There seems to be three databases (pgn-files) according to the list of 'content'
93.01: Games by Fabiano Caruana
94.02: Repertoire database
95.03: Analysis database

IsaVulpes wrote on 09/13/19 at 21:57:05:

Speak for yourself. It's whining like yours that annoys me; LT's weird spelling etc. only amuses and never confuses me.

I have a confession. I have Asperger's, so maybe I have a "weird" pronunciation. I know that I am a weird person, hundreds of people have told me that, so hearing it again is not really new to me. I do weird things like using a rotary dial telephone and a record player despite being born in the late 1980s. If there were no weird people, who would have invented the Pirc and Modern Defences ¿

But I will say, I spell it like this in handwriting in person, such as to friends or colleagues. I also pronounce it exactly like "dí wí dí" when speaking English. If in the future, I ever had to give a chess video presentation or public lecture in English, I would pronounce it exactly in this manner.

It is kind of like when I speak Spanish, I usually pronounce "ll" in the Argentinian way like "ž", similar to the "s" in the English word "measure". Many Spaniards find that weird, but I became used to it. In Spanish, "DVD" is pronounced fast as "déu bé dé" but I pronounce it as "déu ué dé" which is a bit like "DWD".

Anyway, back to chess. I am very close to buying this three-volume set. The fact that Caruana is the (main) presenter is a big factor. I think that he is a generally a good guy. He seems to be more calm of a presenter too. I get distracted when some get overexcited when presenting and then I lose track or what they are saying.

My guess is that this three-volume set must have .pgn files, or at least I hope so. Caruana's .pgn files must be worth gold. How often do you get a World no. 2 plus World Championship challenger offering analyses like that.

Yes. *Mod hat on*

Please recognize that this is an ‘English as an International Language’ (EIL) environment.

Please try to be clear. All of us, not just Trotsky. 

And yes, the DVD set looks interesting!

I always pronounce it "dí wí dí" when speaking, so that is how I spell it.

I am wondering to buy this, even though I do not play 1. e4 as White. I am interested in the Spanish as Black though. But it is a three-volume set, and over 70€.

Am I the only one that it took a while to realize DWD was just a typo for DVD? At first I thought, Deadly Weapons of D? 

Keano wrote on 09/13/19 at 08:27:15:


Nope. I think Chessbase continue to require access to it's own software to run (or at least in order to see the board).