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Posted by johnrowell uskidscompute.com 4/18/2006 07:08:52 Play online chess	Subject: Which Fritz? Message: Hi, I'm looking to improve my post-analysis of games, and I've read quite a bit about Fritz and Chessbase, but it's not clear to me which I should buy. Considering that Chessbase is out of my budget, which Fritz program do I need? I'm looking for something which gives me reasons why moves are good or bad. Am I right in thinking that Fritz 8 and 9 do this? If so, I'll purchase Fritz 8, as Fritz 9 is for PC DVD (I don't have the DVD on my PC), and anyway I think Fritz 8 would do the trick. Or is there some other combination of Fritz s/w I should be considering? Cheers, John.
Posted by bonsai uskidscompute.com 4/18/2006 10:19:11 Play online chess	Message: Well, no computer program is really going to give you reasons why moves are good or bad as well as a human coach would. They are however very good at pointing out tactical problems and even pointing out why certain ideas don't work. Fritz does have a verbal commentary option, which is interesting and even tries to answer question one may have, but of course a strong human player would probably still be a lot better at verbalizing his conclusions about a position. As to which version I would recommend, I think that it probably doesn't make a huge difference whether you get version 8 or 9, although 9 is maybe minimally improved in some respects.
Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 4/21/2006 13:00:01 Play online chess	Message: "I think that it probably doesn't make a huge difference whether you get version 8 or 9, although 9 is maybe minimally improved in some respects. " Well.....maybe it does make a difference when you don't have a DVD player on your computer....... As a quick stop gap you could try Fritz 4 which comes free with Chessbase Lite, and is downloadable for FREE.
Posted by johnrowell uskidscompute.com 4/21/2006 13:57:58 Play online chess	Thanks for your answers Message: I've just ordered Fritz 8 from Chessbase.com, or was it playchess.com, or are they the same thing? It seems to me that Fritz 8 does give reasons why certain moves are good or bad. Not that it speaks to you in the Queen's English, but it will give good indicators. Well, we'll see.... Looking forward to analysing my past games.
Posted by fmgaijin uskidscompute.com 4/21/2006 15:23:43 Play online chess	Fritz Baumbach! Message: If you're going to get a Fritz to help you, why not try a former world CC champion? tongue firmly embedded in cheek
Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 4/22/2006 02:10:36 Play online chess	Loreen Message: :-)))))))))))))))))) Bw. Cairo
Posted by chilliman uskidscompute.com 6/10/2006 06:50:29 Play online chess	go for Message: Shredder 9, the blundercheck function is excellent. now I've just got to work out how I can use Shredder's training/analysis tools on my passed games to make my future games better...
Chess news: Shirov in Sveshnikov -- Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ... Kramnik claims Carlsen -- Vladimir Kramnik played what he described as feeling like “his greatest ever game” to defeat Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee. The former world chess champion moved into the joint lead with Alexey Shirov and avenged his defeat at Carlsen’s hands at last December’s London Chess Classic. Scores with four to play: 1-2 Shirov, Kramnik 6.5/9; 3-4 Carlsen, Karjakin 5.5; 5-7 Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nakamura 5; 8-9 Leko, Anand 4.5; 10 Caruana 3.5; 11-13 Tiviakov, Short, Van Wely 3; 14 Smeets 2.5; ... Vladimir Kramnik edges ahead -- Vishy Anand may have taken Vladimir Kramnik’s world title but he did him a favour in tenth round at Corus chess tournament when he broke his run of nine draws and defeated the co-leader Alexey Shirov. It was Shirov’s first defeat and Kramnik’s nervy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk gave him the sole lead on 7/10 with three to play but as well as Shirov he has world number one Magnus Carlsen in hot pursuit. Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin in what your correspondent found a mystifying game in which Karjakin, playing white seemed to have the initiative and better placed pieces but was soon worse. So the chess tournament is set up perfectly for ...