Chess Academy 2000

[Djordje Vidanovic]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Djordje Vidanovic at 09 March 2000 23:16:33:
Hello Winboarders,
I have started exploring Chess Academy 2000 published by the Intelinvest Co. and authored (among others) by Wit Braslawski, Germany and wished to share my initial impressions with CCC members.
The program is a complex interactive affair made up of a chess-playing engine, a tutorial and a huge database (about 1.6 million games!). My first impressions are very favourable and this time I will only give a couple of pieces of info on the chess playing program. Chess Academy 5.0 is an original program by Intelinvest that plays strong chess (how strong I will try to find out, but the first impressions indicate about 2550-2600 on a fast 450Mhz computer!) that is highly original in its style. Two features may account for that: first, its enormous opening book (about 11 milion positions) and the very user-friendly opening book editor, and, second, the concept of integration of typical middle-game positions into the middle-game book that has about 8 million typical patterns (typical in the sense that they are not singularly defined positions but rather structural patterns -- the book actually recognises structurally similar setups so that you may be surprised finding out that on move, say 21, the program comes up with a "book" move from its middle-game book!). Of course, I wouldn't be mentioning this new addition to computer chess were it not for the fact that Chess Academy HOSTS WINBOARD PROGRAMS! You can integrate many WB engines into this very friendly environment. Naturally, there are some restrictions, but still...
There are many more features in Chess Academy that I haven't mentioned: both the tutorials and the database are impressive, and I will try to review them soon in detail.
The pages to find out more about the program: http://www.chessacademy.de/

*** Djordje

[Frank Quisinsky]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 10 March 2000 00:26:29:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Chess Academy 2000 geschrieben von:/posted by: Djordje Vidanovic at 09 March 2000 23:16:33:

Hello Winboarders,
I have started exploring Chess Academy 2000 published by the Intelinvest Co. and authored (among others) by Wit Braslawski, Germany and wished to share my initial impressions with CCC members.
The program is a complex interactive affair made up of a chess-playing engine, a tutorial and a huge database (about 1.6 million games!). My first impressions are very favourable and this time I will only give a couple of pieces of info on the chess playing program. Chess Academy 5.0 is an original program by Intelinvest that plays strong chess (how strong I will try to find out, but the first impressions indicate about 2550-2600 on a fast 450Mhz computer!) that is highly original in its style. Two features may account for that: first, its enormous opening book (about 11 milion positions) and the very user-friendly opening book editor, and, second, the concept of integration of typical middle-game positions into the middle-game book that has about 8 million typical patterns (typical in the sense that they are not singularly defined positions but rather structural patterns -- the book actually recognises structurally similar setups so that you may be surprised finding out that on move, say 21, the program comes up with a "book" move from its middle-game book!). Of course, I wouldn't be mentioning this new addition to computer chess were it not for the fact that Chess Academy HOSTS WINBOARD PROGRAMS! You can integrate many WB engines into this very friendly environment. Naturally, there are some restrictions, but still...
There are many more features in Chess Academy that I haven't mentioned: both the tutorials and the database are impressive, and I will try to review them soon in detail.
The pages to find out more about the program: http://www.chessacademy.de/

*** Djordje

Hi Djordje,
yes it`s an fantastic program. I wrote a little bit in the Phase X page. But I am not the database men I am the WinBoard Virus Men )
I am glad to hear your impressions here !
You have a very good ELO and you can better wrote about Chess Academy and better judge the options in Chess Academy !
Friendly
Frank