Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:03:24 11/18/99
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On November 18, 1999 at 17:07:38, Seth Hodgkins wrote: >I currently have chessmaster6000 which I feel is alright for annalyzing my >games. It seems to poing out when I made a less then perfect move but it never >really tells why a move is bad or give me insight about my game as a whole i.e. >where my strengths and weaknesses may be? Maybe I'm looking for a program that >doesn't exist? I've been thinking about buying Fritz 6.0 when it comes out. >The company touts a very good analysis and annotative abilities, but you know >how that goes. I'm sure there is some bias involved; they are trying to sell >their product? I'd really appreciate it if someone with experience with some of >the professional programs on the market could tell me what the best program is >that matches some of the features I'm looking for.I.E. superb annotating(voice >preferred) and analysis. Or at least to let me know if I'm wasting my time >looking for something thats not really on the market. There really aren't any programs that will sit you down in a chair and explain things to you in English. The program really has no idea what's happening, it's just calculating out a series of moves that can be made from each position, and that's what the program is reporting to you about. I prefer Crafty for annotating games even though it does not have a fancy gui to walk you though getting it done. I'd probably never buy a program for it's ability to annotate a game since for the most part Fritz _very_ often comes to the same conclusions as the free Crafty does. I think that you can find annotated games by Fritz that you can take a look at and see if you like how it annotates games, try the Tacky Patser site, I bet Jeroem has some, http://home.wxs.nl/~jimvandorp/ or look at usenet group news:rec.games.chess.computer because someone has recently done a post about "Friterized" games, this might give you a good idea what Fritz annotates like. Pete
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