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Opening Master January 2026 Chess Database Release & Year in Chess Review

Details: Published: Friday, 09 January 2026 21:18; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 377

We are thrilled to announce that Opening Master has published the January 2026 edition of our world-leading chess database! This new release features an enormous update to OM OTB (Over-The-Board) with 32,150 new games, bringing the total to an incredible 10,463,031 official human chess games played over the board - the most comprehensive collection available anywhere. We had to say good bye to 23,000 duplicates. And the biggest news? Opening Master is going to be soon a challenger to Chessbase software. How? Read below.

Do you believe in Black Friday or Cyber Monday because APPLE does not.

Details: Published: Sunday, 30 November 2025 22:08; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 651

Black Friday was here and everybody had shopping mania. Millions of people in the shopping malls and outlets hoping to get sweet 50% off. All but APPLE. I was curious and went out just for the sake of anthropological research. And I asked in the APPLE store: Do you have any item on Black Friday?" The answer (NOT} surprised me. "No, but you can purchase 50 dollar gift card. Thanks

Spooky Halloween on the chessboard has special 50% discount over the weekend

Details: Published: Wednesday, 29 October 2025 21:18; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 3932

We asked Grandmasters what should a great chess database look like. Especially on Halloween 2025. Should we call it SpookyBase? Check out our special Halloween sales this weekend.

Why You Should Play Chess Online This Oktoberfest. Best With a Hot Cacao and the World’s Largest Human Chess Database

Details: Published: Sunday, 05 October 2025 20:05; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 1145

While Oktoberfest is best known for beer, pretzels, and Bavarian music, there’s another tradition worth celebrating this season - sharpening your mind. As the weather cools and the evenings get longer, it’s the perfect time to settle in with a cup of hot cacao, open Chess.com or Lichess, and give your brain the same joy that your taste buds get at the festival.

Back to school and the emergence of the next generation of chess players

Details: Published: Monday, 01 September 2025 20:44; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 3740

Dear students, children, youngsters. You are going back. Back to school. The summer holidays are over and most of you are returning back to school this month. (some schools in US are already opened 2 weeks). You want to play chess, some just starting. We have prepared for you a great educational tool for you. It's called Opening Master.

Opening Master. 25 Years of Chess Excellence and Why It Still Matters

Details: Published: Wednesday, 11 June 2025 23:52; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 2365

In the ever-evolving world of chess, where engines grow stronger, ChatGPT is everywhere and preparation becomes ever more critical, one thing remains constant - the need for accurate, reliable, and comprehensive game data. That’s where Opening Master stands tall, not only as a chess database but as the official chess collection trusted by thousands of FIDE-certified educators and chess professionals around the globe, chess masters and basically anyone who ever downloaded Opening Master Chess Database

Opening Master April 2025 update with 10,2 mil human chess games

Details: Published: Sunday, 06 April 2025 06:55; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 3035

March was a dynamic and electrifying month for the global chess community. From world-class tournaments to almost perfect individual performances, the chessboard saw battles that inspired fans and grandmasters alike. Let’s take a quick tour through the highlights. And we updated Opening Master with most up to date data. More than 10,2 million human chess games.

The Biggest Chess Database Clean-up of the Century and why Opening Master Strikes for Quality

Details: Published: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 23:51; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 3236

The world of chess databases just witnessed a historic transformation! At Opening Master, we have undertaken the biggest clean-up of the century, removing more than 200,000 chess players and their games from our extensive 10.3 million game collection, bringing the total down to 10,111,107 games in our OM OTB (Over-the-Board) database.

Chess outreach programs and February 2025 updates

Details: Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 18:34; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 2620

Powerful stories of strong minded people effecting hundreds of thousands young children not only in Africa. Tunde Onakoya is now in New York where I met him last time discussing how one can grow up in the Slums one day and next day present at Oxford last year or Harvard and MIT now about positive aspects of chess in outreach communities. Together with Chess in Slums Africa charity programs and The Gift of Chess stories are possible. We shared the latest ones on our social media.

Project STEM CHESS 2025 Announcement FIDE EDU and OPENINGMASTER

Details: Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 13:50; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 3464

Opening Master and FIDE Education Commission is calling all out STEM graduate degree students who would like to author interesting BIG DATA chess science project. With a massive chess database like Opening Master OTB with 10.3 millions official human games, we are selecting three predictive analytics projects that could yield interesting results for further chess theory study.

Opening Master January 2026 Chess Database Release & Year in Chess Review

Do you believe in Black Friday or Cyber Monday because APPLE does not.

Spooky Halloween on the chessboard has special 50% discount over the weekend

Why You Should Play Chess Online This Oktoberfest. Best With a Hot Cacao and the World’s Largest Human Chess Database

Back to school and the emergence of the next generation of chess players

Opening Master. 25 Years of Chess Excellence and Why It Still Matters

Opening Master April 2025 update with 10,2 mil human chess games

The Biggest Chess Database Clean-up of the Century and why Opening Master Strikes for Quality

Chess outreach programs and February 2025 updates

Project STEM CHESS 2025 Announcement FIDE EDU and OPENINGMASTER

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