Detailed description of Chess Assistant 7.1

1. Operations with databases and datasets

1.1. Database

1.2. Windows explorer layout

1.3. Removing doubles

1.4. Subtracting and intersecting datasets

1.5. Packing and E-mailing a base

1.6. Repairing

1.7. Updating via Internet

1.8. Converting

1.9. Opening EPD files directly

2. List and splitting

3. View mode

4. Editing a game

5. Playing a game

5.1. Engines

5.2. BookBuilder

5.3. Test Suites

6. Engine Analysis

6.1. Infinite Analysis

6.2. New automatic Engine Analysis Options

6.3. Background Analysis

6.4. Interactive Analysis

6.5. Blunder Search

6.6. Full analysis

7. Playing

7.1. New Playing Dialogue

Main menu: Engines->Play against an engine
Users requested a better way to play games against the computer, and so we have added a new dialog box that opens whenever a game with the computer is requested. This dialog box allows you to specify all the most important options for play against the computer


Figure 5, select your game play options, and the game will start

We feel that this approach is superior to many other implementations, since it allows the most used options to be configured from one dialog, rather than having the user hunt through menus for changing them.

7.2. Improved Winboard/UCI Support

We have improved winboard/UCI support for CA, and you should find that many engines run within the CA interface. There are over 50 winboard engines that have been tested, and run within CA. As with version 6 of CA, engines without their own opening book can use CA's comprehensive book functions.

7.3. Opening Book Improvements

There has been a significant overhaul of the opening book function in CA 7. This has lead to the simplification of the manner in which the book functions, and moves are selected by the engine. This new approach is user-friendly, and is based on fuzzy-logic principles. The manual contains full documentation of the approach.

7.4. Improvements to Test Suite Mode

Test suite mode is now much easier to use, with a redesigned interface, and a more user-friendly way of assigning points to completed test positions.

8. Searches

8.1. Search for header

8.2. Search for position

8.3. Search for material

 8.4. Advanced search

 8.5. Search for comments

 8.6. Search for Maneuvres

9. ICC support

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Detailed descriptions:

9.2.1. Tabbed Toolbar

9.2.2. Personal toolbar

9.2.3. Main Console and Message Window

9.2.4. Seek List

9.2.5. Seek Diagram

9.2.6. Players List

9.2.7. Games List

9.2.8. Stored Games

9.2.9. Challenges

9.2.10. Engines and Advanced chess

9.2.11. Watching games

9.2.12. Examining games

9.2.13. Playing games

9.2.14. Styles and Sounds

10. Trees and Cap data

11. Folders/classifiers and Classes

12. Printing and Exporting

13. Statistics

14. Prepare for your opponent

15. Calculating a rating and Norms

16. Fonts, colors, pieces, backgrounds and DGT board

17. Usability Enhancements

17.1. New Test Mode