Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 08:10:12 04/04/01
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On April 03, 2001 at 17:08:49, Richard VonMau wrote: >My question has to do with chess software. I have some pretty good programs, >Fritz 6, Chess Assistant 6 & Chess Mentor. With all of the features these have >available I know I'm not getting the most out of them (because I dont know all >the features yet). >Just to let you know, I use Fritz to analyze my games and play against; CA to >search positions to see how great players handle them; and Mentor for learning >tactics and key positions. >I dont have a bunch of free time, married with 3 little ones, and these programs >do speed things up. But I thought there might be a site (or book) that is geared >toward how to use and get the most out of todays chess software. > Thanks, > Richard Hi Richard, It all depends what is your goal in chess. Do you want to achieve a Master ranking, that is, ELO 2200+, or you just want to have fun playing chess. If you know what you want to achieve in chess, then, you will know the answer in how to use the current software you have. My recommendation would be "Chessmaster at any age" book, it gives you detailed guidelines of how to achieve an ELO of 2200+, and it gives you a systematic training schedule which will get you to this rating. You can apply the suggested training with the software you have. The rest is up to you, just remember that quality time with family is just as important, I personally given up playing chess, and GO or Igo is much more fascinating than chess because it exercises both sides of the brain in comparison to chess which only uses the left side of the brain. And children learns to play Go much quicker than chess at any age. Regards, Laurence
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