Comments on: how to analyze FICS games http://uucode.com/blog/2007/12/16/how-to-analyze-fics-games/ advocating olpa's open source developments Tue, 22 May 2012 01:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: sdfadsf http://uucode.com/blog/2007/12/16/how-to-analyze-fics-games/#comment-15656 sdfadsf Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:17:29 +0000 http://uucode.com/blog/2007/12/16/how-to-analyze-fics-games/#comment-15656 On Linux, eboard can automatically save your games to a PGN file. http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/ Then, you can import the PGN in to SCID: http://scid.sourceforge.net/ In SCID, you can analyze it with Crafty or any other compatible chess engine (I prefer Gambit Fruit). Having the computer analyze your games for you is not nearly as helpful as spending the time analyzing the games yourself. Only once you've given your own analysis your best try should you ask a computer (or, better, a stronger human player) to point out what you've missed. On Linux, eboard can automatically save your games to a PGN file.

http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/

Then, you can import the PGN in to SCID:

http://scid.sourceforge.net/

In SCID, you can analyze it with Crafty or any other compatible chess engine (I prefer Gambit Fruit).

Having the computer analyze your games for you is not nearly as helpful as spending the time analyzing the games yourself. Only once you’ve given your own analysis your best try should you ask a computer (or, better, a stronger human player) to point out what you’ve missed.

]]> By: olpa http://uucode.com/blog/2007/12/16/how-to-analyze-fics-games/#comment-15560 olpa Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:43:02 +0000 http://uucode.com/blog/2007/12/16/how-to-analyze-fics-games/#comment-15560 The step 1 can be improved: fics% set pgn 1 fics% set automail 1 Anf the games will be mailed to you. The step 1 can be improved:

fics% set pgn 1
fics% set automail 1

Anf the games will be mailed to you.

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