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This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitutes for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed it.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. A fairly annoying/helpful "coach" who will flag any error you make (though doesn't clearly explain why it was a mistake). Features such as explaining (or more or less summarizing) the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.

This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitutes for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed it.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. A fairly annoying/helpful "coach" who will flag any error you make (though doesn't clearly explain why it was a mistake). Features such as explaining (or more or less summarizing) the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.

This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitutes for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. A fairly annoying/helpful "coach" who will flag any error you make (though doesn't clearly explain why it was a mistake). Features such as explaining (or more or less summarizing) the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.

This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitutes for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed it.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. A fairly annoying/helpful "coach" who will flag any error you make (though doesn't clearly explain why it was a mistake). Features such as explaining (or more or less summarizing) the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.

This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitute for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. Features such as explaining the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.

This is sort of the holy grail of chess training sofware ... something that substitutes for a human Master/GM level coach instructing and critiquing you whenever you needed.

Till date, I believe nothing comes close to the quality of instruction/critique of a good human coach, though software that tries to offer some kind of interactive feedback-based training include:

• Ubisoft's ChessMaster.
  • Very rudimentary feedback + post-mortem move analysis. The cheapest of the three ... the move-by-move feedback is usually mostly suited for tactical errors. Good for people just starting out using computers to train with.
• Chessbase's Fritz
  • Probably the best bang for your buck of the three, given the quality of feedback and lots of bells and whistles. A fairly annoying/helpful "coach" who will flag any error you make (though doesn't clearly explain why it was a mistake). Features such as explaining (or more or less summarizing) the benefits of each move in a given position, a hotness indicator for how critical or "on the edge of a cliff" a position becomes.
• Chess.com's Chess Mentor
  • The most "human" like feedback but these are pre-programmed scenarios based on instructional positions you have to play through, rather than your own games.

Once again, these all fall short of explaining nuances in a way that you are guaranteed to understand (a human coach can figure out precisely what doesn't make sense to you and focus on that mental roadblock!) , though if you are not really intermediate-strength level yet, software such as the kind listed above might be of some help.