Author: Mike Saavedra
Date: 08:44:17 07/03/00
There are various reasons why people buy chess software, but for me, it was to
improve my game, more specifically, to annotate my games. I own Fritz 5.32 (love
the program) but was kinda let down by the annotations feature. I am a Club
level player and would like to have a program to have the knowledge, and the
ability to suggest moves in quiet positions, AND give me an explanation WHY it
is better using established chess principles. Fritz is great for telling me
tactical errors, but what of the rest of the time? ("Explain all moves" feature
on Fritz is too simplistic). Chess Mentor is a program that approximates what I
am talking about, yet the content is preprepared, and will not show me the
"error of my ways" in context of my own games. Maybe look at ALL my games and
notice tendencies, and chronic problems I may have overlooked in my own games.
Is it possible? Teach a program the Opening, Middlegame and Ending principles of
some classic books, and applying it to teach me how to improve my game using my
own games? It does not have to be GM strength! A GOOD Master level annotator
will do nicely for a patzer like me! :)
I am thinking of purchasing Junior, hopefully it will give me better positional
alternatives to the moves I have made than Fritz. If you think there is another
program that annotates better, please let me know. Thanks
Mike
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