Fritz has fascinated the chess world for 30 years: victories over world champions Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, innovative training methods for amateurs and professionals. 20 years of internet chess on the Fritz server. 10 WebApps for mobile training: Fritz, the "most popular German chess programme" (Der Spiegel), offers everything a chess lover needs.

Guided - Touched - The new way to glorious games. Fritz shows you what you are made of: an attacking player who conjures up magnificent brilliant games on the board. The new AI-supported training method leads you to brilliant sacrificial combinations through clever variant selection and discreet hints.

Exclusive to this special edition: the Fritz Powerbook 2022. The complete chess opening theory with 25 million positions and 1.7 million tournament games guarantee you total insight into every opening position including statistical evaluation and Fritz can thus play every opening optimally and train you and make you fit as an opening specialist.

2 top chess engines:

• Fritz 18-"Classic"-Engine by Frank Schneider, optimised for short playing times, approx. ELO 3.300
• Fritz18 Neuronal with NNUE technology, playing strength over 3,400 ELO

Extra power with complete chess theory: Fritz knows everything:

• 25 million opening positions
• Comprehensive statistics functions
• 1.7 million games

12 months premium access to all ChessBase training web apps: video courses, tactics training, live exercises, OnlineFritz, opening training and much more.

Also in FRITZ 18:

• Intelligent tips: Fritz provides subtle hints in complicated positions
• Visual evaluation: pawn structure, king security, piece activity and sharpness of the position
• Stylish chessboard in Direct2D technology with a fresh look and improved animations
• Analysis display for threats, temptations and game continuation
• Animated engine variations: Intuitive display of the best continuation
• Improved arithmetic training for fast ELOBoost.