Some days ago Juan Carlos Antón, head of UNED chess school , does give me permission to include tactical positions from the PDFs on the downloads of UNED web, which I consider very educational. The problem is there is no possibility of obtaining original fens. The solution to ease my work, has been to create something like an OCR of image positions, which at this specific case is working very well. Only three concepts are handled : mark, deduce, and learn. First, mark the board, the next step is to deduce, if there are errors the user corrects them manually and asked the program to learn from them. At the beginning there are quite a few errors, but less and less. To mark the Board a transparent window is launched that occupies the desk and lets see the PDF and select a position. It is selected with the mouse by dragging a corner to the other, and it is fitted with the arrow keys. At the end the Enter key is pressed to accept the selected and continue in the program wi...
If an option for allowing an engine to take-over and play at any point in a training game, it would be helpful. For example in a new tabiya position from a long opening line or a difficult ending, where you know there is a win and you wish to learn right then... you can select any engine to play on *your* behalf, by clicking a button called ' Show Me the Win'.
ReplyDeleteJust an idea. Of course the post game analysis will tell you how or what you missed, but I am suggesting this instant method since I most often do not scrutinize my games after it is over unless I lose badly.
What about a button that would make the analysis of the current position ?.
ReplyDeleteI could use the number 5 on the coordinates to do this, or the letter a.
What I was looking at was the option to PLAY immediately without any slow time analysis.
ReplyDeleteThat would have to take place after the game was over. This is more like a strong player who sits in my seat and shows how to win any position that is confusing to me. I remember my club mates who were very strong compared to me (way back in 2002)who often played when I requested them to take over against my friendly opponent. It would save time and help me understand the new tabiyas. I used winboard for this previously. There is a great two engine mode in WB which helps me but it has a big flaw which I cannot explain here due to time/space constraints.
Thank you Lucas. Wish you all the best.
It will take same time to analyze it or to choose the best move. But in the second case, a window don´t appears.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you could use a kibitzer.
If you need to explain with more time and space, you can use my email, lukasmonk at gmail.
Thanks zekerijah, I'm glad you like it.
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