Comments for Copeland's Chess Improvement

Comment on About Me by pecaturjogja

pecaturjogja — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:38:58 +0000

hi Copeland Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.

Comment on Chess Software by tomg

tomg — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:51:24 +0000

This is all a matter of opinion but I think the simpler the interface the better. A program should be fairly easy to get right into. I personally found Fritz/chessbase to very unintuitive. Shredder on the other hand has become my best friend! (Shredder classic 3 from the Shredder website, not the one released by Chess base).

I have also decided to purchase Chessimo after experimenting with both it and CT-ART. I didn’t understand how to get around the board with CT-ART. In other words I couldn’t get a quick handle on the parameters. Chessimo, for me, was very easy.

I think it is almost impossible to make a software of any kind that EVERYONE likes. We all respond so differently to different interfaces (ie: Mac vs. Windows). Neither one is better, but we each have one that makes a little more sense to us!

One other thing I would say is that a big factor for me when purchasing or continuing with a line of software or computer products is how good the tech help is! When I first bought Fritz it had all kind of bugginess and the Chessbase tech help was a meandering mess. I got no help and it took 3 weeks to get that far. That alone has made me shy away from them. But on the flip side that won’t be as important to everyone.

Thanks,

Tomg

Comment on Chess Software by likesforests

likesforests — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:09:39 +0000

Most endgame training programs mark a move “wrong” if the author forgot to include it even if it’s provably equally good (or better!) than the author’s choice. It seems like it shouldn’t be too hard to have the software automatically mark any answers equally good or better than the author’s as correct answers, at least for tablebase-solved positions.

Comment on Broke 1400 by Sir Augusto

Sir Augusto — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:13:41 +0000

Guy, are you there?

Comment on ELO Graph Updated, Scholastic Tournament, Training Updates by Blue Devil Knight

Blue Devil Knight — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:32:49 +0000

Into your TI calculator? Hey, wait how do you do that? THat sounds freaking awesome!

Comment on Chess Software by Blue Devil Knight

Blue Devil Knight — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:23:30 +0000

Combine some features of PCT and CT-Art (CT-ART statistics as Tacticus mentions, and also the mini 5×5 boards that pop up, combined with the better interface of PCT).

And add the ability to both to edit or eliminate problems that have errors. This is a major shortcoming of all the software I’ve seen. I wasted a lot of time memorizing incorrect (or at least having to supress my urge to respond with alternate perfectly good) lines in CTB.

Comment on Discovery in Light of Ratings Drop by lucydance

lucydance — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:56:52 +0000

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Comment on Broke 1400 by Blunderprone

Blunderprone — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:19:53 +0000

Welcome to the knights… sorry, I’m a little slow.

Comment on Chess Software by TooShy

TooShy — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:03:23 +0000

@Chess Teaching…Doesn’t CQL do that sort of thing ?

Comment on Broke 1400 by sir nemo

sir nemo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:35:55 +0000

Congrats! BTW, I barely just received your message on FICS a couple days ago. Whenever you are down to play a game, just let me know!

I hope you continue to have such great success!