Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 14:45:22 08/17/03
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On August 17, 2003 at 17:22:32, Tim OLena wrote: >I am roughly 1500 USCF and I am looking for a good sparring partner, a good game >analyst, and a trainer/coach would not hurt. > >I have Chessmaster 6000 and enjoy playing the various personalities which span >the spectrum of ratings as while presenting different styles of play. However, I >find CM6000 an annoying analyst to work with. For one thing, it wants to flip >the board every time I want to analyze for the other side. So: > >I still use Socrates 3.0 even though it is a DOS based program. It is a reliable >sparring partner and game analyst, and takes only 4 seconds to provide 2400 >level play. It is simple and user friendly when used as tool for studying a >game. But I'm sure it is behind the times in addition to the fact that it won't >run (directly) on a win98 machine. > >For coaching and training, I am using Chess Mentor 2.0 without any additional >modules and find it quite satisfactory. But I have to wonder what else is out >there... > >I am tempted to buy Fritz 7.0 at 24.95. It looks like a bargain. At 1500, you're looking for a 1 or 2 ply search engine. The problem of course is that most engines will search that instantaneously. You make a move it will reply as soon as you let your piece go. You may be interested in my modified version of Crafty. You can use it with Fritz 8, Arena (free), Winboard (winboard) or Chess Partner. It has a delay move funtion that will force the computer to delay it's move even thought it is only searching at a reduced depth and could move instantly. Email me if you're interested. For newbies, I reccommend Arena over Winboard, a little easier to set up. http://www.playwitharena.com/ Why don't you try this out first and see how it works for you.
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