Fritz is somewaht more limited in this respect.īoth offer this feature. CM X talks when going through its auto-analysis, announces the move if you wish, and some board configurations have noisy characters.ĬM X offers a selection of annotated games.
CM's personalities can be a lot of fun.įritz talks while you play, if you wish (and is funny). But, in truth, both programs have nearly infinite possibilities for manipulating the strength of the virtual opponent. Fritz offers several ways to sort and search games in the database, and it automatically saves all games played.ĬM X offers more apparent variety because the virtual opponents have personalities. Fritz supports multiple databases, and all games are viewed in the standard user configurable playing board. When viewing games in the database the user must use a tiny board. The database features of CM X are cumbersome, but work. Fritz facilitates entering standard chess notation symbols, such as +- as well as text comments. As an experienced user of all these programs, I'll offer comparisons of them for each of powershaker's wants.īoth Fritz and CM facilitate auto-analysis (as CM calls it), but player analysis is poorly supported in CM X. I also have Fritz 7, Fritz 8, and Hiarcs 9. I love when it talks.ĥ.) I want it to share with me its insights on the greatest games of all time.Ħ.) I want it to rate my play against virutal opponents.ħ.) I want to play chess online with my chess program and play other people who own the program as well.Ĭhessmaster 9000 and 10 does all of that.
I also want to include my own annotations.Ģ.) I want to file away my games in order of date and have a library of my games.ģ.) I want a mess of virtual opponents to play.Ĥ.) I want it to talk. I ask myself, "What do I want in a chess computer program?"ġ.) I want it to analyze my games one at a time, so I can have good analysis and review the games later. They're both fine programs, and the match between Fritz and Chessmaster 9000 was pretty much even. If you want the best of both worlds, buy both programs. If you're a class player, I'd buy Chessmaster 10! It has plenty to offer the class player. But, Fritz is not as entertaining, and does not integrate as much imagination and variety as Chessmaster 9000 and up. I think the program is also much more personable, and relates to the average chess player. But, if someone is like me, and they just want to enter in one game of theirs at a time, and have it analyze it at a 2600+ level, I think Chessmaster 9000 is perfectly suited for that. I do not truly know the answer to that one. Indeed, you can! Analyzing an entire database of game automatically. Hell can it even use endgame tablebases in Nalimov format?You can indeed set the time that it analyzes a game. The annotation and analysis of all Chessmaster products is horrible compared to Fritz.Ĭan it even annotate an entire database of games automatically now? Can you get it to spend 5 minutes per move or 30 seconds per move? Can you get it to generate opening references (games from its database that are interesting and show differing plans to the games played)? I hope you didn't pay too much for Chessmaster. Fritz is designed by chess professionals, while Chessmaster is now the work of gamers. But, experience with the software will render it as easy to use.įritz has better 2D boards, better analysis features (there's really no comparison here), and is a little stronger. I find the old menus (CM 3000-9000) better because they facilitate ease in moving from using one feature, such as the playing room, to using others, such as the database. The engine is a tough sparring partner (few players can beat it), and the many "personalities" offer many choices for configuring the engine to play weaker (to give the user a chance). The database is not comprehensive, but selective (it lacks junk). The lessons can take anyone from rank beginner to tournament player.
It is very good software that many find to be user friendly. There are many things that can be stated in favor of Chessmaster X.
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