislav Ivkov (80, Serbia, 2408) GM Wolfgang Uhlmann (78, Germany, 2334). The event is taking place at Hotel Zámecek in Podebrady, the rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest, with an increament of 30 seconds per move.

Round six (reports by GM David Navara)

In our previous report the Snowdrops' team was leading the Oldhands by five points (12.5-7.5), with all four female players scoring better than their male counterparts:

On Friday, in round six, Jossif Dorfman beat Marija Muzychuk and brought about the first team win by a Veteran over a Snowdrop in this year's event. Muzychuk made mistake in the middle game and for the experienced player Dorfman it was not hard to turn that into victory.

Unfortunately, this victory did not mean any change in the overall score of the Old Hands, because Alina Kashlinskaya won against Borislav Ivkov. It was not easy for her: in spite of her material advantage the Serbian legend resisted and created new interesting counterplay with mate threats. In the end it didn't work out and Alina achieved her third victory in this event.

Jossif Dorfman (standing) chats with Borislav Ivkov before his game against Alina Kashlinskaya

Wolfgang Uhlmann did not find the winning move in a better position and
his game between against Victoria Cmilyte ended in a draw

Anastassiya Ziaziulkina vs Boris Gulko was also drawn

So after three quarters of the event the Snowdrops were still five points in the lead.

Round seven

The smooth progress of Snowdrops was broken in the seventh round. Maria Muzychuk did not appear for the game against Wolfgang Uhlmann because of health problems. Boris Gulko beat Alina Kashlinskaya in a rook ending, and the other two games – Dorfman-Cmilyte and Ivkov-Ziaziulkina – were drawn. So after this round the advantage of the young ladies had shrunk to three points.

Above we see Boris Gulko analysing his win against Alina Kashlinskaya, with Anand second GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (notation in hand), Schachmagazin 64 editor IM Otto Borik (glasses and beard) and GM Genna Sosonko (right) watching.
This meant that in the final round the Old Hands could theoretically clinch overall victory by winning all four games, or tie the Snowdrops by winning three.

GM Genna Sosonko, 70, gave an eleven-board simultaneous display on the free day

Jana Maríková, a young Czech junior representative, who recently became champion of the Czech Republic under eighteen years, was also among the opponents of GM Sosonko. She fought excellently and during the ending she had a draw within reach – but was outfoxed by the veteran GM (see analysis here).

Round eight

It was not to be: the Snowdrops held the Veterans to draws in all four games, three in 22 moves or less, one (Ziaziulkina vs Uhlmann) in 83 moves. So the final score of the 6th year of Snowdrops and Old Hands was 17.5:14.5. Among the four Snowdrops, Viktorija Cmilyte, Mariya Muzychuk, Alina Kashlinskaya and Anastasiya Ziaziulkina wasn't a single weak link. Here are all the results and scores:

Team results

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Snowdrops	3	2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2	1	2
Old Hands	1	2	1.5	1.5	1.5	2	3	2
Overall Snowdrops	3	5	7.5	10	12.5	14.5	15.5	17.5
Overall Old Hands	1	3	4.5	6	7.5	9.5	12.5	14.5

Individual results

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Kashlinskaya Alina	1	1	1/2	1/2	1	1/2	0	1/2	5
S2	Cmilyte Viktorija	1/2	1	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	4.5
S3	Muzychuk Mariya	1	1/2	1/2	0	0	1/2	1/2	1/2	3.5
S4	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1	1/2	1/2	1/2	4.5
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4	Total
O1	Uhlmann Wolfgang	0	1/2	1	0	0	1/2	0	1/2	2.5
O2	Ivkov Borislav	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	0	0	1.5	1/2	3
O3	Gulko Boris	1	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	4.5
O4	Dorfman Iossif	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1	1/2	4.5

This year was not really good one for GM Wolfgang Uhlmann (above right with organiser Pavel Matocha). He had a few really good positions, some of them winning in a single move, but that one move eluded him every time. When we note that some of the Old Hands, with higher ratings, did not fight at all in several games and took fast draws with the white pieces, there is no doubt who should be the winner.

