Monthly Archives: August 2011
A sacrificial chess engine
The first order of business today is an apology, as the next article on chess analysis is going to be delayed until Friday or next Tuesday. I’m sorry, but I’ll continue with the next part of that series as soon … Continue reading →
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Comparing analysis modes in Fritz/Rybka chess software
In the previous blog post we mentioned the question, “What are the best analysis settings for the Fritz family of chess playing programs?” (said programs being Fritz, Hiarcs, Junior, Rybka, and Shredder). Today we’ll consider the answer to that question.
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Some interesting analysis output from Fritz/Rybka chess software
We’ve looked at a lot of information over the last few posts to this blog, so we’re going to take a short pause today and catch our collective breath a little bit before proceeding. Admittedly I did cover things a … Continue reading →
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“Cutting and pasting” games into Fritz/Rybka
In the last few posts to this blog we’ve considered several ways to get games into a “Fritz family” (Fritz, Shredder, Hiarcs, Junior, Rybka) database, but there’s a major source of games we’ve not yet discussed.
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Manual input of games into Fritz/Rybka
If you’ve been playing chess any length of time, you have gobs of old scoresheets lying around, maybe whole books of them. You’d love to be able to input these games into the Fritz family of playing programs (Fritz, Hiarcs, … Continue reading →
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Importing PGN games into the Fritz/Rybka interface
There’s one more topic we need to cover before we discuss how to use the analysis features in the Fritz family of playing programs (Fritz, Rybka, Hiarcs, Shredder, and Junior) to actually improve our play: how do we get games … Continue reading →
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Fritz/Rybka analysis – the importance of endgame tablebases
In discussing post-game analysis in the Fritz “family” of playing programs (Fritz, Rybka, Shredder, Junior, and Hiarcs), as we’ve been doing for the last several blog posts, we need to also consider the important role of endgame tablebases (such as … Continue reading →
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Post-analysis evaluation profiles in Fritz/Rybka
In Tuesday’s post, I hinted at today’s subject for this blog: using the evaluation profile after a game analysis in the Fritz “family” of chess playing programs (Fritz, Rybka, Junior, Hiarcs, & Shredder). Back in the day, the only way … Continue reading →
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“Blundercheck” analysis mode in Fritz/Rybka
Last time around we learned how to analyze a chess game using the “Full analysis” mode in Fritz and its related playing programs (Rybka, Hiarcs, Junior, & Shredder). “Full analysis” is a decent tool for chessplayers (especially beginners) who don’t … Continue reading →
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