You can try http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.html

buddho wrote on 06/30/12 at 17:06:35:

I cannot understand what you need. 
Please, be more specific!

Would anybody be so kind as to share my free(!) options to add recent games (last 3 years) updates to my Chessbase?

Thanks.

Vass wrote on 06/25/12 at 17:34:34:


This is actually one thing I really like, because when I try to find something I know might be in a database, I can just quickly play through the games I think are relevant.

Well, I don't have CB 10, so I can't compare both versions.
After googling:
- Repertoire database completely revised (I hope for good )
- On playchess.com the last 40 games of a player can be downloaded as a database (Really?! Great!.. Does anyone care?)
- 'Try out' moves (Does anyone know what it means?  )
- Improved functions 'Opening report' and 'Dossier' (What's the improvement? Can you be more specific, for God's sake? )
- Generation of e-books for Amazon Kindle & Sony e-Reader (Does anyone use these...mhmm..goodies?)
- Training questions work more smoothly (I thought this was no questions-answers game.. But who am I to tell?  )
- Layout of reference database and online database ergonomically adjusted to the screen format (Well, hand on my heart! Very useful. Really! I use it often..)
- Games can be played through directly in the main window without having to open a separate board window (Never tried it!  It can be useful, I suppose..  )
- and much, much more (When I see such a statement I usually think "Yeah, and nothing more.. Was that all?"  )

Vass wrote on 06/18/12 at 15:41:54:


I've been running CB10 since it came out (upgraded from CB9).  I think some on this board actually prefer CB10 over CB11, but that may have to do with the steeper learning curve (from what I can gather) to get to the same-level of expertise on CB11 that one already has on CB10.  Is it really that much better than CB10?

Chessbase 11 is the best (and the latest) product of Chessbase.com company. Perfect and easy to use for your databases, repertoires and so on. The download version is enough, but still some want the dvd-version because of some goodies like the free chessbase serial number for playing on their server for a year, for example.
Anyway, the online database is enough (and MegaBase is not needed) only if you want to browse the online database and copy the games you want. As for other database works you may want to do, for example: statistics, repertoire works and alike...MegaBase is the one you'll need.