The best individual result goes to Alina Kashlinskaya, receiving her prize from Pavel Matocha.
Alina scored five points in eight games, with a performance of 2561

She had been preparing for the match with her boyfriend GM Radoslaw
Wojtaszek (above), who is the second of former world champion Vishy Anand

With 4.5/8 points Boris Gulko was one of the two best Old Hands

The legendary grandmaster and problemist Pal Benko, 85, speaks to the guests

Amazing functionality and value

12/9/2013 – The whole history of chess in an app: five million chess games, updated once a week with new games from world class tournaments. The app comes with full statistics, an email service and even a chess engine. "The beauty of this application is that it works much the same as ChessBase itself, but in a manner that is totally portable," writes Md. Fathi Rahman in his Chessnews64 review.

 

ChessBase iOS app: amazing functionality and value

Review by Md. Fathi Rahman

After last month's review of the disappointing ChessBase Tactics app, I was apprehensive about reviewing another ChessBase app. However, in this case ChessBase stuck with their strengths and produced an amazing and useful application that comes in very handy.
When you first open the app you see their title screen:

You are then directed to the home page:

Click the "online" button and you will be taken to a list of recent games:

I am not certain how often the online database updates, but it is frequent. In the month or so that I have been testing this app it has updated three times, and as I write this on November 28th it already contains games from the recently completed European Team Championships.
The beauty of this application is that it works much the same as ChessBase itself, but in a manner that is totally portable. One of the ways in which I put it to use was for opening preparation in upcoming club games. The clubs I attend play one slow rated game each week, so typically you know your pairing several days in advance and can do a little bit of preparation.
If you click the graphic of the chess board that appears in the lower left corner of the app (see above in the list of games) you see the following:

At this point if you press the magnifying glass search icon you are shown a list of games with that starting position:

Click on the game that you want and you can begin to examine it:

Once you are done examining the game you can press the Games button in the upper left of the screen and you will be taken back to the previous screen, which lists the games starting in the position you selected.
One drawback of this feature is that it does not save the search parameters between uses. In other words, if you perform a search for a specific line and then set it aside, when you go back later you will have to start over from scratch. It would be nice to see ChessBase update this in a future version for those of us who do their research in increments when time allows rather than all at once.
You can also search for games between players, just like in ChessBase itself. To do so simply click the search button in the lower left hand of the screen:

Then you will be taken to this screen:

If you are looking for a game between two specific players, simply click the advanced button:

Enter the information to look up the game you want. One way in which this came in handy was when I was reading an opening book and I was able to search for the games that were listed in the notes without having to be at my computer.
Another nice feature with this app is that it comes with an analysis engine. To access the engine you tilt the phone so that the screen shows in landscape. You will then see the start button for the engine:

Click the Go button and the engine will start analyzing:

Of course, you can also click the Stop button when you are done using the engine.
The app also provides the ability to email games. I have a few friends whom I regularly get together with to study and it is convenient to be able to send a quick email of a game or two that we will be looking at later.
To email a game, first bring up the game:

Then click the icon all the way to the right at the bottom of the screen:

If you then select the email option, you can email the game:

Of course, you can also select the other options that will allow you to do things such as publish games to Facebook or bring up information about the players.
I will leave you with one last feature that I found enjoyable. The menu has a hyperlink that will take you to ChessBase News on their website. Just click the link on the lower left hand corner of the screen:

Having spent the past month using this app on a daily basis, I almost forget what it was like before I had this tool at my disposal. I highly recommend this product. My assessment of this app: five out of six stars (Great)
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Houdini 4: the 800-pound gorilla

12/7/2013 – Houdini 4 has just been released and contains many improvements in all phases of the game making it about 50 Elo stronger than its predecessor. The improved strength means that Houdini 4 nearly doubles the chess performance of your PC for game analysis and match play. It also includes the expected perks: Cloud Engine, 3D board, Live Book and more. Here is a full description.

