Computer Resources
Submitted by DrDave on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 00:00
Ish provided a welcome list of computer programmes that he has found useful:
free copy of
Rybka 2 : http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Demo+version
free version of Fritz 5: http://freechess.50webs.com/fritz.html
And Winboard: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/winboard/winboard-4_2_7b.exe
Simon Waters also likes SCID (http://scid.sourceforge.net/)
although the current maintainer is in a deeply unlovely dispute (http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/pascal.php)
with a fork of SCID which is ChessBD (http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/),
which suggests to me that you might be better off with ChessBD.
Jonathan Morgan also recommends for opening training:
the software i mentioned is chess position trainer and can be downloaded at:Any more? Eric Bentzen has a list: http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/softeng.htm
http://www.chesspositiontrainer.com/.
help section and the videos that they have on the site (and free sample repertoires -- DR).
Once I've got a top ten I can offer some notes.
.thumbnail.jpg "Dolls House Chess Set (magnetic)")
.thumbnail.jpg "Chinese Chess Set (2D)")
.thumbnail.JPG "Chess Set for Makruk (Thai or Cambodian Chess)")
.thumbnail.jpg "South American Chess Set (rear)")
.thumbnail.jpg "3D Chinese Chess Set (detail)")