Eine wichtige Neuheit war die Gelegenheit, gegen andere Fritz 7-Nutzer über den ChessBase-Server zu spielen. ###>An important novelty was the opportunity to play free against other Fritz 7-users via the ChessBase server. Fritz 8 got a lot of new functions for the Chessbase chess server including more communications (email, chatting) improvements, new playing options and a player rating system - and finally a real working 3D chessboard.