You can adjust most engines to be weak enough to beat if that's what you want, and there are many free ones you will never beat if that's what you want. If you would rather learn the game and improve your play, get a database program like Chessbase - older versions are great, most work fine - that allows you to filter games by position and opening and player, etc. Keep it up to date with historical databases and the free TWIC weekly updates of all master events. Then learn by playing over the games of strong players, especially in the opening you want to learn, and go over them fairly quickly (10-20 minutes per game). Play through the games your side or your player wins, loses and draws and play them all out to the end, just don't spend too much time on one (you can flag the best and come back later for deep analysis). You will begin to recognize recurring patterns and ideas from the opening through typical middlegames and even into the endings which arise. Better than any book, I promise.

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Pick up a copy of chessmaster it is a great playing program for learning players (the levels are much better for newer players, play a setting and if you win 2x in a row bump it up 1) play LOTs of games hundreds if possible. Pick up a copy of chessbase 8 or higher it will do everything you need. Go over games, lots and LOTS of games, there are tons of databases for free around. SCID is another database one thats free but hmm well it works i guess. The newer versions of fritz are good but their handicap settings are still not as refined IMO as chessmaster.

Review review and review your games for basic mistakes, if yo umiss a 5 move tactic thats ok just dont do 1-2 move mistakes for now. Pick up a copy of chessmaster it is a great playing program for learning players (the levels are much better for newer players, play a setting and if you win 2x in a row bump it up 1) play LOTs of games hundreds if possible. Pick up a copy of chessbase 8 or higher it will do everything you need. Go over games, lots and LOTS of games, there are tons of databases for free around. SCID is another database one thats free but hmm well it works i guess.

The newer versions of fritz are good but their handicap settings are still not as refined IMO as chessmaster. Review review and review your games for basic mistakes, if yo umiss a 5 move tactic thats ok just dont do 1-2 move mistakes for now. Thanks for the post. I can't seem to find chessbase 8 anywhere, and chessbase 9 is at least $70. Regarding newbchessplayer; I too am looking for a good chess training software. My rating is around 1350. I have read through everyone's replies, and from what I can see it appears ChessMaster Grand Edition is very good?

I would like to get something that reviews my move(s) and suggests a better move or shows the error of the move I am made. Is that asking too much or is there software available that accomplishes this? Interactive software seems much more appealing than reading a boring book... For me reading a chess book is akin to watching paint dry.

I am absolutely looking for feedback and responses. I sure appreciate anyones's thoughts. A sure appreciate the comments - I've looked at ChessMaster and see many good reviews - but I also see several comments that people have had problems it will not function on Windows 7; other comments from people say it works on Win. Any thoughts on that? I would like to try CM, but don't want to get burned putting out $125.00 and it not function on Windows 7..... I have CM 10th Edition; I don't have the newest CM11 (Grandmaster Edition). CM11 is now hard to find, people are asking outrageous prices, as I guess you've discovered.

CM11 has some extra tutorial material that CM10 doesn't have (the art of learning tutorial?). Hyundai Genesis Coupe Manual Transmission Fluid. But CM10 still has a lot of tutorial material.

I've also heard stories of people not being able to install CM11 on Windows 7, but I'm not a data point on that issue. While CM10 isn't guaranteed to work on Windows 7, I can tell you that it installed OK for me on Windows 7. You'd need to install the three patches from the Ubisoft forum to correct for all the bugs and to have CM10 run without the CD needing to be installed in the drive. I wouldn't pay $125 for CM11, or even half of that.