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| Posted by jibb666 www6conf.org 1/22/2008 15:37:12 play online chess |  Subject: Is there a better interface than Fritz?Message: I've played using Fritz 10, and it's very, very powerful, but I find that the interface is awful. Anyone know of any better chess programs out there that have a nicer interface (even if not technically as good)? Any advice appreciated. Jibb |
| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 1/23/2008 01:42:10 play online chess | Message: Depends what you want from a chess program though... strength?... analysis?... coach?... english advice?... tutorials?... database?... holographic pieces like in Star Wars? Chessmaster is good, and you'll find Chessmaster 9000 pretty much just as good as any of the newer additions, if not simpler and better in some ways... Spurtus. |
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| Posted by wschmidt www6conf.org 1/23/2008 14:29:24 play online chess | What is it... Message: |
| Posted by mathemagician_ www6conf.org 1/23/2008 16:08:57 play online chess | Message: I was looking to purchase Fritz 11, however when I was searching on amazon there appears to be similarly named products; Fritz Chess 11 by First Class Simulations and Fritz 11 by Chessbase. Does anyone have either/both, what is the difference (besides Ł10) between the two? The part puzzling me is that Chessbase's version review is very similar to Fritz Chess 10, but Fritz Chess 11 has no product review. Regards in advance. |
| Posted by mathemagician_ www6conf.org 1/26/2008 13:35:48 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 1/26/2008 14:51:41 play online chess | MATHEMAGICIAN . . . Message: Would you mind telling me the answer too? ... as I am really out of touch with Chess software and so have no idea at all what the difference might be. [Was the First Class Simulations product something that they bought license from Chessbase to revamp the program some way and resell it?! Or . . . ? ] Thanks in advance if you would let me(us?) know. There may be others who are wondering too. Please advise . . . Regards, Craig A.C. |
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| Posted by jibb666 www6conf.org 1/30/2008 18:00:44 play online chess | Message: In essence, Fritz is very, very good - but the whole interface I find completely disjointed. All the windows all over the shop. Trying to do some basic things like start a game from a set piece are over the top difficult in this. I'm going to try chessmaster (thanks Spurtus). |
| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 1/31/2008 05:46:32 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by ogedei www6conf.org 2/02/2008 11:28:35 play online chess | Message: Granted, they haven't made any significant updates to the gui since then (Chessbase 8 and 9 were mere extensions of this Fritz 6 gui, as have been all the following versions of the Fritz family of guis). Can it be that in those ten years Chessmaster has improved to the point that it's better? Still, I'll probably stay with the Chessbase stuff because I still find it very easy and intuitive for everything I want to. (On a side note, I've tried Arena and like it's price, but found it rather homely and clunky). |
| Posted by wschmidt www6conf.org 2/02/2008 20:05:50 play online chess | I think Chessmaster definitely Message: Fritz's interface if they'd just include a decent explanation of the functions. It takes awhile to sort out and it's not intuitive in many cases. |
| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 2/03/2008 00:08:56 play online chess | Message: |
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