Author: Lex Loep
Date: 13:20:44 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 10:32:18, Yatheen Manicka wrote: >I am new to the ChessPartner GUI, and I have the latest upgrade v5.2 installed. >I'm trying to use this GUI for overnight analysis using Tiger 15 of several >games from a PGN database. I'm having a number of problems: > >1. How does one "mark" specfic games within a database for analysis? The >analysis wizard offers to either analyze only the current game or an entire >selected database, but there is no obvious way of selecting a specific set of >games. There is no function to "mark" specific games. The easyest way to get the same effect is to creat a empty database and then use drag/drop to copy the games you want to analyse into the empty database. > >2. How does one make the GUI write the analysis results to a database with the >entire game(s) so that they may be viewed or re-played later? Fritz usually >offers "append" or "overwrite" options, but I see none in CP. I see a request >for a "log" file, but this log file does not store the entire game, it seems to >store only the annotations generated by the chess engine. The capability to >replay the analyzed game with annotations seems to be lacking. The Analyse Games function stores the analysed games in a output database which you have to select with the wizard. > >3. How does one command the engine to write the annotations as variations that >we can play through? I see an option for this on the wizard screen, but it is >garyed out and inaccessible. This is one of those features that have been on our list for a long time. Unfortunately we had not yet the time to implement it. > >4. The ChessPartner GUI does not seem to indicate the numerical scores for >alternate lines suggested by the engine. A score is computed and stored only for >the line actually played in the game. It is not possible to know how much better >the alternate line suggested by the engine is compared to line played in the >game. > I just tried it here and as it does include the scores for alternative lines. >5. Is there a way to get engine to evaluate multiple alternate lines during a >full game analysis and report a top 2 or 3 cloices? > No. >6. How does one make CP store sub-variations during analysis? > Set the engine in analyse mode and just play them on the board. Lex >The features I've listed above make Fritz a superb analysis tool and the choice >for analysis among serious players. I hope that most of these are available in >CP and that I'm just missing them because of my inexperience with the GUI. The >on-line HELP menu is completely un-helpful in this regard. > >Any help will be deeply appreciated. >Ed
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