Using Rybka 4/Fritz 11 as a Teaching Tool
That is a good question. I use my latop hooked up to a projector in a number of the chess classes I teach, using Chessbase 11 or Fritz 12. To do a powerpoint presentation you'd have to convert the file. Look into conveted the image into something that the power point will recognize, like a jpeg. Try emailing or calling tech support at Chessbase.
Try emailing or calling tech support at Chessbase.
I believe Steve Lopez is now working for USCFSales, so you could try contacting him there. Programs like the free IrfanView can do static screencaps.
Or you could pay me 5000$ ... no seriously, just embed a web app into the powerpoint presentation (i.e. an analysis board from chess.com or one of custom design).
Read this.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/09/08/insert-real-time-web-sites-into-powerpoint-presentation-slides-with-liveweb/
Good point rigamagician! Steve Lopez is the guy to contact and he seems to be a gentleman who responds to emails, etc!
I recently started a new chess club, and I would like to teach by demonstrating tactics, openings, engames, and grandmaster game analysis via a Smartboard. What I would really like to do is set up a board position on either Rybka 4 or Fritz 11, give the correct sequence of moves, and paste the board into Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 so that I can simply go through the Powerpoint at the club. With the board in Powerpoint, I hope to be able to scroll through the moves. Is this possible? (I am giving these presentations at my grade school, and I do not want to load Rybka 4 or Fritz 11 onto the computer there.) I know I can take screenshots after each move and paste them into Powerpoint, but this seems like too long and tedious a process. Could someone provide me with some assistance regarding this issue? Thanks.
At the risk of getting my account suspended (again) because I don't work for the company who sponsors this msg board...
The only way I know of to do this as a single slide in Powerpoint would be to create separate image files of the individual pieces and then manipulate them as individual images (which is how I made the "motion maps" for the Civil War battlefield where I used to work, with the military symbol for each brigade as a separate image file and using a period map as the slide's background).
Honestly, your best bet would be to create separate slides for each move, and it's not as hard as you'd think. In Fritz11, you'd just go to Edit/Copy/Copy position to place the board image on the Windows Clipboard, then paste the image into a Powerpoint slide. Advance to the next slide in PP, go back to Fritz, go forward one move, then repeat the process. It's not fully automatic, but it's a lot faster than you'd think.
-- Steve Lopez
(now at USCFSales, as indicated in someone's prior post in this thread)
Moderators: if mentioning that last bit is a problem, I'd appreciate a private message to that effect instead of the usual "InstaBan". Thanks (seriously).
Good point rigamagician! Steve Lopez is the guy to contact and he seems to be a gentleman who responds to emails, etc!
Thanks, Hugh! I try my best to respond to messages (other than "Can you send me an activation code for [insert name of product]", which generally get ignored).
Don't you love that Steve. I've seen people asking you for activation codes in forums. Seriously? You get a pirated copy and you want the folks whose income relies on selling the software to give you the activation code? What is wrong with the world? Seriously Steve, I've enjoyed your videos and have come to rely on them to navigate through the many software titles you've covered. I teach chess for a living, which is the world's greatest gig. Its even better than playing gigs in frond of 5,000 people who know the lyrics to your songs. I teach K through 7th grade in a number of San Francisco schools and counldn't have figured out how to use Chessbase 11 without Steve. Thanks!
Thanks, Hugh!
New today on my chess blog:
Changing the order of variations in ChessBase 11
-- Steve Lopez
I really get a lot out of your writing. I teach chess in the public school system as well as privately (not bad for a guy who earned his income as a guitarist prior to chess) and Chessbase 11 has been instrumental in researching games. I lecture for the first half of the class, using a master game for the lecture, and have my students use what they learned in game play during the second half of the class. Chessbase allows you to easily find any game you could possibly want.
I really get a lot out of your writing. I teach chess in the public school system as well as privately (not bad for a guy who earned his income as a guitarist prior to chess) and Chessbase 11 has been instrumental in researching games. I lecture for the first half of the class, using a master game for the lecture, and have my students use what they learned in game play during the second half of the class. Chessbase allows you to easily find any game you could possibly want.
A fellow ex-musician! Cool! (Props for using "guitarist" and "instrumental" in the same post).
I'm glad you're finding ChessBase useful for your class. It really is a pretty flexible piece of software.
Best -- Steve Lopez
uscfsales.com
Steve, Chessbase is so amazing. You really need to spend a lot of time exploring the possibilities. To use a guitarist's analogy, Chessbase is like a multi effects processor: The variety of sound possibilties is far greater than the number of controls used to create the effects. While the instruction manual gives you an idea of the basic control functions, it really takes exploring the combinations of settings in order to create a truly unique sound. Chessbase works in the same way. I find something new every day.
I created a chess teaching program for troubled teenagers in jail and Chessbase provides a portable method for delivering master games to them. I also use it to teach them basic computer skills such as logicallt searching a database for information. Yeah, all I can say is great things about the program!!