I use Chessmaster 5000 / Chessmaster 7000 to play over games from books (and save them in my computer). When I retract a move and try a new one, a move branch is created. This isn't always useful and I would like to disable this option. (I remember disabling this was possible in Chessmaster 4000, which I no longer have.) There must be a way to do this, but I havent found it in the online help,...

Please stop posting this drivel in rec.games.chess.politics - it it off topic here. wrote: Marcus Roberts AKA Ambassador wrote: wrote: Marcus Roberts AKA Ambassador wrote: (Nothing worth quoting)

Joe Lux has uncovered a serious problem with Monroi. If he did not discover it, he is the first to report it. It seems that two newspapers have refused to publish game scores that first appeared on the Monroi website, because MonRoi is claiming a copyright on the games. It is well established that scores of a chess game cannot be copyrighted. However, the USCF is in no position to go to court...

Hi, I released Scid 3.6.11 at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ The main changes are : - the possibility to play a "serious game" starting from any position and with more time controls (fixed depth, nodes, etc.) - the management of variations is easier (contextual menu) - a timer is added to tactical exercises - added statistics on repertoire knowledge and a report on repertoire

Hi all. I am setting up ProDeo 1.4 in Arena 199b4. I have set up a few other freeware engines in an attempt to have a small engine tourney. ProDeo works fine when I choose a tournament time limit like 40 moves in 10 minutes BUT if I choose a time limit of 10 seconds per move then it deos not work correctly. Where all of the other engines make a move at the 10 second mark (when not in...

Does anyone know the situation with regard to copyright on tablebases - I am interested in distributing some in chessdb http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ (chess database) But this might be an issue since the rest of the software is GPL'ed. --

My friends Fritz 9 went one and sixteen in the 5 minute blitz games .. So then he played them at 25 min game and it was a draw and so he played them n 90 minute game and Fritz won... Why does Rybka dominate at 5 min games but draw or lose longer thinking games ? I am sure rybka can win those longer games but he only played those two games one time...

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Is it at all possible to set up the engine (I tested at fritz elo 1620) so it should play more evenly? When set at 1620, it plays many moves at level 2000 and eventually to reach the average 1620 fritz 9 makes some stupid move losing its pown in a very visible way.

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1. d4 Nf6 {(Ng8f6 Nb1c3 d7d5 Ng1f3 g7g6 Bc1g5 Nb8c6 e2e3 Bf8g7 Bf1d3) -0.04/16 352} 2. Nf3 d5 {(d7d5 Nb1c3 Nb8c6 g2g3 Bc8f5 Bf1g2 Nc6b4 00 Bf5xc2 Qd1d2) -0.09/16 962} 3. e3 g6 {(g7g6 Nb1c3 Bf8g7 Bf1d3 Nb8c6 00 00 a2a3 a7a6 Bc1d2) +0.01/15 215} 4. Ne5 Bg7 {(Bf8g7 Nb1c3 00 f2f4 Nb8c6 Bf1d3 Bc8e6 00 Nc6b4 Bc1d2) +0.11/15 198} 5. Nc3 O-O {(00 Bf1e2 c7c5 00 Nb8c6 Be2f3 Bc8e6 Ne5xc6 b7xc6 Rf1e1)...

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In "Seirawan Chess", invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, the rules are the same as in orthodox chess, except that two pieces, the Elephant (N+R) and the Hawk (N+B), are placed in the reserve. Whenever a piece leaves its initial square, one of the extra pieces can immediately be introduced to the vacant square. So this is a double move, comparable to castling. Should a player refrain from inserting...

What rules should we follow in Chess to win games. Here are basic rules which I already know. 1. 3 Pawns= 1 Knight = 1 Bishop 2. 5 Pawn = 1 Rook 3. 9 Pawns = 1 Queen 4. King should be saved from attacks. 5. Pawn should be Promoted fast to Queen in end game 6. Knight & Bishops should be promoted ahead to attack opponent.

Before I install CM9k or CM10k on my new Custa computer,, I'd like to know if there are compatibility or other problem.Anybody know? Wilma

Marcus Roberts wrote: (Nothing worth quoting) Marcus Roberts, please stop flooding rec.games.chess.computer with posts that have nothing to do with computer chess.

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 {(d7d5 e4xd5 Ng8f6 Nb1c3 Nf6xd5 Bf1c4 Ng1f3 Nb8c6 00) -0.10/16 343} 3. exd5 exf4 {(e5xf4 Ng1f3 Ng8f6 c2c4 c7c6 Nb1c3 c6xd5 d2d4 Nb8c6 Bc1xf4) +0.07/14 317} 4. Bc4 Nf6 {(Ng8f6 Nb1c3 c7c6 d2d4 c6xd5 Bc4b5+ Nb8c6 Bc1xf4 Bf8d6 Ng1e2) +0.11/13 167} 5. Nc3 c6 {(c7c6 d2d4 Bf8d6 d5xc6 Nb8xc6 Ng1e2 f4f3 g2xf3 00 00) +0.12/13 148} 6. d4 Bd6 {(Bf8d6 d5xc6 Nb8xc6

7 y/old Grandnephew is visiting and has been playing Chess with his Dad who isn't with us.i have him my son's old CM 7000 but only disc 1 is in box...runs fine on this Xp pc...what does disc 2 have? -- Thanks Hank