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Subject: Re: Chessbase 7.0 or Fritz 5.32 ??

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 10:01:26 07/24/99

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On July 24, 1999 at 11:56:06, Shaun Fielder wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I started playing serious club chess earlier this year, and have
>discovered that I'm a pretty weak player; about 1000 USCF.
>
>I'm trying to improve my play, and one of the things I want to do is
>keep a database of all the games I play.
>
>Do people think the database capabilities of Fritz would be OK for my
>purposes, or is Chessbase worth the extra expense?
>
>Which would be the better package to help me improve?
>
>So far I've been using Chessmaster 6000, and it has lots of features that
>help improve game play, but its database functionality seems pretty poor.
>
>Also, Is Chessbase 7.0 better than 6.0? I've downloaded CBlight, and
>found it pretty clumsy and difficult to use. Does the full version come
>with decent documentation? What about the documentation that Fritz comes
>with?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Shaun

Hi Shaun!

I think Fritz 5.32 would be a very good start for you. The database
functionality is excellent. Fritz' manual is also very good and a tip would
be to read the 90 pages carefully. Of course ChessBase 7,0 gives you more -
it's defintely better than CB 6,0 - but there is also the question about
money. With your rating I think Fritz would give you all you need for
quite a while! And ChessBase won't disappear anyway! The database function
in Fritz is very easy to use and gives a lot of possibilities. Not to
mention the tree function as openingbook.

Good luck!
Sune



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