She has been a part of the ChessBase family since many years and has covered innumerable top class tournaments as a journalist.If there is one place to play online chess, this is it! On, the world’s biggest chess server, you will find 20,000 chess lovers every day, from all over the world. Nadja Wittmann is the Chief editor of the Spanish ChessBase website es. The ducat was a gold or silver coin used as a trade coin in Europe from the later middle ages until as late as the 20th century. Follow the payment process and if you come to "Payment Details" choose "Ducats" (in this example you should have at least 1,599 ducats in your account.)
In our example, we want to buy the Mega Database 2018 for 159.90 euros.
Go to the shop, select "Account" (if you do not have an account yet, you can easily create one), and now pick the products you want to buy. Of course, you can pay our products in the ChessBase Shop (note: not the ChessBase India shop) with ducats. "Private training lesson" or "Simultaneous event" - you can always check how many ducats you paid - or received - for what. It is helpful to give the reason for the payment, e.g. Offering ducats to play a game works in the same way. Sergio Estremera can now accept the offer with "OK" or reject it with "Cancel". A window opens in which it is confirmed that Nadja offered 50 Ducats for a "Private training lesson". Pressing "OK" sends your offer to the player on the server. In our example we offer the International Master and ChessBase author Sergio Estremera 50 ducats for a private lesson: This opens a window in which you can enter how much you want to pay and for what. Right-click on the player name in the list, then select "Offer Payment" 4 ducats to bet that you will win the game.Ī) If you win the game you would pay 6 ducats to the grandmaster (10-4=6)ī) If the game ends in a draw you would pay 10 ducats to the grandmasterĬ) If you lose the game you would have to pay 14 ducats to the grandmaster (10 for the game and 4 because you lost the bet that you would win). When challenging him you offer him a fee of e.g. You challenge a grandmaster and you want to offer him a fixed fee if he plays against you. If you send a challenge to an opponent and offer a negative number of ducats you offer to pay him if he plays against you. Note! If you offer your opponent a positive number of ducats your opponent has to pay you to play the game.
You can bet a certain number of ducats on a game or you can agree on a fee for the game - no matter how it ends. Ducats can be bought in the shop - like any other product - or transferred from another account.įor a number of transactions in the ChessBase world it is helpful to have ducats, to (e.g.):Ĭ) Rent a top engine on a supercomputer toį) Offer services if you are strong player But one thing did not change over the centuries: the more ducats, the better!Ī"ducat" (pronounced like "bucket") is the official "server currency" on "", the ChessBase chess server.
Usually playing against a GM is very difficult but with Ducats, the chances of them playing are much higher. It is an easy way to transact on the ChessBase and Playchess platform. Historically, ducats are trade coins which were used in Europe from the middle ages to the early 20th century. Modern ducats are used to pay on the chess server: to bet on games, to pay for ChessBase products, to hire strong players for lessons, to play simuls, etc.
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