Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 10:52:10 09/06/02
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On September 06, 2002 at 09:40:30, Nancy Godddard wrote: >Hello everyone, >I was hoping someone could perhaps suggest some software that I might use to >strengthen my chess. I'll give a little background on myself: > >I consider myself a beginner-intermediate player. I know some very basic >opening theory and during the rest of the game I'm okay at seeing a move or two >ahead and can plan simple attacks. This only gets me so far and I'm often >destroyed by players who can see more long term. > >A friend of mine has chessmaster and fritz which I've had a chance to play with. > I love the annotation tools of chessmaster and expecially find the josh audio >annotated games to be fantastic. They give me a chance to understand the >thinking behind a move and the thinking behind the overall game. I find this >much more useful than the simple text annotated games. Are there more programs >out there that have audio annotation to this detail? Any suggestions for >software or ways to use chessmaster or fritz would be great. > >I found this club and thought someone might be able to suggest some programs to >start with that might help me improve. I'm not sure if this is too basic a >question for this club but I was hoping someone might be able to help. > >Thanks so much everyone and sorry for being so long winded. >Nancy It's very unlikely you will find more video annotated games. Therefore your best solution is to get chess books, one which I can recommend is "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" by Sunil Weeramantry. It explains the ideas behind a move and shows you how the player formulated the plans.
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