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How to Analyze Your Own Games with Crafty (ELO ~2600)
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I don't understand why modern engines getting better and better (>3000 Elo), but there is no engine which explains in WORDS whats the failure.
I don' t need a 3100 Engine..
dadam wrote:
I don't understand why modern engines getting better and better (>3000 Elo), but there is no engine which explains in WORDS whats the failure.
I don' t need a 3100 Engine..
If that's what you want, then you should get Chessmaster.
I find the process of analyzing your own games or analyzing other player's games without the help of a computer is a better tool for improving your play than letting a computer crunch it out. It may give you a better subjective truth, but like when Crafty would crush me in blitz games as a kid, I didn't get much from the experience.
thechessvids wrote:
If that's what you want, then you should get Chessmaster.
Which engine has Chessmaster?
Regards
dadam wrote:
thechessvids wrote:
If that's what you want, then you should get Chessmaster.
Which engine has Chessmaster?
Regards
Chessmaster is a software which can be bought from http://shop.ubi.com/Prod_ExtDesc.asp?catalogid=618
dadam wrote:
I don't understand why modern engines getting better and better (>3000 Elo), but there is no engine which explains in WORDS whats the failure.
I don' t need a 3100 Engine..
Words are highly over-rated...I either can't understand the explanations by an author because I am too weak of a player or I think I understand it, only to see the engine(s) disagree at a depth analysis of 30 moves from the GM or IM author.
Essentially, their explanation ends up being "because after I make this move, after another 30 moves, this is the best the opponent can hope to accomplish as far as I can tell, and since I am much better than you or anyone currently talking to you, you'll just have to take my word for it". They may provide several alternative lines for you to spend hours setting up on a board or on your computer for fun.
The biggest joke with words is in the explanation of tactics...you just need to practice them. It is far easier to understand a knight fork after having tried 10-15 knight fork problems than to read a damn tactics book which tries to explain the superior positioning of the knight relative to the opponent's poorly placed king and other piece.
GM's cannot explain all of what they are seeing because much of it is subconsciously analyzed, much like a 2400-level player and an 1800-level player may see the same "weak" bishop and "poorly-placed" king but play the rest of the game out much differently due to their difference in skill and subconsious perception/analysis.
Lower-level failures in chess games (like mine) are essentially tactics and engines are good for finding those mistakes, but it is far more efficient to just practice tactics in general than to play games and computer-analyze them to find the few tactics that may arise only in that particular position if you ever live to see it again.
thechessvids wrote:
dadam wrote:
thechessvids wrote:
If that's what you want, then you should get Chessmaster.
Which engine has Chessmaster?
Regards
Chessmaster is a software which can be bought from http://shop.ubi.com/Prod_ExtDesc.asp?catalogid=618
Thanx, but that is not the answer to my question.
Thanks.
thanks
You can analyze your own games using the free Crafty chess engine. Here's how:
Download from http://www.webkikr.com/ (Win32 version for most computers), and install.
Download the pgn of any game to your computer, open Crafty, and then click File>Load Game... and select your game. Go all the way back to the beginning (first move), then go to Mode>Analysis Mode.
Go to whichever moves you have questions about. Crafty will start thinking about the best continuation from wherever you are at, displaying a string of moves which represent optimal play.
Right before the moves, Crafty shows a few numbers:
13...Bg5 [8] +3.02 14.h6 (etc.)
The part in RED is the last move made.
The part in BLUE shows how far ahead Crafty is looking.
The number in GREEN tells how much of an advantage one player has over the other, positive numbers representing White and negative numbers representing Black.
The part in BLACK shows what Crafty currently thinks would be the best continuation.
The longer you leave Crafty thinking, the higher the number in square brackets will go. As it thinks, the suggested next move may change. The number showing an advantage to one player or the other usually changes a lot during this process.
To analyze your game, find places where the advantage (that number in green) jumps suddenly. Stop and look at the game (ignore Crafty's suggested move for now). Try to figure out WHY the number jumped. Who made a mistake? What was the mistake? How could you captialize on the mistake? Did you miss an advantage in the game? Feel free to move the pieces around as you try to learn from the position. Press the "<" button to go back moves.
When you make moves, you change the game, which prevents you from analyzing the original line. To go back to the main game, go to File>Reload Same Game.
Use Crafty to help you find your mistakes and learn how to correct them. Crafty is rated over 2600, so it can give you better analysis than almost anyone on Chess.com.
:-)