I'm really confused, chessbase website says, "Original Fritz interface: Included in the Shredder 8 pack age is the latest Fritz interface with extensive training and entertainment features for beginners, club players and grandmasters. It also gives you full and free access to the ChessBase Playchess server (1 year), where you can play games against people all over the world. Naturally the...

I don't suppose there's a Linux client available to play chess on Playchess.com? Or does the Chessbase client happen to work with Wine?

The following batch file generated by WBTM does not run on win98 but runs on win2000. /xponder /cp /mg 1 /sgf=g1.PGN /tc 5 /inc -1 /mps 40 /clock /thinking /xlegal /fd=Engines\TheKing /fcp='Alekhine "TheKingEngine cm_parm opp=104 opn=104 opb=104 opr=104 opq=104 myp=104 myn=104 myb=107 myr=104 myq=104 mycc=105 mymob=120 myks=100 mypp=105 mypw=91 opcc=105...

dear newsgroup, Installing CB 8 on windows XP dit not cause any problems. However when i installed the dutch update my toolbar screen messed up. Deleting and reinstaling gave the same problem.. Under windows 98 such problems did not occure. Is this a known problem ? and is there a solution fore it. I want the update because it has better possibilities to interfere with Fritz 8. Greetings Henk...

Anyone here when ChessMaster 10000 will be released and what new features it will have in it??

Perhaps I'm spoiled because I use the Chessbase interface a lot to play online. However lately I've been experimenting with clients to play on FICS and ICC. I've found some outstanding clients when it comes to functionality and performance (I'm becoming partial to Arena). However I've noticed that most require a text interface, where you're typing a lot of commands. Some do seem to add a few...

Just a little curious here. Anyone who has a resonable estimate on a release date for chessmaster 10k. Since I have done everything there is to do in 9000 I'm in need of a new version, when do you think we can expect it? John Merlino, would you like to share a few facts, of all in here you must know most about it?

Greetings. I am running into serious problems with corruption of chess diagrams in existing MS Word documents, after my computer has been upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows XP. I am aware of known issues, also solutions to some, but not all, of these issues. I would like to correspond with someone who has expertise in this area. We can discuss it here, or through private corrspondence.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what compiler to use? I'm using lcc for win32 and I get errors on the utility.c

In CM9000, is there a way to turn off the voice in the tutorials? I have all the sound options turned off but the voice still reads the text. I find it distracting and I prefer to read the directions myself. --- Jet Jaguar I have a spam blocking address. Replying to me is like pulling teeth.

I am aware that EPD2Diag can copy the contents of a line (string) in an EPD file to the clipboard as RTF, and then with a simple paste in Notepad I can get the characters for the fonts used to represent the chess board. But this works with one line only, so I have to repeat for each diagram (each line) in the EPD file to get all the diagrams. Is there any tool that can do this in batch? I've...

FEN notation is supposed to represent a game state fully. It does represent castling permissions, enpassant, 50-move draw. But it doesn't represent 3-move repetition draw. How come ? Given some position in FEN notation, there's no way to know whether we're in the middle of a 3-move repetition, so FEN doesn't fully represent a position. Or am I misunderstanding something ? Thks Eli

Watching the Linares event on the Chessbase server I was dismayed to find that, if you want to say somethign you need to have some sort of rank. The rankings show that I am a Bishop but evidently this isn't high enough to allow me to say anything in that "community." I tried to find out what I need "to become a rook" but I can't seem to find anythign clear on this. Does anyone know if there...

I would like to know if it is possible to set Fritz8 up to play only user defined openings. For instance, I want to have Fritz play only a certain variation of Caro-Kahn as black and only a certain variation of Queens pawn opening as white. If this is possible, can anyone explain how? Can this be accomplished with CM8000 too? Thanks!

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I came across this apropos quote in _Lasker's_Manual_of_Chess_ and havn't found any references to it on the net: "A spirit with a large and roomy brain who without error could keep in mind millions of variations would have no need of planning." - Dr. Emanuel Lasker (1947) Score one for silicon! Enjoy,

Does anyone have experience with this chess computer? It looks intriguing, but the published photo doesn't show the pieces clearly. What's it like to play with? Thanks in advance for any info, --Matthew

As I understand this parameter, Asymmetric Evaluation is the methodology of scoring/evaluating the major categories (Pawn Structure, Passed Pawns, Material. etc.) differently for the side to move. As it pertains to engine matches, with no need to change sides during a game, is Asymmetric Evaluation a desirable feature?

Bookup is real crap and the worst part is that if this jackass Leahy gets your email address, you will continue to get junk email for months......not just from him, but he gives it to third parties as well. I made the mistake of giving him one of my good email addresses that I never got any junk mail in ever, and all of the sudden, i'm getting a bunch of junk mail including his repeated...

Has anyone used Fritz or Chessbase with one of the new notebook computers with a Wide screen? Does the whole screen get used, or do you have black lines on the sides, and does the wider than normal screen allow more windows inside Fritz? Thx, Ron