ChessBase 16 Databases

While the Chess Engine imported in ChessBase 16 can help a player while he is playing a game, the ChessBase Databases can be used to sharpen your opening or defence prior to a chess match.

Mega Database 2021

This has over 8.4 million games, of which some 85,000 are annotated. There are over 400,000 games from the previous version. You can find all the World Championship games throughout history in a simple click and this is my favourite new development. You can find a history of top tournaments and prepare against an opponent much quicker by putting in their name and the engine will do the rest.

Correspondence Database.

Correspondence chess is criminally underrated. The games are important because the players will have spent a lot of time and effort on their games, and it is here that some really interesting novelties can be found. There are a few opening videos relating to some games and also endgame videos with the legendary endgame expert Karsten Müller in the package and it is so much easier to find the top games. 

Your Database

You can actually create your own game database for free. It will take a lot of work, but you can download all of the games from The Week in Chess and add to it every week. You probably only need to download the last few years as that will be current theory.

https://theweekinchess.com/twic