The new Houdini 4 contains many evaluation and search improvements in all phases of the game and is about 50 Elo stronger than its predecessor. The improved strength means that Houdini 4 nearly doubles the chess performance of your PC for game analysis and match play.

A major feature is the support of the new 6-men Syzygy table bases. Houdini 4 has been extensively tuned for this state-of-the-art end game table base system and will provide optimum precision and strength in the late endgame at any time control and with any number of cores. While we strongly recommend using the 6-men Syzygy tables, Houdini 4 continues to support Nalimov and Gaviota table bases.
Houdini 4 uses calibrated evaluations in which engine scores correlate directly with the win expectancy in the position. A +1.00 pawn advantage gives a 80% chance of winning the game against an equal opponent at blitz time control. At +2.00 the engine will win 95% of the time, and at +3.00 about 99% of the time. If the advantage is +0.50, expect to win nearly 50% of the time.

A look at one of the many possible configurations, including a handwritten style game score

Accompanying the new engine is a giant hand-made opening book by openings expert and openings book designer: Alexander Kure, with over four million positions. This opening book is not a generic tree, and includes carefully thought out evaluations as well as original analysis.
Optimized for Windows 8.1: the 64-bit program interface of Deep Fritz 14 runs faster and more fluidly on the latest versions of Windows. Naturally, the new version retains all of the well-known playing, training and analysis functions that have made Fritz the most popular chess program in the world.

Premium Playchess

Houdini 4 Pro includes a free six-month Premium Membership to the Playchess.com server allowing you to tune in to exciting live commentary of world-class tournaments, or take part in training sessions with frontrunner coaches such as Grandmaster Daniel King, Klaus Bischoff, Maurice Ashley, Dr. Karsten Müller and many more.

Power Play Show by GM Daniel King on Playchess.com teaser. All shows are
live with questions and answers by users, but are stored on the server and
can be viewed at anytime.

Let’s Check

Houdini 4 also brings all the powerful new functions introduced and fine-tuned in the last couple of years. Only the best is good enough. Houdini 4 gives you access to “Let's Check”*, the world's largest database packed with high-quality analysis. Over 200 million positions annotated with deep engine calculations are saved on the Let's Check server, with more being added every day. If you want to know what to think of a particular opening position, take a look on Let's Check and find out in seconds what it would take your PC hours to uncover.

Example of Let's Check in action. The brown depths on the bottom right indicate an engine
that has analyzed the position for at least an hour continuously.

Cloud Engines

The cutting-edge interface also brings the latest Cloud Engine functions, allowing you to access your engines from a remote computer, lend it out, or even rent the use of powerful third-party computers in case you need more processor power than you have.

Cloud engines can be your own or those of others. Set up private remote connections
that only you can see.

3D board

Although most users are content to use the standard 2D board, it is never quite the same thing as playing on a live chessboard. If you miss that, or would like to play games in the full 3D experience (even on Playchess), Houdini 4 has a peerless 3D board to enjoy. Bear in mind performance may and will be limited to your computer’s graphic possibilities, though the requirements are fairly mainstream by today’s standards.

A look at the gorgeous 3D board. Please note it can be set to full screen as well.

Includes:

• Houdini 4 - the strongest engine in the world
• 64 Bit and 32 Bit program interface
• Premium membership to Playchess.com (six months)
• Access to the Let's Check* (with 200 million extensively analysed positions) and ChessBase engine cloud
• Database with over 1.5 million games etc.

*Access to “Let’s Check” database till 31.12.2015

System requirements

Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), 7/8, DirectX9, 256 MB graphics card, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and Internet access for program activation, access to Playchess.com, Let’s Check and program updates. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 8.1, DirectX10, 512 MB graphics card, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and Internet access for program activation, access to Playchess.com, Let's Check and program updates

Nelson Mandela - a man for the ages

12/6/2013 – Last night, Africa’s greatest son passed away, and while it might seem strange for us to do a tribute to Nelson Mandela, considering the very specific focus of our news site, but chess surrounded him and he played it. If ever there was a leader whose strategic planning rivaled even the deepest plans of the chess world champions, it was him. We pay homage to Nelson Mandela and his legacy.

