The Teacher. Great chess theorist and one of the strongest players of his era.
One-time purchase · Windows download · UCI compatible · works offline · instant download after purchase
The browser version lets you meet the personality before buying. The installed engine plays locally, in CZUBATRONIC 2400 and your own chess software, with the full personality model.
Tarrasch plays by the classical book he largely wrote. The centre is occupied, pieces develop to natural squares, rooks find open files, and the whole game follows principles you can actually name.
That makes him an unusually honest opponent. When he beats you, you can almost always point at the rule you broke: a neglected centre, a piece developed twice, a weakness created without need.
Regular games against Tarrasch are among the best schooling in the catalogue. Beginners and club players learn clean fundamentals from every game, and stronger players can test how much they really understand about when the classical rules bend. A clear, fair, instructive opponent to grow with.
A single game shows part of the personality. Repeated games reveal more: you begin to recognise familiar structures, recurring plans and the kinds of positions this opponent prefers. That is where the collection becomes interesting, because different personalities put different questions to your chess.
Siegbert Tarrasch was Germany's strongest player for three decades and one of the most influential chess teachers of all time. His books 'The Game of Chess' and 'Three Hundred Chess Games' were standard learning texts for generations of players. He codified Steinitz's ideas into rigid rules, a philosophy that made him a brilliant teacher but also left him vulnerable to players who broke the rules intelligently. His bitter rivalry with Emanuel Lasker, whom he publicly dismissed, ended when Lasker crushed him 8-3 in their 1908 match.
Notable: His famous quote: 'Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.' Won major tournaments in 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895.
| Era | Classical |
| Years | 1862–1934 |
| Historical rating (estimated) | 2620 |
| Born | Breslau, Germany, 1862 |
| Title | World Championship Candidate (1908) |
| Style | Classical principles, center control, methodical play |
The ChessGate personality of Tarrasch, reconstructed from the historical player's games, with their own style, their own plans and their own idea of chess. A chess partner with real character, at any level, whenever you like. Play it inside CZUBATRONIC 2400 and the built-in Coach can flag weak moves and show a stronger one. The engine runs offline on your machine, in CZUBATRONIC 2400 and any UCI chess interface.
| File | ChessGate_Tarrasch.exe · 27 MB |
| Runs in | CZUBATRONIC 2400 (as an external engine) and any UCI chess interface |
| Requirements | Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit; any UCI chess interface; CZUBATRONIC 2400 lists it as an external engine |
| Delivery | Instant download after purchase. Installer, no administrator rights; if CZUBATRONIC 2400 is installed, the personality registers itself there as an engine. |
| Works offline | Yes. No account, no server. |
| Packs | – |
| Collection | Complete Personality Collection |
| In the browser | A lighter version of ChessGate Tarrasch plays on ChessGate. |