Hi, a question on chessmaster opponents. How accurate is their "strength" measured in points? I.e., if I have no problems beating all the 1500 opponents on my P2 (333 MHz, 160MB RAM), does this give some approximation of my playing strength being above 1500? Thanks, Alex

Does anyone know of a good Chess program that allows you toenter your moves in Algebraic Notation instead of dragging and dropping? Thanks in advance. . . - Aaron

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I was looking at this board on the companies web site and it looks like a really cool product, but a quite prohibative price tag. I was wondering if this is a new product that can be expected to drop in price over time (as is the case with most electronics) or if this is a well-established product that will continue selling at the current prices for the near future.

Darko Majdic wrote in rec.games.chess.computer: When I cross table my games i get table with this columns. Could someone explain their meaning? I understand what's the last one, but first numeric column is unclear. It must be some kind of rating, but what are additional numbers with + or -? Here's another:

Al, My apologies. I apparently hit the wrong button--not too shocking. Oddly, the post isn't showing up on my computer. If your chess talent is as great as is your rudeness, you are a great player indeed. Steve

Hi. I was wondering if there is there a software that given a board and the color to move, will give a ratings of all the possible moves that could be made (e.g. 5 for a good move, 1 for bad moves, 3 for average moves and so on in some scale). It would be really nice if I could run it through a whole bunch of files and get a ratings for each one of them (as contrast to a point and click one).

Hi. I was wondering if there is there a software that given a board and the color to move, will give a ratings of all the possible moves that could be made (e.g. 5 for a good move, 1 for bad moves, 3 for average moves and so on in some scale). It would be really nice if I could run it through a whole bunch of files and get a ratings for each one of them (as contrast to a point and click one).

Hi! I do not know how to correctly store scores into the TT, especially when it comes to q-search and nullmove. Is it true, that we can take the score we get, no matter if its from a "normal" search or a q-search and proceed the following way? Simplified and pseudo-code :-)

I am fully aware that in a given set of games even the strongest chess programs could lose a game or 2 against their weaker and older opponents, but last night I played mentioned 2 game match at 120/40, no books used, in order to see just how much the understanding of the basics of the chess game has improved with todays top programs. Shredder 7 mated Fritz 1.2 in move 32 as white. Fritz chose...

henri Arsenault wrote in rec.games.chess.computer: One point worth mentioning is that Fritz automaticall creates a number of databases, and one of them is Myinternetgames or something like that. Fritz creates an autosave-database in the standard directory where all your games you play against fritz are automatically saved. If you play on the...

Dear all, are you searching for millions of free downloadable chess-games for your database? Just have a look at: http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~balzer/chessgames.html It is a collection of links which link to WWW-pages all around the world where you can download chessgames in various formats (pgn, cbf, cbv, nic,...) for free!

I bought this and have found it doesn't include a 500,000 game database or a 3D glass-style board, which I understand are in the spec for this program, the former being one of the nmain reasons I got it. Can anyone confirm that they should be included? They weren't mentioned in the spec from the company I bought from: http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/chess_tiger_15.htm But it is he

I just bought Shredder, which uses the exact same interface as Fritz8. For some reason I cannot get the "opening training" function to work properly. As soon as move 4 or so the computer overrules the opening book and plays its own move. I've tried every setting but I can't get it to stop doing this. I had the same problem with Fritz8. Angelo DePalma

Steven, Good try, but most serious chess players want a board that does not distract from the game. We go out of our way to use boards that are as unobtrusive as possible. Buff and green are the favorite colors for tournaments because they are the easiest on the eyes. I know the last thing I would be interested in is a board covered with pictures. Tiger88

Hi folks. I'm looking for a manual for a chess computer made by Saitek called the Turbo Advanced Trainer. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3142639576&category=2554&rd=1) It came with the training book that you can see in the picture, but this book doesn't really tell what the buttons do. I'm assuming it originally came with a separate users manual of some sort. If...

I have a problem with filtering PGN database in Fritz8. Apparently it's filter is case sensitive. That's O.K. with me, but the problem occurs whenever i want to filter by some name that has no capital letter. Fritz always makes first letter in the name capital so I cannot filter any games with names that are in low case. Any solution? -- Darko Majdiæ

Has anyone here tried to use them and what sort of issues did it bring up.

"Raithmir" wrote in message ... Yes I know nobody's going to believe me, I do have the proper CD (well both of em, got it yesterday) but was wondering if there's a "crack" so I don't need the CD in to play. Also, do you know if there's any way to move the crap it installs into the My Documents folder into the same...

Anyone knows what happened with www.maxeuwe.nl ? Is there a new site that replace it ? Thanks, Miguel Bailly Badiola " Omnia mecum porto "