 

Last night, Africa’s greatest son passed away, and as stated by US President Barack Obama, “He no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages.” It might seem strange for us to do a tribute to Nelson Mandela, considering the very specific focus of our news site, chess surrounded him, and if ever there was a leader whose strategic planning rivaled even the deepest plans of the chess world champions, it was him.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

- Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela and chess

Neville Alexander, a fellow detainee and political activist, arrived on Robben Island in 1964, the same year as Mandela. He was imprisoned there for ten years. In an interview he revealed Mandela's "war of attrition" approach to chess.

Chess. Mandela played chess. Tell me about how Mandela played chess.

Well, chess and draughts were the two games which were the oldest on the island in a way. Draughts partly because we could play them without a board. Chess, eventually, when we did get a board. It became a favorite game, and he was one of those who knew the game quite well. My personal recollection is that in both draughts and chess Nelson's attitude was that of really attrition. That was his stance. He would take his time with every move, he would consider it very carefully. He would sort of mislead the other person by pointing things, this way, that way, the other and then making the move that wasn't expected and so on. But more than that, when he did make a really good move, then he would really crow and make the other person feel really small. I recall this particularly because of our late comrade, Don Davis, who eventually also joined the ANC incidentally. Don Davis used to think he was a really good draughts player, and Nelson and Andrew Mlangeni were his only two rivals ... He normally beat Nelson, but he tended not to beat Mlangeni. Mlangeni was very good. But the point is that Nelson would ... torture Don, that Don would sometimes just throw the board in the air, with pieces flying all over the place, getting really irritated. But [Mandela] had that way of, as I say, it was a war of attrition, and he tended therefore to be victorious in most cases.

He was excruciatingly slow in getting around to making his moves ...

Ja, it was deliberate you see. This is a point that with Nelson, again, you can't always be 100% sure, but it was largely deliberate because he knew that psychologically he was getting at the other person. By the way, I never played chess or draughts with them, because I just don't know the game well enough.
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Just last July, our globetrotting correspondent Alina l’Ami, passed through South Africa in honor of a tournament, and was flabbergasted to find herself greeted by the present President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma. President Zuma, who had also suffered the many hardships of imprisonment on Robben Island, explained the relationship with chess and those there.

South African President Jacob Zuma playing a friendly 20-minute game against
the youngest participant, the five-year-old boy Keagan Rowe. The fighting
game ended in a stalemate.

"On Robben Island, chess provided a solace to us that we needed in those conditions of isolation and deprivation. It propelled our minds beyond the confines of the prison walls and allowed us to reflect and to position our thoughts strategically to fight the regime. [...] Many comrades made chess sets out of soap and driftwood that allowed us to continue to play this noble and great game. We improvised with makeshift chess boards and we enjoyed the fullness of the game."
- South African president Zuma in his speech during the closing ceremony.

At the end of her report, posted on Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday, the country was celebrating it as 'Nelson Mandela Day'. The declared motto is "Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day!" Words to live by.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

- Nelson Mandela

Over the years, we have seen chess blossom in South Africa, and as firm believers in its educational value, we look forward to seeing it continue to do so.

 

Nelson Mandela's life story: a short excellent documentary hosted by the United Nations

Nelson Mandela speech delivered at the Nelson Mandela: An International tribute to Free
South Africa concert on 16/4/1990, at Wembley stadium, two months after his release from
prison on 11/2/1990. (speech starts at 5:36)

The world mourns

US President Barack Obama pays his respects and describes the profound impact Mandela
had on him

The news sources reacted incredibly fast

The New York Times has a wealth of resources

Within an hour, every international news outlet had dedicated their pages to him

Source: www.chessbase.com