Rybka is the best chess program by far :) And yes chess programs analyse your games move by move , and also high level computer opponents . Glad I could help ~CodyCarson
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I do not have any free program, just like u can someone send me a powerful chess program free of charge. Programs like deep fritz 12, on my account or email.
princex wrote:
I do not have any free program, just like u can someone send me a powerful chess program free of charge. Programs like deep fritz 12, on my account or email.
That would be pirating. Download Houdini. It's believed by many to the best and it's free.
Houdini or Rybka? I'll try that then, thanks for the help!
I dl'd Jose while I was waiting for responses, and from my (confused) understanding of how the program works - it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I really want to be able to play a game against a computer (beginner difficulty), and have it explain which of my moves are (positionally) unsound and why.
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Kjmurphy wrote:
Oh, looks like I posted that late. Houdini or Rybka then? Thanks!
Either is going to be good, but Houdini has achieved a better reputation. I seem to recall it won a recent chess engine tournament over Rybka. I've watched it analyze some big GM games and it was very strong and seems to be more human-like than Rybka. When I say that, I mean it thinks more intelligently, not that it has human weaknesses. Anyway, unless you are some titled player, one will do as well as the other.
Great, thanks again! Unfortunately, I tried downloading Houdini from the "download" section of chess.com and it didn't seem to work (I get a command line-type screen when I run the .exe file). Any ideas if I did anything wrong? Or should I just dl it from somewhere else?
You need to install the engine on a program that will run it (Arena is my choice, comes loaded with several engines and is free). Also, if you are wanting free chess software, Stockfish shouldn't be overlooked.
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If you're beginner, I would recommend Chessmaster. Maybe Chessmaster 10th Edition. It's not so effective than for example Rybca, but I consider it very beginner friendly. It has magnificent learning possibilities and it's still quite strong with its analysis. It isn't free, but I don't think it costs a million...
Try Fire, from www.chesslogik.com
Here's the latest Houdini (from the author's own website) in both 32 & 64 bit editions:
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm
deep fritz 12 is what i use and its really good
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Crafty is a good open source free chess engine. I created a simple tool which uses crafty for analysis and display it in graphical format. I use it regularly to analyze games played on my mobile and it does a pretty good job at identifying my mistakes and missed opportunities. You can also load any pgn for analysis. It can be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/java-board-games/downloads/list. You can check the user guide at http://code.google.com/p/java-board-games/wiki/UserGuide.
Hi all,
I'm pretty new here, and I was just wondering exactly what the chess engines (that people talk about on this forum) do? Are they merely high-level compunter opponents - or do they analyze your games move-by-move?
As a beginner, I can really only devote a limited amount of time to chess - but I'd like to get better, and I was hoping that maybe there was such a program that would analyze my games to tell me where I've been going wrong (not retrospectively, but if I were to play games in this software going forward). I've heard "Fritz" and "Houdini" as names being tossed around - are there free versions of these (I know Houdini is in the dl section of this website) - that can help me improve my game?