Zurich 1953 by Bronstein
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Of course you don’t buy Chessbase just for the “guess the move”. But the program does far more, and contrary to some others on this thread, in my opinion is worth every dime. If you don’t feel that way, you are of course welcome to use free offerings like Scid vs PC. There are some strong players who do.
Back to the point Chessbase is certainly a good way to go through Grandmaster games. It isn’t the only way. The “best” way is going to depend on the individual.
Back to the point Chessbase is certainly a good way to go through Grandmaster games. It isn’t the only way. The “best” way is going to depend on the individual.
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madratter7 wrote:
Of course you don’t buy Chessbase just for the “guess the move”. But the program does far more, and contrary to some others on this thread, in my opinion is worth every dime. If you don’t feel that way, you are of course welcome to use free offerings like Scid vs PC. There are some strong players who do.
Back to the point Chessbase is certainly a good way to go through Grandmaster games. It isn’t the only way. The “best” way is going to depend on the individual.
Back to the point Chessbase is certainly a good way to go through Grandmaster games. It isn’t the only way. The “best” way is going to depend on the individual.
I agree with you that chessbase is worth ever dime. I was just saying that if youre just looking for a Guess The Move software. Its not worth it.
pdve wrote:
… 1948 World Chess Championship Tournament by Paul Keres ...
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I am thinking about buying ChessBase 15, but how will it help me to study the Chess classics?
ChessBase 15 now comes with a feature called replay training. Basically, you try to find the best moves as you go through a game and it scores how you are doing. It compares what you play to both the best engine move in the position, and what the original player did.
It comes with 186 games that they feel are interesting to explore this feature. But it can be used with ANY game, even your own.
Usually when you buy ChessBase, you also buy it with an accompanying database with millions of games. Many many of the classics are in that database. Depending on the version you get, they may be annotated (although as mentioned above, most of the annotations are by engine).
It is very convenient if you are playing through a game in the book, to look up the game in the database and work with it in ChessBase. You can do your own annotation of the game, then compare to the book, etc.
I highly recommend it for people of my strength or higher. You do NOT need to be a master or even expert level player to get good use out of ChessBase. I use it pretty much daily. I really debated whether I should get it or not. I'm very glad I did.
There are free alternatives out their such as SCID vs PC. I personally much prefer the Chessbase interface, but Your Milage May Vary. There are some very strong players (such as IM pfren on this site) who use SCID vs PC.
Here is a screen shot of the replay training in CB15.
I have chessbase 14, and use their products. But if youre going to shell out hundred of dollars jut for a "Guess the move" format? Save the money and get the free software Guess The Move. It comes loaded with thousands of games, and you can add any .pgn file to it.