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Date: 01 May 2006 11:52:30
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Subject: Looking for teaching chess software
Hi

I decided to take up playing chess again as an online past time. I used
to play at kasparovchess which seems to have disappeared :-(, so I've
been looking at alternatives. The best one I seen was called Kasparov
Chessmate but doesn't seem to be supported any more.

I read with interest this thread
(http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_thread/thread/91ab51b4192c8bca/329a70ef34ff5af3?lnk=st&q=best+chess+game+beginner&rnum=1&hl=en#329a70ef34ff5af3)
and in order for you to help me I think I need to describe what I want
from the software.

When playing on Kasparov my rating hovered from 1600-1800, but I am
willing to concede that this has no bearing on how well I play chess.
I don't, for example, know structured openings or finishing end games,
and a lot of players might have been thrown by just playing a wild
card.

I went to grab Chessmaster 9000 off my own bat but I couldn't purchase
via download so while waiting I decided to ask your opinions.

Thanks for any comments





 
Date: 02 May 2006 03:37:01
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Looking for teaching chess software
Personal Chess Trainer has a free demo that is worth downloading

www.personalchesstrainer.com

is the website I think

they use the method of training the chess perception of the brain which
makes it easy and fun to use

I made some Bookup tactical files based on similar principles that I
worked out independently in grad school at Berkeley and put them on
some sites for free download also

that's basically the lazy man's way to learn chess (requires the
minimum effort and gives the maximum pleasure :-)



 
Date: 01 May 2006 19:29:38
From:
Subject: Re: Looking for teaching chess software
If you are looking for commercial programs:
http://www.chesshouse.com/chess_playing_software_s/60.htm
If you are looking for a good free program:
http://www.mayura.com/chess


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Date: 01 May 2006 19:02:04
From:
Subject: Re: Looking for teaching chess software

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi
>
> I decided to take up playing chess again as an online past time. I used
> to play at kasparovchess which seems to have disappeared :-(, so I've
> been looking at alternatives. The best one I seen was called Kasparov
> Chessmate but doesn't seem to be supported any more.
>
> I read with interest this thread
> (http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_thread/thread/91ab51b4192c8bca/329a70ef34ff5af3?lnk=st&q=best+chess+game+beginner&rnum=1&hl=en#329a70ef34ff5af3)
> and in order for you to help me I think I need to describe what I want
> from the software.
>
> When playing on Kasparov my rating hovered from 1600-1800, but I am
> willing to concede that this has no bearing on how well I play chess.
> I don't, for example, know structured openings or finishing end games,
> and a lot of players might have been thrown by just playing a wild
> card.
>
> I went to grab Chessmaster 9000 off my own bat but I couldn't purchase
> via download so while waiting I decided to ask your opinions.
>
> Thanks for any comments

CM9000 or CM 10th Edition are your best bets. They're way too big to
download (almost 2 GB!), and that's because of all of the audio
tutorials.

It's definitely worth the money.

jm