A Huge Collection Of Books In Chessbase Format Hard

How the Pros Do It Mig Greengard writes a monthly column on getting the most from your ChessBase software. It includes tutorials and an essential Q&A section where you can send in your questions. Called 'ChessBase Cafe' it appears at the ChessCafe.com website.

Chess publishing has a history as long and interesting as the history of publishing itself. In 1474 William Caxton printed Game and Playe of the Chesse, the second book ever printed in English. The first was a collection of Trojan War tales, the third was a Korchnoi game collection. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post and use all the features of the Chess2U forums. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

The latest column always appears at this link:. All the ChessBase Cafe columns are saved in Adobe Acrobat format in the ChessCafe archives. For your convenience we've listed all of them below with direct links to the archived versions. (You'll need the to read these documents. It may already be installed on your computer.). So Many Questions.

The questions dam is about to burst, so before it changes to hate mail it’s time for another Q&A marathon. I’m going to start with one of the great unasked questions of our era: why do I need chess software?

(And its corollary: If we are in the computer chess era, why do I still buy so many books?) Give training software a try. Long Q&A: CB 9 slow? Black line fever, annotation stripping, finding the perfect opponent. Automated analysis quirks, moving files, many more.

Lesser Known Fritz Features. Every piece of software has too few features for some people and too many for others. Most people might just want to write a letter in Word and don’t use 95% of the features.

ChessBase software is in the same situation. It has dozens of features, a few of them barely documented. We look at Fritz handicap features, premature resignation, database tabs, using the opening book tab to train as you play.

Also a call for feature suggestions. More Video Training.

Some purists say you have to study and analyze on a real board, at least part of the time. Computers are great, but for really beating those variations into your head you need wood, so the thinking goes, not flimsy pixels.

Those purists must be horrified by the latest ChessBase product line of video lessons. The Fritz Trainer series, now with lessons by Garry Kasparov, introduces a level of potential passivity in the user that rivals anything HBO can produce. How to get the best training experience with the Chess Media System videos. What's What in the ChessBase World. Of the big pile of questions that have stacked up in my inbox, many are based on the confusion caused by the sheer number of ChessBase products. For instance, the ChessBase section at USCFSales.com lists over 100 items. To add to the bewilderment they are all listed together alphabetically instead of by type or by release date.

Mini kms activator v1051 for office 2010 download free. Here's a handy feature guide, followed by a long Q&A section. Playchess.com for the Tournament Player (and Organizer).

Playing in tournaments ups the ante of your dedication and emotional investment in the game. That means it will improve your chess more as well because you will concentrate harder and study the games more. If you are looking to push your chess up to a new level, playing in tournaments is a great way to do it. Playchess.com makes this easy, although perhaps not as easy as it could be. ChessBase9: Evolution or Revolution?

There are many dozens of new and improved features in ChessBase 9, although not many of them can be categorized as new ideas. I’ve been fooling around with a beta release of CB 9, and this isn’t really a review of the product. But it’s a good opportunity to address one of the most frequent questions I get: Who is ChessBase for?. Release Your Inner Chess Publisher. Putting games on the internet with online and automatic replay using ChessBase 8.