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In the early 90s ChessBase focused on [[Microsoft]] operating systems, MS-DOS and since 1994 [[Windows]], notably as ''ChessBase for Windows'' and ''Fritz 4'', not only the engine but also a [[GUI|Graphical User Interface]] for other chess-playing programs of the "Fritz Family" by various top commercial authors, most notably [[Junior]], [[HIARCS]], [[Shredder]], [[Chess Tiger]], the [[Zappa]] version ''Zap!Chess'', since 2008 [[Rybka]] <ref>[http://chessbase-shop.com/en/categories/39 ChessBase Shop - Chess Programs]</ref>, since November 2012 [[Houdini|Houdini 3]] <ref>[http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/houdini_3_standard_multiprocessor_version Houdini 3 Standard multiprocessor version], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]</ref> <ref>[http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/houdini_3_pro_multiprocessor_version Houdini 3 Pro mulitprocessor version], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]</ref>, since November 2013 '''Deep Fritz 14''' with [[Gyula Horváth]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50149 New Fritz author?] by John Hartmann, [[CCC]], November 19, 2013</ref>, and in November 2015 , 2016 '''Fritz 15/16''' with [[Vasik Rajlich]], and in November 2019 '''Fritz 17''' with [[Frank Schneider]] as engine authors, since September 2014, [[Komodo|Komodo 8]] <ref>[http://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/komodo_chess_8 Komodo 8] - [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]], September 10, 2014</ref> . Bundled with Fritz 17 in 2019, ChessBase started to purchase [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engines]] with slight modifications and customized [[Neural Networks|neural networks]] - [[Fat Fritz]] was based on [[Leela Chess Zero]] requiring a [[GPU]], followed in February 2021 by [[Fat Fritz#Fat Fritz 2|Fat Fritz 2]] based on [[NNUE]] technology and [[Stockfish NNUE|Stockfish 12]].

In May 2000, ChessBase released a CD with seven different amateur chess programs dubbed ''Young Talents'', able to natively communicate with the proprietary [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz]] or [[ChessBase (Database)#GUI|ChessBase]] [[GUI]] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030225014243/http://www.chessbase.com/support/support.asp?pid=100 Young Talents] from , [[ChessbaseChessBase|Support - ChessBase]], May 28, 2000([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref> <ref>[http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_spielprogramme/youngtal_b.shtml Young Talents, Teil 2] by [[Peter Schreiner]], Mai 2000, hosted by [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell] (German)</ref> :