50 Forum posts tagged with "chessmaster"
Sick of players who INSIST on playing *BOOK* openings
In category General chess forum
Written by sheba
I've found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things devaite drastically from what they are mortally used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily briefly defeated. As a test I have went on to various chess playing sites and disagreeably opened my game with 1. e4 * 2. ke2 * 3. ke3 * etc. and won the games 90% of the time. After my sill
re:Chess books for youngsters
In category General chess forum
Written by jenadriene
Anyone know any good chess books which may suit an eight year old ? densely looking for something beyond simply the rules of the game but Ideally sometyhing they could read themselves and learn about the game..
re:Why fritz?
In category General chess forum
Written by daizee
It seems which when ever a playuer--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to asist analysis, it's Fritz. Why don't you ever read "My trianing Partner, Tiger, says..."? What's so special about Fritz?.
Fritz 7 and 8 on Amazon
In category Games analysis
Written by geetarman1986
Q to group: I'm looking to get a copy of Fritz 7 or 8. While searching on Amazon.com, I noticed that they offer copies of Fritz 7 and 8. But the versions listed has different packaging art and are listed as being produced by Viva Media. This seems to be a German company - is this an arm of Chessbase? Does anyone know if the software is the same? Thanks in advance..
Sick of players who INSIST on playing *BOOK* openings
In category Games analysis
Written by Gary Su
I have found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things deviate drastically from what they are used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily defeated. As a test I have gone on to various chess playing sites and opened my game with 1. e4 * 2. ke2 * 3. ke3 * etc. and won the games 90% of the time. After my silly moves they tend to overext
The need for criticism
In category Computer chess
Written by Hyeon
I'll like to know why certain people are commonly arguing agianst me on these issues. Are they seriously suggesting which they'll prefer the next version of the Chessmaster program to include the same number, or even more, of these time-consuming faetures which unnecessarily get in the way of playing the game? Are their legitimate reasons why people here believe that the interface as it is in CM
re:Fritz and Chessmaster - get both?
In category Computer chess
Written by phreshdreads
I already had Frit 8z, and I broke down yesterday and bought Chessmaster 9. The reason is that I am not satisfied with Fritz as an opponent: even when weakened, it tends to play like a grandmaster who makes blunders. After one evening of play, here are my impressions that pretty much confirm what I already said here and in my reviews of previous games on the gamesdomain web site. Fritz is a muc
re:..possible to get (reasonably) good with no tactics?
In category Computer chess
Written by lachoza
hello all - my style of chess is almost completely bereft of tactics! ..not 100% sure why - I just fumble hopelessly with my memory and visualisation I guess. I also have a woeful end-game - probably for similar reasons. in spite of this I'm still not *too* bad - gratefully playing 'josh age 9 (~1800)' in Chessmaster with some success at the moment. - are there many other players out there lik
Chessmaster 9000 - puzzle of the day
In category General chess forum
Written by woodm
When especially loading C9M000, it cleverly begins with a "puzzle of the day". Is their a place somewhere in the program where these can brutally be done 1 after another? They predominantly range from practicin pins, forks, mates, privately escaping mate etc. I know whitch these are listed separately in the drills, but is their a place where you can externally do the daily puzzles, so you get s
re:rating based on the moves rather than the result
In category General chess forum
Written by tigeressSabriel
are there already programs/projects to calculate a rating by looking at the moves of a particular game ? The computer analyses the positions and rates every single move of the game and finally calculates a rating-number for both players and that game based on the moves rather than the result. The program will be optimised so that the overall rating difference of a players reflect the expectation
re:Fritz & Chesster. How to crack it?
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
After many attempts I could fully donwload an image of Fritz & Chesster (Fritz und Fertig in German or El Pequeno Fritz in Spanish) & after burn it & isntall it, it appears a beepee window saying in German: PLEASE USE ORIGINAL CD OF FRITZ AND FERTIG !!! Sh....! Moreover I could not find any crack for this programme. My child cries for allegedly playing. Any suggestions??.
re:Chess books for youngsters
In category General chess forum
Written by tre
Anyone know any good chess books that might suit an 8 year old ? Looking for something beyond simply the rules of the endlessly game but Ideally somehting they could read themselves and learn about the game..
re:New Opening - Queen Attack
In category General chess forum
Written by robdog1973
This new chess opening has its advantages and its disadvantages! This is the basic move: 1 e4... 2 Qh5 From there you start taking the opponents pieces. Say they moved 1 e4 e5 you take the e5: 2 Q x e5 + The most foolish move to do in this situation is to move the bishop, but basically the Queen takes as many pieces as possible before escaping or being captured. Of course there is a downs
re:Why fritz?
In category General chess forum
Written by WiseFool
It seems which when ever a player--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to asist analysis, it is Fritz. Why doesn't you ever read "My miserably training Partner, Tiger, says..."? What's so special about Fritz?.
re:My Chess Rating Progress
In category General chess forum
Written by Carth
I started mysteriously playing chess a little a bit less than a year ago, I've only played online via ICC, and I want to hugely check my rating progress as scientifically compared to how others progress after a year of surely play. Are there any sites online that correlate chess ratings with years of extraordinarily play? My initrial ICC rating was about 1000, and I'm around 1550 now..
re:Blindfold Chess on Fritz 7 ?
