Author: martin fierz
Date: 13:48:15 12/14/03
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On December 14, 2003 at 11:32:13, Frank Nelson wrote: >I was wondering what level or rating should a person be to use the Book-Up or >ChessBase EC0 2004 software. Of course, Book-Up is standalone while true you >need ChessBase 8.0 for ECO 2004. I feel that why alot of amateur chessplayers >throw all of their software, books, and equipment away when they realize the >time effort that these resources set for them (I have done this a couple times >rather than after losing a chess game). Yes! some people want out of chess >altogether after frustration that their studying and training is going nowhere >because they don't spent the necessary time required. I wonder if MCO-14 and NCO >are two compromises to this quandry since both are low-cost to the amateur chess >player. Oh well?! One can't have his cake and eat too. Happy chess shopping >ladies and gentlemen. > >*p.s. - "These are the souls of the broken factories --- these are the souls of > the broken down" Sting (Soul Cages) i recommend NCO, it's absolutely great value for the money. even though it's 5 years old by now. i have some chessbase opening CDs, and while they are nice to have, NCO is just an absolutely great reference to openings. of course i also have the current megabase, to check whether assessments given in NCO have changed, but that's all you need IMO. i think my whole team in the swiss league has NCO and loves it, we're all rated around 2300. cheers martin
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