Best software for 11 year-old tournament player

Hi there,

I would very much appreciate advice on which software program and version to buy. I want my son to be able to get his games analyzed with feedback, such as suggested moves, why a move is bad... He recently had someone analyze a game for him on Fritz (unknown version) which even highlighted every piece that was attacked which he thought was really cool. I'd like a program that he could use now but that has enough features to grow with him. I went looking for Fritz programs and after many many hours I'm nowhere closer to buying something for him. I've read many reviews blasting Fritz for being incredibly UN-user friendly. I don't want buy a program that will end up frustrating him. I've also read about installation issues. I can't find anywhere on the net where it tells me the difference between Fritz for Fun 13 & Fritz 13 other than the 6 months free on playchess. ( I like the sound of the Let's Check feature on both.) One reviewer on Amazon claimed that Fritz 12 was faster than Deep Fritz 14 due to a switch of engine designers! I was considering getting Fritz 12 but there's no availability for the Chessbase green box version on Amazon. (I like that it comes with1 year on playchess but is the software better than the other versions you see offered on Amazon?

I'm sure you're starting to see my frustration/confusion! I have ruled out the need for a deep, multi-core version.

I can't be the only clueless chess parent to have struggled with this. Any help/information would be appreciated. Thanks! :)

Have you looked at Arena? It's free and good.

Thanks for responding :) Someone mentioned that to me and I'm looking into it. It looks promising. I' ve also found something called Lucas chess which seems to have nice training features!