Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:34:15 01/18/01
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On January 17, 2001 at 16:19:48, Roy Eassa wrote:
>I haven't seen this discussed here, but this is why I use Fritz far more than
>all the others combined:
>
>I often want to analyze a position in considerable depth, including many
>branches at each move. Fritz 6, and I assume the other ChessBase engines, have
>the necessary features to keep track of this back-and-forth process.
>Specifically, you can go up and down various variations (true for many chess
>apps) and you can click on any existing variation and PROMOTE it above its
>"parent" variation or DEMOTE it below its "child" variation. This is incredibly
>useful and I'm surprised it's not in other apps (not that I've tried every last
>one). Also, you can insert a diagram anywhere into the analysis. When you copy
>the analysis to the clipboard and subsequently past it into Word (etc.), a very
>professional, fine-looking document is the result (especially nice on a high-res
>printer).
>
>(This is not to say I prefer ChessBase products in all areas. I plan to buy
>Chess Assistant over ChessBase.)
Chess Assistant has the above functions and furthermore adding a diagram into
the notation is much easier: a simple click on the diagram icon and presto! a
diagram is inserted.
Albert
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