i'm thinking of getting a few chess softwares. I want to get shredder 10 to play. But then i'm also thinking of chessbase 9.0 and ct art 3.0? ct art is suposidily good for improving tactics. how does this software work and what are the pros and cons? how about chessbase 9.0 what can i do with this program? i'm also thinking of studying different books but id like to put the moves in on my computer can i do this with chess base and or ct art 3.0? also are their any other chess softwares out their that i should consider? by rating ranges between 1500-1650.
thanks for your tips!
Originally posted by Arrakinstead of shredder, I'd recommend Rybka (which is way stronger).
i'm thinking of getting a few chess softwares. I want to get shredder 10 to play. But then i'm also thinking of chessbase 9.0 and ct art 3.0? ct art is suposidily good for improving tactics. how does this software work and what are the pros and cons? how about chessbase 9.0 what can i do with this program? i'm also thinking of studying different books bu ...[text shortened]... t their that i should consider? by rating ranges between 1500-1650.
thanks for your tips!
chessbase is a database tool, which I think isn't necessary, there are free database tools which are at least the same level (like Chess DB). with a database tool, you can easily handle any games you want (any databases you want) and go through them analysing with an engine, input variations, etc.
ct art is very good though. It asks you 1200 questions (in 12 levels, from novice to expert), and you try to solve them. it's excellent for tactical training.
you cant't put the moves to the computer from books using ct art, for that you need a chess database or fritz or shredder or arena or something like that.
Originally posted by ArrakIf you are looking for tactics training, CT-ART is very good. Also, though, you can get free tactics puzzles at Chess Tactics Server online. That's pretty good, too.
i'm thinking of getting a few chess softwares. I want to get shredder 10 to play. But then i'm also thinking of chessbase 9.0 and ct art 3.0? ct art is suposidily good for improving tactics. how does this software work and what are the pros and cons? how about chessbase 9.0 what can i do with this program? i'm also thinking of studying different books bu ...[text shortened]... t their that i should consider? by rating ranges between 1500-1650.
thanks for your tips!
Originally posted by sven1000oh now i remember. when i first got into chess i purchased a book. "rapid chess improvement" i remember it said to use ct art 3.0. whats this all about is the program in the book any good?
If you are looking for tactics training, CT-ART is very good. Also, though, you can get free tactics puzzles at Chess Tactics Server online. That's pretty good, too.
let's say you are playing a correspondence game, and you are nearly out of the opening. you download a database, which is a collection of games. with database programs like chessbase or chessDB, (which are NOT databases), once you have a database (which are not database Programs) you'll be able to find games that came out of your opening, and you can make different searches like finding "all the games kramnik played that opening and won with black".
or, for example, you can input all kinds of crazy variations that pop up in your head in a correspondence game, make a database of your own games, make seperate databases of your correspondence games that are analyzed with different engines. (edit: of course, after you've finished the games🙂) (and which would still be unnecessary, but I'm just trying to give an idea here).
you can do all kinds of searches, and create all kinds of different databases of your own. that's what it does. (to give a clue, decent databases include more than a million games, and some are freely available on the internet).
You don't really need Chessbase. ChessDB or SCID work fine. I uploaded a converted database that will work for both. More info here:
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