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) What would you recommend?
Mehmed100
Hunger is Distasteful
Fritz? Chessmaster? One of those should work.
Globex
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Are those free programs?
dwaxe
is not a fanatic
Narz
keeping it real
The newest version of ChessMaster just dropped to $10. Give it another year and it'll be at $5. I'm not crazy about either Fritz's or ChessMaster's analysis features. I wish I was rich, I'd hire a IM or GM to analyze all my games!
Mehmed100
Hunger is Distasteful
We all wish that!
JonathanStrange
PrinceWithA1000Enemies
I prefer Fritz for analysis; it presents both useful tactical variations with some plausible word summaries. Now Chessmaster sort of does the same thing; but it's presentation is very superficial: once it leaves the book analysis, it's not anywhere nearly as thorough as Fritz which at least gives you plenty of subvariations as well as easy analysis of your suggested moves. Chessmaster is far less convenient to use that way. Fritz XI includes a new analysis feature that you can use in-game to record your plans/thoughts - this is a very interesting way to practice & analyse your test games.
See chessbase.com's better description of the feature. http://www.chessbase.com/products/fritz11/index.htm
I like Fritz XI calculation feature - see the video for info. I like this feature in particular. It's not the usual post-mortem tool, it's use is for training games. Imagine: you think of two/three plausible moves, you can play the one you like, while saving the other two and your calculated line, later you can look at your "thoughts" and Fritz will analyze them tactically. The point is to find out how well and how efficiently you're calculating - it does wonders for the confidence or tempers it. I've learned that I'm better at short, direct tactics than trying to be a GrandMaste. At my approx. 1850 USCF over-the-board strength, I do better not overthinking or pretending I can calculate long sharp variations - but I can avoid easy mistakes. Frankly, in my games, if I avoid the simple mistakes long enough, my opponent does me the favor of making them first.
Still, if money's a concern, there are earlier Fritz versions that are much cheaper ($20 or less) that do quite a bit too.
See chessbase.com's better description of the feature. http://www.chessbase.com/products/fritz11/index.htm
I like Fritz XI calculation feature - see the video for info. I like this feature in particular. It's not the usual post-mortem tool, it's use is for training games. Imagine: you think of two/three plausible moves, you can play the one you like, while saving the other two and your calculated line, later you can look at your "thoughts" and Fritz will analyze them tactically. The point is to find out how well and how efficiently you're calculating - it does wonders for the confidence or tempers it. I've learned that I'm better at short, direct tactics than trying to be a GrandMaste. At my approx. 1850 USCF over-the-board strength, I do better not overthinking or pretending I can calculate long sharp variations - but I can avoid easy mistakes. Frankly, in my games, if I avoid the simple mistakes long enough, my opponent does me the favor of making them first.
Still, if money's a concern, there are earlier Fritz versions that are much cheaper ($20 or less) that do quite a bit too.
WhiteEagle22
Avatar of Justice
For free, scid is pretty decent at analysis. Barely been using it, but impressed with it so far.
For paid, if you are willing to do the moves one at a time, I'd recommend Tournament Chess. It has served me well.
For paid, if you are willing to do the moves one at a time, I'd recommend Tournament Chess. It has served me well.
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