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Date: 10 Apr 2007 17:28:34
From: schachspieler
Subject: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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I use Chessmaster 5000 / Chessmaster 7000 to play over games from book
(and save them in my computer).
When I retract a move and try a new one, a move branch is created. Thi
isn't always useful and I would like to disable this option. (I remembe
disabling this was possible in Chessmaster 4000, which I no longe
have.)
There must be a way to do this, but I havent found it in the onlin
help, perhaps because I dont know exactly what it is called.
I hope somebody can help.
schachspiele
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schachspieler
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Date: 12 Apr 2007 08:36:01
From:
Subject: Re: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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On Apr 12, 6:10 am, David Richerby <[email protected] >
wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Sorry, but there is no option to disable the creation of variations
> > in any version of Chessmaster that I know of.
>
> Fritz has two ways of retracting a move: one is, effectively, an
> `undo' and the next move made will replace the move in the game; the
> other is just `go back a move', and, if you try to make a new move,
> you'll be asked if that should be a variation, a new main line, or a
> replacement for the main line. Does Chessmaster have anything like
> that?
Negative. In the earlier versions (before CM6000, I think), a new move
would always overwrite the old move. After that, a new move will
always create a variation.
jm
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Date: 10 Apr 2007 11:39:53
From:
Subject: Re: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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On Apr 10, 9:28 am, schachspieler <schachspieler.
[email protected] > wrote:
> I use Chessmaster 5000 / Chessmaster 7000 to play over games from books
> (and save them in my computer).
>
> When I retract a move and try a new one, a move branch is created. This
> isn't always useful and I would like to disable this option. (I remember
> disabling this was possible in Chessmaster 4000, which I no longer
> have.)
>
> There must be a way to do this, but I havent found it in the online
> help, perhaps because I dont know exactly what it is called.
>
> I hope somebody can help.
>
> schachspieler
>
> --
> schachspieler
Sorry, but there is no option to disable the creation of variations in
any version of Chessmaster that I know of.
jm
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Date: 12 Apr 2007 14:10:43
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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<[email protected] > wrote:
> schachspieler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I use Chessmaster 5000 / Chessmaster 7000 to play over games from
>> books (and save them in my computer).
>>
>> When I retract a move and try a new one, a move branch is
>> created. This isn't always useful and I would like to disable this
>> option. (I remember disabling this was possible in Chessmaster
>> 4000, which I no longer have.)
>
> Sorry, but there is no option to disable the creation of variations
> in any version of Chessmaster that I know of.
Fritz has two ways of retracting a move: one is, effectively, an
`undo' and the next move made will replace the move in the game; the
other is just `go back a move', and, if you try to make a new move,
you'll be asked if that should be a variation, a new main line, or a
replacement for the main line. Does Chessmaster have anything like
that?
Dave.
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David Richerby Enormous Radioactive Gerbil (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a children's pet but it'll make
you glow in the dark and it's huge!
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Date: 14 Apr 2007 00:07:37
From: schachspieler
Subject: Re: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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Dave wrote:
> Fritz has two ways of retracting a move: one is, effectively, an
> `undo' and the next move made will replace the move in the game; the
> other is just `go back a move', and, if you try to make a new move,
> you'll be asked if that should be a variation, a new main line, or a
> replacement for the main line.
--
David Richerby Enormous Radioactive Gerbi
(TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a children's pet but it'l
make
you glow in the dark and it'
huge!
I think I know what Dave is referring to. I've seen this kind o
behaviour in Shredder (9). A step in the right direction as far as m
needs are concerned, but still not good enough. With Shredder, the 'undo
referred to above is called 'Retract', I think.
What I want Chessmaster to do is not at all unusual. I just would like i
to behave the way all programs behaved in Human vs Human mode before I ra
into Chessmaster 4000. As I said in my earlier post, Chessmaster 400
allowed the variation creation to be disabled. You just ticked an optio
somewhere in the dropdown menus.
I am still using Kasparov's Gambit to play over games from books. But..
1) it runs on DOS, and 2) the format it saves the games in is no
universal. (And something goes wrong when you record game fragment
starting from a set up position when the player to move first is Black.
bug, I suppose.)
If Chessmaster cant behave the way I need, then can someone suggest
program that does and which saves games in a universally accepte
format?
schachspiele
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schachspieler
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Date: 10 Apr 2007 18:28:18
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: How can I disable move branches in Chessmaster 7000?
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On 10 apr 2007 schachspieler wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:
> There must be a way to do this, but I havent found it in the online
> help, perhaps because I dont know exactly what it is called.
It's basically creating a variation. Maybe you can find it under that
name?
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CeeBee
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