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7th February 2008, 10:15am
#1
by Incommunicado417
Columbus, Ohio United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 94

I'm looking to begin seriously annotating my games for the first time.  Does anyone have recommended software and a process that works well for them (and that would work well for an average (1400-1500) player)?  If there is a thread that already covers this info, I apologize.

Thanks in advance. 


7th February 2008, 11:35am
#2
by Loomis
Durham, NC United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4945
You don't need any special software to annotate your games. In fact, I would recommend you not use a chess engine to help you. At least not on your initial analysis. After you have done your best to find your errors, then go through the game with a chess engine so that you can see additional suggestions. Don't just take the software's moves as god given. Try to figure out yourself why it evaluates particular moves as better. For this, any decent chess engine will do.
7th February 2008, 12:47pm
#3
by KnightNotHorse
Northern Virginia United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 838
If you take a look at the very first post in this forum ("Read this before posting"), it can give you some good pointers.  Laughing
7th February 2008, 12:58pm
#4
by Incommunicado417
Columbus, Ohio United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 94

Thanks, Loomis.

 Yep, that's my general plan.  What I'm really asking, and I probably wasn't clear in my first post, is for software that makes it easy to plug my comments into a pgn file, so I can save my annotations in a library of my games and easily post those annotated games here.  Basically what you can do with the "Insert position or game" button here, but something I can use off line as well.   Or in other words a graphical interface that I can replay my games in, add my incredibly insightful comments, and then save.  Sorry for being so thick.  Can I blame it on a head cold? Wink


7th February 2008, 01:12pm
#5
by 9queens
Bucharest Romania
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 16

You want to cheet or somfting like that?-Fritz!

Want to lern?-Chessmaster!

Any way,i think you are in love whit your games! You are not having problem whit memorie, you are just in love whit your games ! 

I'l never look on my games again!Accept wen Im playng them!

Probabli most of us are doing like me, and that,s way they havent inventet that caind of program.

Try FRITZ9 YOU CAN MAKE YOUR ONE LIBRARY THEER ,And anithing you want. 


 

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