Hi Douglas, While I can't help with your issues, let me appropriate some bandwidth agreeing that a working Openings Trainer would be welcome. Thanks for broaching the subject and sharing your findings.
Most chess databases -- Chess Assistant, Chessbase, Scid... -- claim to have an Openings Trainer but I've never been able to gat any of them to work satisfactorily, let alone as well as Bookup/COW -- even acknowledging Bookup/COW's glaring and manifold deficiencies despite which I endure Virtual PC's ponderous startup every evening, just to run Bookup for 10 minutes. For what its worth, ChessPositionTrainer.com shows promise -- but, again, its a Windows app. It built on .Net, which some smart lads have ported to Mac -- so in theory it should be able to run on Mac, but I had no luck. I hope someone can help you with the issues you've identified. I watch with interest. But, even if your issues can be solved I wonder if Scid can ever feasibly offer the fine-grained control over repertoire and move-by-move coverage/error-remembering of Bookup/COW and Chess Position Trainer. Cheers, Steve On 9 Jul 12, at 12:09pm, Douglas Stewart wrote: > looking for an application I could run on the Mac that would be > helpful developing my opening repertoire. > ... a few issues though: > > * The Tree Window isn't really remembering whether it is still open or not. > * The Masks->Open Recent seems to not work. > * I can't seem to get the training to work for Black - always seems to > want me to play White no matter what I pick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
