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The best analysis program?
Is there any consensus as to the best analysis program at the moment? Has Rybka been overtaken by Houdini, Fire, Hiarcs, Komodo et al yet? Undecided

Started 01/24/12 at 14:07:41 by GMTonyKosten
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Question about Arena 3.5.1 GUI
Antique that I am, I often use Stockfish in the Arena (3.5.1) chess GUI -- and rightly or wrongly I sometimes leave it running at 40 moves in 2 hours on its Demo setting, when the engine plays itself ...

Started 06/04/26 at 12:44:40 by Michael Ayton
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Nimzo 3d Chess GUI for Windows - Version 4.0
Previously, I have posted links for the Nimzo_3d Chess GUI program 
which is an enhanced version of the Tarrasch chess GUI with additional features.
I have added the following features to th...

Started 12/05/25 at 21:21:45 by RoySawyer
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Stockfish 18 Windows 32-bit engines
I have made some Windows 32-bit versions 
of the Stockfish 18 chess engine
for users who are still hanging on to their old computer
The download links are contained in the file
Sto...

Started 02/02/26 at 10:14:01 by RoySawyer
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Chessbase via Parallels on Macbook M3/M4 CPU
Hi,
I like to ask if there is any experience with Chessbase via Parallels on Macbooks with M3/M4 processors.
Does anybody use a Macbook with M3/M4 ARM processor with Chessabse via Parallels ...

Started 07/08/25 at 18:31:22 by PatzerKing
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Stockfish Tactical Ability and Threads
Carl Bicknell, better known for his interest in the chess program Aquarium, has put out an intriguing new video re: SF17. I have no great math or computer science skills, but I know some here do. He h...

Started 03/07/25 at 17:03:31 by cathexis
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Stockfish 16 32-bit chess engines
With Stockfish 15, the developers stopped providing
engines for Windows 32-bit, despite the fact that there
is still support to do this in the source code.
As an owner of one of these o...

Started 08/30/23 at 12:31:21 by RoySawyer
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Nimzo 3d Chess GUI for Windows with Fics
Previously, I have posted links for my Nimzo_3d Chess GUI program
which is an enhanced version of the Tarrasch chess GUI with the 
following additional features :-
Shootout mode
Us...

Started 08/20/24 at 11:54:14 by RoySawyer
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Database of engine games
In a recent Chessable video course, Kramnik made repeated references to how many engine games there were from a particular position, and what the statistics were in such games.  For example, in one ma...

Started 05/22/23 at 16:25:00 by Greenhaven
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Practice your opening against an engine
You want to practice the Nimzo-Indian with black against the engine, but it plays 1.Nf3. Or 1.e4. Or 1.d4 but not 2.c4. How to do it? There is a way, using the polyglot program. Here is the basic idea...

Started 05/29/24 at 16:44:32 by an ordinary chessplayer
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Poor ChessBase 17 stability
In September my hard-drive died and I replaced it with a solid state version. Improved speed by needed to buy a new ChessBase as the installation limit had been reached from the disks. Purchased my 12...

Started 01/23/24 at 19:30:17 by Laramonet
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fritz 10 datbase files
I created several endgame DBs from the Batsford books series. I archived the DBs and opened 1 of them in another computer using Fritz 10. Upon looking a some of the examples I noted that a few errors ...

Started 02/20/24 at 15:59:35 by maxcy
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How Will AI Affect Chess Engines, If at All?
Greetings,
30 years ago I knew a lot more about computers of the 90's than I do about computers of current times. I actually had some courses in C++. Visual Basic 5, and even a little Oracle, etc...

Started 02/11/24 at 14:35:21 by cathexis
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Repertoire tool
This is part of the manual of Chess Position Trainer
Quote:
>1 candidate moves: Usually you only want to have one candidate move for your side for each position.
Sometimes you want to add altern...

I don't understand

Started 02/09/24 at 20:46:12 by Jonathan003
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Nimzo_2023 Chess GUI for Windows
I have written a chess graphical user interface program
Nimzo_2023, which is a fork of the Tarrasch Chess GUI
with the following additional features :-   
  Shootout mode
  User def...

Started 08/25/23 at 09:08:25 by RoySawyer
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UltraCorr 24
For those that may be interested, Tim Harding just released the latest iteration of UltraCorr.  It is in my view the best database of correspondence games available.
http://www.chessmail.com/UC-2...

Started 01/19/24 at 05:37:34 by mattchess
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Fritz 19 is going to be... Say What!?
A clone of Chess.com perhaps?
Collectible player cards and clever "characters" to play against.
<sigh!>

Started 11/04/23 at 02:23:53 by cathexis
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Houdini versus Stockfish
Hi
Does anyone know what are the versions of Stockfish
that correspond to Houdini 6,5 and 4
I mean developped more or less at the same time,
so that a match between Houdini X and S...

Started 10/25/23 at 21:33:14 by lg
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Windows 11 - Any problems?
I continue to resist Windoze updates past 10. But despite repeatedly deferring and declining Windows 11, I see a "ready to install" notification has showed up on my taskbar and dismissed it. I am not ...

Started 10/03/23 at 00:34:18 by cathexis
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RThomeserver
RThomeserver is a program installed on client or slave machines of a LAN that works with a GUI program like Aquarium on master or server system in the LAN. I find RTHomeserver no longer allows two-way...

Started 09/11/23 at 03:00:38 by cma6
3 1511 Last Post 09/12/23 at 22:48:54
By: an ordinary chessplayer
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