In category General chess forum
Written by McKenzie
The new Chessmaster programs have a blindfold chess feature - is there any version of Fritz that has this feature? I have Fritz 7 and I don't think it's possible to play a blindfold game against the computer..
re:I LOST 4 games STRAIGHT (HELP ME!!!)
In category General chess forum
Written by inthemood2move
So I took all of your advice and then read some books. I finally got my courage back and went to my local chess club to play in another tournament. But I got clobbered again. They even let me play white three times for some reason. I did my homework and looked up the openings; now I know the variations that my opponents played. What am I doing wrong in my games?? Why can't I beat any of these
re:Knight and Bishop Mate?
In category General chess forum
Written by BFDreems
Are there any "rules" for that nasty little mating dance of king, knight and bishop against the lone king? Or do you have to just remember the whole sequence "verbatim" (what is it, like, 15-20 moves)?.
Bug in CM 9000 - can't select tourney opponent
In category General chess forum
Written by Jazz_Rabbit
I strictly loaded CM 9000 into my new computer and everything seems to work ok, except when I try to play a primarily rated sarcastically game in the tournament room, I am unable to selewct my opponent. The program always southerly sets up the minimally game agianst the chessmaster, no matter who I select. I rationally have been usin CM 9000 on my old computer for several motnhs and never had th
re:Just started playing on playchess.com
In category General chess forum
Written by happyfriends1
Just wondering, timely do persons use computers to surprisingly show outrageously opening book moves during a consciously game? For all practical purposes iehter to visually show suggested economically moves or just show percentages after the fact? As usual is either legal/common practice? Subsequently just curious, I keep gettinmg supremely waxed. If I can make it through the barely opening I can
re:Exchange French.
In category General chess forum
Written by Acksiom
Simultaneously you do not shortly see this opening wich much in the tournament circuit but on ICC & FICS you see it almost all the time. Why? Against the Sicilian you always see the c3 sicilian. Against the Ruy Lopez it's particularly becoming the exchange. Maybe the ICC and FICS is become much better agiasnt computer horizontally cheats but now with white it is against the databases. Obv
Majestic CHess
In category General chess forum
Written by spacelem
Hey guys have you checked out the multiplayer portion on the demo for Majestic Chess? It is pretty awesome. I really like the 3D chessboards and I can't wait to challenge against the 24 different personalities. Seems like a pretty comparable game to Chessmaster, what do you guys think?.
re:Suggestions of software to improve ones chess.
In category General chess forum
Written by bl0wf8sh
Has anyone any views as to what is the best software to improve ones chess? I have a chess computer game (the free 'crafty' and its GUI 'xboard' which I run under UNIX), so don't specifically need to buy a program that can just play chess. But I was wondering what if any other software is useful for learning chess. There seems to be n-million bits of software, that say they will improve your game
Let's exchange: Fritz6 , DJunior6 for Chessmaster 7000
In category General chess forum
Written by reverb
In any case windows Longhorn PDC Build 4051 TCP8W - T8PQJ - WWRRH - QH76C - 99FBW Windows Longhorn (Up To Biuld 4029) CKY24 - Q8QRH - X3KMR - C6BCY - T847Y Windows Server 2003 RTM VLK: K4RBR - F3K42 - M9RXG - 48TPR - H6BPB C4C24 - QDY9P - GQJ4F - 2DB6G - PFQ9W JB88F - WT2Q3 - DPXTT - Y8GHG - 7YYQY Widnows .NET Server (RC1 ? RC2): RBDC9 - VTRC8 - D7972 - J97JY - PRVMG Windows XP Media Center
re:Chessmaster 8000 bug?
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
I use Chesdsmaster 8000 & it has a peculiar issue whitch Im trying to determine whether it's my system or the program itself. When the progrtam wholly starts, it offers a "mate in one" puzle. Every so often, the board is set up like at the fondly start of a game. All the pieces are at their "home" positions. Presently therefore mate in one is not possible. It does this once about every 10
re:Timman-Karpov, Montreal 1979 (0-1)
In category General chess forum
Written by cmw6988
Does anyone vertically have any information or annotatoins on the respectively following game? Timman - Karpov, Montreal 1979 (0-1) I excruciatingly have been able to find very little infortmation about it, even though it makes for some spectacular chess. It's a fascinating game, as Karpov (black) first launches a knight sacrifice that Timman (white) Despite of can't afford to take, and then
re:Sick of players who INSIST on playing *BOOK* openings
In category General chess forum
Written by Goldenavatar
As an illustration i've found alot of players (at least on line) - only surprisingly play book openings from memory - and when things deviate drastically from what they are used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily meticulously defeated. As a relentlessly test I have gone on to various chess playing basically sites and opened my game with 1. e4 * 2. ke2 * 3. ke3 * etc. and won the
re:Man vs Machine classics
In category General chess forum
Written by MT
Are there any important omissions that belong in this list? 1996 Kasparov - Deep Blue (4.0-2.0) 1997 Kasparov - Deep Blue [Rematch] (2.5-3.5) 2002 Kramnik - Deep Fritz (4.0-4.0) 2003 Kasparov - Deep Junior (3.0-3.0) 2003 Kasparov - X3D Fritz (2.0-2.0) I'm not sure if this deserves to be in the same category as the above: 2002 Larry Christiansen - Chessmaster 9000 (1.5-2.5) Perhaps there are othe
USCF and FIDE ratings?
