The Chess Assistant is a chess database and learning tool written by Convekta Ltd and distributed by ChessOk. The program has been around for decades, first introduced in 1988 and the latest version (21) is what I reviewed.
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Chess Assistant (CA) is a less expensive alternative to its competitor, Chessbase. As of this writing, the basic version of Chess Assistant sells for $90 compared to Chessbase at $143. The pricing does not include optional databases, endgame tables and chess engines, that would increase the cost for both products.
Free 1-year access to Chess KING. ChessOk has a series of online training sessions designed to improve all parts of your chess game. I perused some of the courses and found them to be very helpful. The courses are for players of all levels.
Less windows to manage. I like how CA handles the use of multiple windows. Say you open 3 or 4 games to analyze. CA keeps track of this by using something called the object bar. In other databases programs, opening 20 games equals 20 different windows you will need to manage on your desktop. Chess Assistant puts each game in the object bar, freeing up clutter and letting you focus on your chess work.
Deep customization. Virtually every aspect of the chess experience can be customized. There is even an option for the use to write scripts to automate certain game import operations. This is how a chess database program should be. Let the user decide what the best settings are for him or her and let them have at it.
Engine vs. Engine capability built in. Say you get to a position and want two engines to finish it off. Not a problem. CA can host multiple chess engines to either analyze your games or play against each other.
Chess Assistant 13, professional package with Houdini 3 PRO is a unique tool for managing chess games and databases, playing chess online, analyzing games, or playing chess against the computer.
Houdini 3 PRO Aquarium offers advanced analysis functions, game commenting, searching, powerful chess trees, playing against the computer, databases, advanced publishing features and much more.
The course presents a deep theoretical and practical overview of the actual variations, featuring 184 examples and 437 new exercises to solve. The course will be useful to all chess players employing the Kings Indian Defense on either white or black sides. The integrated chess program will allow you to reinforce the knowledge by playing from various positions emerging in practical play.
The course presents a deep theoretical and practical overview of the actual variations, featuring 100 examples and 300 exercises to solve. The course will be useful to all chess players employing the Slav Defense on either white or black sides. The integrated chess program will allow you to reinforce the knowledge by playing from various positions emerging in practical play.
The course presents a deep theoretical and practical overview of the actual variations, featuring 100 examples and 300 exercises to solve. The course will be useful to all chess players employing the Grunfeld Defense on either white or black sides. The integrated chess program will allow you to reinforce the knowledge by playing from various positions emerging in practical play.
A fundamental course on chess tactics, CT-ART for Beginners. This course can be rightfully considered the predecessor to the Chess Tactics ART (CT-ART) course written for club and intermediate players. CT-ART for Beginners contains 150 teaching examples introducing you to typical chess combinations and 1500 new exercises meant to develop your playing skills and reinforce the knowledge acquired. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs.
A course on chess tactics for club and intermediate players. Chess Tactics for Club Players contains 230 teaching examples introducing you to typical chess combinations and 350 new exercises meant to develop your playing skills and reinforce the knowledge acquired. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs.
This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.
This is a course for intermediate players. It is based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 290 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 750 exercises of varying difficulty.
A fundamental program on chess tactics. The complexity of the exercises grows inside each theme from beginner to advanced chess player. When studying each theme step by step, you can master all the tactical methods and improve your play drastically. The course contains 600 teaching examples and 3300 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge. Exercises classified according to no less than 100 tactical methods and motifs.
Chess King 3 MAX is a new and versatile tool for chess players and is an ideal introduction for the beginner, a challenging opponent for the practiced amateur, and an invaluable coach for the aspiring master.
Chess King 2 is a new and versatile tool for chess players and is an ideal introduction for the beginner, a challenging opponent for the practiced amateur, and an invaluable coach for the aspiring master.
Houdini Opening Book provides latest chess theory approved in millions of advanced chess games and matches of top human players. It includes over 65 million positions.
Houdini Opening Book is a thoroughly researched and up to date collection of modern opening lines. It can be used as an opening book in chess engine matches, an opening guide in correspondence chess, as well as a source for general opening studies and tournament preparation by players at all levels.
The opening book is based on a careful selection of the most important theoretical games, both by human players and chess engines. All variations were carefully reviewed and moves were classified and color coded with green color (recommended moves), red (not recommended), blue (recommended for human tournaments but not computer tournaments) and black (neutral moves). If you want to build a successful opening repertoire, based on active but solid lines, this is the opening book for you!
As a special bonus from ChessOK, the book includes chess trees (positional databases) containing computer evaluations of the moves in the book and statistics showing their popularity in human games and in correspondence play. The trees also show changes to the popularity of moves in the past year.
Houdini 2 Aquarium Pro offers advanced analysis functions, game commenting, searching, powerful chess trees, playing against the computer, databases, advanced publishing features and much more.
At the time of writing Houdini leads all the major Computer Chess rating lists and is widely considered to be the strongest chess engine on the planet. From numerous interviews it appears that many top Grand Masters including the current chess World Champion Viswanathan Anand use and appreciate Houdini.
This excellent program for learning chess openings includes theoretical material on every opening, a user-friendly and detailed classification of variations, a quick search option and an option for analyzing games and positions.
In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress.Study the training material and test your knowledge
Review your rating history
Keep track of the progress of multiple users. Compete against your friends and family members
Play against a chess program
Finally a new and improved version of the legendary CT-ART has been released! This excellent tactics course has been voted more than once by the chess experts as the best chess training program. CT-ART is an indispensable training tool for intermediate players. The new version sports a convenient user interface and adds 1,000 training exercises (2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises altogether). 2ff7e9595c
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