The new ChessBase Reader conveniently displays all installed databases and training titles – with a modern menu ribbon look. With the free ChessBase reader, you can

• Open all standard file formats (.cbh, .cbf, .pgn), 
• Play through games on a stunningly rendered board, 
• Watch ChessBase training videos 
• And much more. 

Download it for free now!  Free download available here.

It is not possible to save a chess game in a database (.cbh or as a .pgn) in chessbase reader. You can use SCID Chess (free) to do this then transfer this .pgn into Chessbase Reader. Reader allows one to use Chessbase products for training but to analyse game I suggest using Arena or SCID.

I would also recommend ChessDB which is quite powerful for a free program with the ability to download from TWIC from within the program. Also import from a player’s ICC history is a good tool. You can hook up to UCI engines to assist your game analysis.

Most importantly you can save your games into a PGN database (but you cannot import Chessbase format). It has good search capabilities for a free program like player reports and search for games with exact position match. I will be explaining all that in a separate article.