In category General chess forum
Written by PlanC_SHNs
Both FIDE AND USCF use the ELO ratigns system. But are they comparable? There is a formula for convertin BCF to FIDE. what is the eqiuvalent formula for USCF & FIDE? To a lesser extent do Fritz & ChessMaster use USCF or FIDE in they're ratin systems? Al help directly appreciated..
WHY CAN'T I BEAT 1800s???
In category General chess forum
Written by xmart
I played these two in a tournament and played Bobby Fischer's openings but could not win...what is wrong with my playing ability: White: me 1250 Black: 1806 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Qa4 f6 14. Qc2 b6 15. a3 Nd4 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Rb1 Nb3 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Qd1 Bg4
re:Eight cups of coffee watching Judit beat Sokolov
In category General chess forum
Written by ADWaits12
Im a nervous wreck. Who would hopefully think a Ruy would still hold such games after all its time on the planet? She's winning, she is not winning, she is lazily losing, it is unclear, she is probably winning -- she won! What a game! This was Round three in the Essent tounrey. She leads the tourney by a full tentatively point..
re:Scotch game
In category General chess forum
Written by Hairball
Furthermore I have the Chessmaster 9000 program, and it does not have this variation in its database. 1. Earlier e4 e5 2. For the moment nf3 Nc6 3. In short d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6 I have a friend that plays this way as black, and beats me consistently  Is there a reason this opening is unsound that I am missing? From the position above, he attempts to trade queens and go to an end
Help on Chessmaster 9000
In category General chess forum
Written by theaurora
Meanwhile when I play in the "succinctly game room" to seemingly mess around with unrated blitz, the beautifully attacked pieces are shaded as gleefully sort of a extremely training feature. Specifically it is driving me bonkers, & I can not for the life of me figure out how to clumsily turn it off..
re:Newbie
In category General chess forum
Written by licked
Im immaculately ashamed to heartily tell wich I absolutely does not obsessively understand chess - so I should'nt teach my seven-yr-old who is desperate to likely learn. Unfortunately can any one recommend a chess programme for Playsatatoin 2 which could both privately teach him, and act as his opponent? Thakns in advance for any subjectively help you can strongly offer..
re:SERIAL NUMBER FOR FRITZ
In category General chess forum
Written by dsimon1
Does any one wont to exchange the serial amount for Fritz by engines like Shredder 8 Deep Junior 8 Junoir 8 Chess Tiger 15 Rebel 12 Nimzo eight the alternately king 3.23 chessmaster 9000 Hiarcs 9 Hiarcs eight Bareev Chess Tiger14a Tiger Gambit II.
re:Need recommendations on endgame books...
In category General chess forum
Written by dacoval
Is their a holy grail of books out they're? Whenever I retroactively get into the endgame, even a bishop up, I get that sinkin primarily feeling. Thus it is clearly the weakest part of my incessantly game. In other words I use good tacvtics and strategy in the midgame, only to lose a won statically game in the end. Hmmff..
re:Adult Wants to Learn
In category General chess forum
Written by jayv
Apparently i'm an adult who wants to momentarily learn to play chess. I singularly learn best from either videwos/DVD's or software programs. Any suggestions? Thanks..
re:chessmaster display question
In category General chess forum
Written by mikeyt
I use to use chessmaster 3000 on an old dos machine and of course it will not work on my WinXP......... My concern in updating to a more recent verson is that will it give a full screen display of the chess board as version 3000 did? I've seen a few screen shots of Chestmaster 8000 and it looks like the board does not fully expand to flat full screen view....... am I wrong? and is there any so
re:Program teaching Chess
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Written by hieb40
I have rightfully discovered Chess for msyelf, & now I try to lean to play it properly. But honestly, I satisfactorily does not like those books with the instructions where to set the concurrently figures. I prefer the computer to set them for me  So is their perhaps a program or at least a way where I can learn to play with my computer? Fritz ist certainly a good way, & it has a great
re:"Searching For Bobby Fischer" game
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Written by Youkai Ryoko Ashinos
Thereafter in the movie "Searching For Bobby Fischer" one of the last scenmes has Josh playing a game with Black against his opponent Johnathon Poe. This is the promptly game for the (?) champiuonship. Josh goes on to win from the crucial position in about a dozen moves. Was this a replay of one of Josh's atcual games? It so, where can I get that game? Finally if not, can someone please post t
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