Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:41:09 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 17:32:27, Bob Durrett wrote: >On April 06, 2004 at 12:47:39, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 06, 2004 at 10:32:41, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>My desire is to practice blindfold while looking at a blank chessboard. As a >>>crutch, I will have my scoresheet in front of me so I can review the moves made. >>> If successful, I will then advance to playing without sight of the scoresheet >>>and eventually without sight of a blank chessboard as well. >>> >>>Perhaps the chess software I currently have will not do the job. I don't know >>>yet since I've only looked at CB8 and Fritz8. Maybe some other chess software >>>on my computer will work. I hope so. But maybe not. >>> >>>The general scenario is to play both sides, against myself, and later do a >>>post-mortem analysis to see how blind I really was. Has anybody here done that >>>already? If so, what software? >>> >>>The purpose of using software is to automatically detect illegal moves. >>>Ideally, the computer would make a bad noise whenever I tried to do that. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>Chessmaster 9000 does this...mostly. You can play with a blank board, entering >>the moves in via the keyboard, and decide whether or not you want to be assisted >>by a move list, captured pieces window, or whatever other windows you want open. >> >>However, the program will not tell you if you attempt an illegal move. What >>happens is that, as you enter your move with the keyboard, you see the >>characters typed out in the status bar. If you type a character and it is NOT >>echoed in the status bar, then whatever move you are trying to make is illegal. >>You can then backspace and try a different move. >> >>jm > >(1) Thanks for the info. I do have Chessmaster 9000 and will try it. >(2) Elsewhere in this thread was a mention of "blindall" pieces. That seems >very promising and may be the only way to use Fritz. >(3) For keyboard entry, I would begin by displaying the scoresheet so would be >able to see if the wrong move were entered. Similarly, if no move were entered >that might mean that the attempted move was illegal. >(4) My first step with Chessmaster 9000 will be to see if I can play the first >few moves of the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation as Black. That's where the >problem came up with Fritz. > >Bob D. I just tried the Ruy Lopez Exchange and it works fine. The only thing you have to remember is to capitalize 'B' when you mean a bishop, or else the program will/might think that you mean to move the b-pawn. jm
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