Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 22:27:47 11/05/05
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On November 06, 2005 at 00:07:18, Chuck wrote: >On November 05, 2005 at 08:10:41, Tony Nichols wrote: > >>On November 05, 2005 at 05:48:30, Chuck wrote: >> >>>I think it is an excellent program but its main value is by far its ability to >>>backsolve positions (IMO of course). It needs a major overhaul to bring it up to >>>2005, especially where the GUI is concerned but I'm using it heavily still. >>> >>>Cheers, >>> >>>Chuck >> >>Hello Chuck, >> >> Thanks for the info. Besides backsolving(which I'm not interested in), What >>other unique features does it have? >>Regards >>Tony >> >>P.S. I read all the info on the website, but it helps to hear a users comments. > >I believe they have a demo program you can download and try out for free at the >Bookup web site. My main interest is in using Bookup to help improve my >correspondence play and tracking my opening choices. It is good for practicing >openings, too, but since I don't live where I can play OTB that's of no use to >me anymore. Unlike Chessbase programs, I've never experienced a crash with >Bookup 2000 (as far as I recall), but I do run it with database safety turned >on, that slows it down but its only an issue if you want to run a big batch >operation, like importing a pgn file, and you can turn this option off and back >on. It's not very useful as a chess *playing* program, and Chess Assistant or >ChessBase are better for just simply storing games - with Bookup you can do a >better job of tracking info about positions. Oh, and Mike, "The Database Man", >is very responsive and helpful. > >Cheers, > >Chuck .
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