Database & Analyse: Scid Its for free and not so big like the Chessbase Monster
Engine: Stockfish, Robilito
Learning Tactics: CD Tasc Chess Tutor 2, CD Convekta Tactic
Opening and Strategy For Beginner: Book "Chernev: Logical Move"
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What I'm looking for is software where you could:
1) give it a set of tabiyas (e.g. a set of classic endgame positions, a set of classic thematic middlegame positions). Have them stored in a nice database and give the ability to play against an engine - something like a database of tabiyas (e.g. from a menu I click minory at queenside and then I select to play against an engine one my 10 stored positions where I have a minority attack). Here a suggestion for an engine that can realistically weaken it's positional play would be handy as even given a position with an edge, playing against an elo 3000++ terminator will not make allow me to do what I want, practice the tabiyas.
2) pass it an opening repertoire and have some training mode like - make you replay your repertoire
3) Ability to store my own games collection.
working on mac/Linux is a huge plus as the windows machine is in the middle of a teritorial dispute between me and Ms Pentagram. Is Scid in its current state good to use for training purposes ?
Hi,
I use Hiarcs as chess engine, since it is said to be very human-like in the middlegame, and with regards to positional chess. Rybka and Fritz might be stronger, but too much computer-like. Hiarcs is the most "human" of them, so it's very likely its thinking is the closest one to a human being on the boards.
As database software I use Chessbase11, and for openings I also use Chessbase11 combined with Chess Position Trainer.
Greetings.