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Date: 07 Apr 2005 13:08:03
From: LSD
Subject: Getting the most of Chessbase and CM Analysis.
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Who here looks at engine analysis while they're playing a game? I don't mean cheating against internet players, I mean when you're having a casual game with your computer for practice. I find the personalities in CM10 to be more varied and fun to play then against CB 9 or even Fritz 8. But CB 9 provides far better and more customizable analysis, and annotation options. Do you analyse the game as you go? Or do you play all the way through only on your own strength, and analyse afterwards? I usually settle for a middleground between those two: When I am not sure what move to make, first I start the engine analysing the position, but keep the results hidden from view while I spend some time trying to figure out some candidate moves, and then the best move, and then see if the engine agrees. Assuming my objective is improve my game as quickly as possible, what's the best way to use these programs to achieve that objective? Thanks in advance, LSD
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Date: 08 Apr 2005 09:03:24
From: Dan-the-K
Subject: Re: Getting the most of Chessbase and CM Analysis.
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> Assuming my objective is improve my game as quickly as possible, what's the best > way > to use these programs to achieve that objective? Pick up GM Kotov's _Think Like a Grandmaster_ for the long answer. :) I was inspired to write the Bookup program 21 years ago while reading this book. The short answer is to completely document everything you know about a position, noting every reply you considered in your analysis. THEN unleash the silicon beasts to see where you have holes in your thinking. Correct your thinking. Repeat. You'll improve your game as quickly as possible IMHO. That approach took Kotov from master to super GM in his time. Mike Leahy "The Database Man!" www.bookup.com >From the point of view of a novice: I could never have a reasonably equal match against any computer software, except, perhaps, Turing or DelfiT. Thus, the computer opponent is to learn from. If I don't have a clue what move to make, I'll ask for a hint or consider the computer's analysis. I also find it helpful to complete the game, submit it for analysis, and see where I made a critical error. Then I play the game again with better moves at those points. I may go through this process 2 or 3 times before I tire of the game. Admittedly, this is less intensive than Mike Leahy's method. If I play a computer as a real game, I hide the analysis. That's a little difficult on the Novag Star Diamond because it displays the computer's thinking whether you like it or not. HTTH
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Date: 07 Apr 2005 17:45:07
From: Mike Leahy
Subject: Re: Getting the most of Chessbase and CM Analysis.
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"LSD" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Assuming my objective is improve my game as quickly as possible, what's the best > way > to use these programs to achieve that objective? Pick up GM Kotov's _Think Like a Grandmaster_ for the long answer. :) I was inspired to write the Bookup program 21 years ago while reading this book. The short answer is to completely document everything you know about a position, noting every reply you considered in your analysis. THEN unleash the silicon beasts to see where you have holes in your thinking. Correct your thinking. Repeat. You'll improve your game as quickly as possible IMHO. That approach took Kotov from master to super GM in his time. Mike Leahy "The Database Man!" www.bookup.com
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