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Intelligent mistakes

8/21/2005 – A few owners of chessplaying software have sometimes wished that their chess engines would make more "intelligent mistakes" when set to a handicap level. Columnist Steve Lopez dissects this apparent oxymoron and delves into the nature of errors in chess in his latest ChessBase Workshop.

Mate search in Fritz

8/7/2004 – Fritz' Mate engine is a useful tool for solving the "mate in x" problems that we find in chess books and magazines. Today we take a closer look at the Mate engine and answer a nagging question that some users occasionally ask: "Why does Mate analyze so slowly?" ChessBase Workshop...

The engine analysis pane

6/14/2004 – The engine analysis pane is a really useful informational tool in both ChessBase and the Fritz "family" of playing programs. But how do you read all of this information? In this week's ChessBase Workshop, columnist Steve Lopez explains what all the numbers mean and also offers some "engine tricks" to help you gather even more information from the display. Workshop...

Installing endgame tablebases

6/9/2004 – There's more to installing endgame tablebases than just copying them to your hard drive. Before your engine goes into head-to-head combat, you should test the tablebases to make sure they're functioning properly. We step you through the process in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

Features designed to help you improve your game

6/4/2004 – The Fritz "family" of chessplaying programs offer a lot of features to help you while playing a game against the computer. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, Steve Lopez checks in with another roundup of features designed to help you improve your game. Workshop...

More improvement tips

5/6/2004 – "Is there any single piece of chess software that will improve my game all by itself?" It's a provocative question and one that's frequently asked. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, Steve Lopez offers his answer to it -- an answer that you might find equally provocative...

A fistful of questions

4/16/2004 – Sometimes it's not the big things that have you stumped when you're learning about a software program -- oftentimes it's the little things that get you. Steve Lopez looks at a "fistful" of these little questions in the latest edition of his ChessBase Workshop.

The value of looking ahead

3/3/2004 – Too many correspondence players use opening trees as a crutch, letting the numbers do the thinking for them. This can have unexpected and unfortunate repercussions when a "bust" to a line appears in another move or two. Steve Lopez shares an ugly example from one of his own correspondence games in this week's ChessBase Workshop.

Not the last word on hash tables

12/3/2003 – A few weeks ago, ChessBase Workshop presented "The New Word on Hash Tables". But was it the *last* word on hash tables? Some of our e-mail correspondents beg to differ, as you'll see in this week's installment of ChessBase Workshop.

Workshop: with hash tables size matters

11/22/2003 – Time and technology march onward. The newer machines with faster processors and higher amounts of RAM have made the old formula for setting hash tables obsolete. In this week's ChessBase Workshop by Steve Lopez you can get the latest information on setting the proper hash table size for the Fritz family of playing programs. More...

Workshop: Chess Media System Part 2

11/10/2003 – In the new ChessBase Workshop we take a look at the new Chess Media System feature in Fritz, have a tour of its buttons and commands, and show you how easy it is to enjoy multimedia chess lessons as part of the Fritz8 program. Workshop...

Workshop: Chess Media System

10/31/2003 – The latest Fritz8 service pack upgrade, available when you log on to the Playchess server, adds a significant new feature to Fritz: the Chess Media System. This week's ChessBase Workshop gives you the technical details on how to make sure your Media System upgrade is properly installed. Workshop...

Questions and answers

9/10/2003 – In this week's ChessBase Workshop, Steve Lopez answers a handful of common questions regarding ChessBase and Fritz. There is bound to be something of interest to you.

Engine management in Fritz

9/1/2003 – Do you have dozens or even scores of engines available in your Fritz engine selection dialogue? Do you get tired of scrolling through long lists of available engines? Do you ever wish the task could be easier? We address the issue in this week's ChessBase Workshop, in which we examine the "Engine management" feature in Fritz8. More...
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