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freshDear Chess friends,
some time ago in this article we explained you why is OM on crossroad and possible ways to continue our work. After few discussions we are moving away from developing of the chess software for now. On the other side we will continue with new content and expand our work by 2/3. From November 2013 onwards we are going to publish new 2700+ opening variations in Informant style. It will be the biggest collection in the world on the biggest scale of ECO codes.

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Dropbox vs. SugarSync

Dear Chess Users,

We have reached conclusion to leave current provider of cloud services DropBox and move to new provider SugarSync. Unfortunatelly, after 2 years of promises, DropBox was not able to develop "read-only" solution for sharing files and folders. Although we had clear rules of synchronizing and sharing stuff in our plans every week we had to resolve number of situations (deletion, edit, upload)

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OM goes wholesale

wholesaleDear Chess lovers,

it's time to announce some bigger discounts for your chess clubs, federations and organizations or eshops. It matters if you purchase 1 license or 100+ licenses. Therefore please see our offiial price list for the given OM Platinum Plan. Not only that, we just released the largest human chess database on this planet with 8,701,379 games. Focus is on word "human". Because there are many companies out there with 30,000,000 or more games claiming to have largest chess database. We claim human games and very good quality.

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PF 2013

pf-2013-01 Pour Féliciter 2013 everybody ! As a special step towards NEW YEAR, Opening Master is bringing you full new 254,000 games in OTB database released 30.December and 53.000 new CORR games as of January 15, 2013. This is so far the largest addition this year, why now? Because we survived 21.12...

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New OM OTB GM.FM available

 

new-gmDear members, we have now published the brand new OM OTB GM..FM type.. It consist of 1,271.486 games by FIDE grand masters and masters.. The database is available in your Platinum. Gold, Silver, Bronze and Blue Plan. This is the strongest OTB database ever.

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End of one period....development of OM

change Dear Chess Members,

OM team is on the crossroad of bigger and smaller features. The bigger are that we will change a profile of core subject from collecting games, de-duplicating them and adjusting it to final standing. The reason is years of same type of work. Smaller features are that

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Opening Master is for sale

om for sale2 The OpeningMaster.com website is for SALE.  We are looking for strategic partner, investor or buyer. We are moving all our resources towards programming of chess database programs and are no longer capable of managing the database business.

We have grown from a small hobby back in 2004 into largest and cleanest human chess database of the world. Our clients download chess databases mainly from USA, UK, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, Russia, Philippines, Canada and France, to name the top 10 only with approx 2000 unique visitors each month. Each month chess visitors come and seek terms like “largest chess database, chess correspodence database, big chess database”. (check these terms on Google and you will find us  # 1) among millions of web sites. The databases offered for downloading are clean with high standards with monthly updates according to feedback from various GMs and SIMs. On top OM remains still the largest HUMAN CHESS DATABASE in the world.

We have partnered with ICCF for 3 years, we have partnered as well as with local chess correspondence federations from countries such as the US, Argentina, Spain, Romania, Slovakia and the, UK and others. The download and subscription system works automatically and by using the famous user-friendly cloud technology DROPBOX users can find the latest release in on their local HDD folders instantly. We publish chess databases for CB, CA, SCID (PGN) and Exachess (Mac).
The current OM Golem includes 8,3 million games, OM OTB includes 6,2 million games and OM Correspondence DB includes 1,2 million games. All databases are copyrighted material. If you think you can continue the legacy and would like to buy Opening Master please send us your inquiry. There should be no change to already existing customer base and all liabilties to provide service will continue.

Alexander Horvath, co-founder of openingmaster.com

Fall Special -33% discount

33 smallUnique chance to get your 33% discount now. The fall is here, the students went back to school, the sumer is over. Time to sit back and think of your upcoming tournaments. Are you ready, have you got your latest chess data? Time to save some money too! Valid until November 4

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Hey you, dear chess player...

heyyou resizeHey you, yes you dear chess friend. Are you ready for upcoming ICCF Champions League 2012? Have you downloaded the latest OM CORR database with 1.2 million games? And what about Correspondence Olympiad which starts end of this year. There has been a massive entry for the Champions League 5  with 225 teams registered. (each team 4 people). Work has now begun on forming groups with the latest rating list being used. OM can help you.

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Comparison of chess databases

dbcomparisonThis month we prepared for you unique comparison of chess databases availble on the market. We examined the quantity but also quality. You can make up your mind and decide which one to choose...

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Unique CCA post stamps

znamky resizeWe are proud to announce that Slovak Post Office devoted one of the collections of its stamps to correspondence chess.. On the occasion of Slovakia's victory in the finals of the 7th ICCF Europe Championship of teams where Slovaktia won the title of European champion, Slovak Post issued a personalized stamp, a miniature sheet, which contains 8 ordinary postage stamps, accompanied by a casual stamp with the emblem of the Association of Correspondence Chess of Slovakia. The sheet is flanked by a list of our representatives who won the title of European champions. Until now, only 10 printed sheet were made...

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