Fritz is awesome for this. You can add different highlights (square highlight, arrows) as well as move annotation. I'm starting to think I should work as a salesman for them, I'm always boasting about how great they are ; )
Chess software to allow for manual analysis of a game.
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Chessroshi wrote:
Fritz is awesome for this. You can add different highlights (square highlight, arrows) as well as move annotation. I'm starting to think I should work as a salesman for them, I'm always boasting about how great they are ; )
I have fritz 5.2 free version but does not seem to let me do that. The analysys part is always automated.
I don't know about 5.2, but in 6, you can do it as follows:
1. Hit the infinite analysis button (magnifying glass)
2. Enter game moves
3. Open database
4. Save game to the open database.
5. When you go through the moves, you will have the option of adding annotation and game highlights (check help file for hot keys). You can add annotation by right clicking on the move and then selecting commentary after move from the list.
They are on Fritz 11 I think, so you should be able to find a copy of 6 for pretty cheap. Even the new version is only like $60 US, which is a great value for all that it does. It is like having a GM at the ready to look over any game you play and having a top notch sparring partner too, who will help you improve by forcing you play honest chess.
Aug 30, 2008
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I recently purchased Fritz 11 and I am a first time Fritzer so I can't speak for earlier versions. I can tell you that Fritz 11 is excellent for analysis. My only experience is with Chessmaster (early versions plus 10 & 11) and now Fritz 11. While CM is user friendly, easy for beginners, fun, and informative, Fritz will take your studies to a much deeper level.
Apr 10, 2010
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Is there a free software to manage pgn files? I want to draw on the chessboard arrow and others visual aids, also to use color to highlight some boxes, and to be able to select some position to print as images in just one graphic object (also as html format for example), not only a single position a time.
Thanks in advance
Apr 10, 2010
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Chessbase light on chessbase.com can probably do that, and i bet SCID can, too.
I used Fritz for years, and I loved it. It's far superior. Now i use Shredder 12, and feel that it has everything I need, and more.
Lucas chess does much of what you asked for. You can set what color arrows and boxes that you want and what function keys to activate them. You can add many icons, like an explosion, time clock, or clouds. This can be done on the fly adding and erasing these items as you are presenting. It is free but a bit buggy.
To work with illegal positions you can use Arena. Like putting just 2 rooks and a king or only pawns on a board. It will let you play with them but you still must make legal moves.
I have the most current Chessbase and Fritz products, they have too much fancy ribbons and connectivity to be practical tools. Some of us work best with written menus that save space instead of icons that have a monster footprint on your monitor's desktop.
I hope I posted in the correct forum. I am looking for software to allow for manual analysis of a game. I want to be able to go thru a game move by move and explain what is going on per move. I also want to use visual aids to help, such as drawing arrows, using colored blocks to represent targets, etc. I have a diagram maker that does some of this, but I ahve to set up each move one at a time which is prety tedious. I would rather just use a pgn file and click next move with the positions already setup and add arrows and colored blocks as needed.as needed. Thanks in advance.