Description
Opening Encyclopaedia 2026
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Be well prepared with the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2026! Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product and is the ideal start for your opening training. Many new articles enrich the current theory with new or revisited ideas. The Encyclopaedia can help you learn openings quickly and give you a head start on your next opponent. Each article contains explanations and annotated games illustrating typical plans to deepen your understanding.
The Opening Encyclopaedia offers quick access to all openings. The openings are sorted by name and ECO code via the menu for quick and easy access to your favorite openings. Opening Tutorials give a quick yet comprehensive overview of all established openings to help every chess player find the most suitable opening according to their personal preferences. 100 high-class opening videos are included in the Encyclopaedia 2026, from our popular ChessBase Authors. Daniel King, Dorian Rogozenco, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mihail Marin, Ivan Sokolov, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Leon Mendonca, Jan Werle, Luis Engel, Rainer Knaak, Robert Ris, Felix Blohberger and many other grandmasters present new opening ideas clearly and vividly. The number of articles in the Opening Encyclopaedia is growing – it now contains 1,586 and the included database contains all games from all opening articles.
One more highlight: Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco presents opening trends in world-class chess. You can look forward to a total of 9 videos on the French, Sicilian, Najdorf, Ruy Lopez, Italian, Petroff, English, Queen’s Gambit Declined, from the entire year 2025 to spring 2026.
All this makes the new Opening Encyclopaedia 2026 an indispensable reference work for every tournament player.
- 1,586 special theoretical databases – analyses with annotated games & ideas by Grandmasters
- Over 40,000 illustrative games
- 8,200 opening surveys, 300 new or updated
- 100 opening videos. Total duration: over 35 hours
- Grandmaster Lectures : Dorian Rogozenco: The latest trends (9 Videos)
Delivery: Download or booklet with imprinted activation key for installation (download and installation)!
GM Dorian Rogozenco:
“The Opening Encyclopedia is the best product around in the field of opening theory
System Requirements
Desktop-PC or Notebook with 8 GB RAM, Windows 11 or 10, Internet, ChessBase’26, 18 or 17 or Fritz20 or 19
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