- Open your Fritz/Chessbase GUI

1- To play Online click on placychess.com

---> crearte an account --->save and Login

first create an new account see 5.

1. Your username

2. Password

3. If you want that the program remember your password (if you connect everyday it is faster for you )

4. If you don't have an account or if you want to play anonymously you could enter like guest

5. To create a new account for you . If you buy a chessbase products like Fritz 9, the account is free for 1 full year . If you have an old prog , the membership fee is $ 29 !!!  :-(

6. Password hint

7. if you want some help

---->Enter your serial Number

--->go to engine room for chess engine

1. Enter your serial number .

2. Select engine Room to play against other engine

1. Go to edit

2. choose your playing Mode

1. chose mode computer if you want to use your favorite engine

2. Mode Centaur if you want to play manually but with your engine  analyze the game (for long game it s very good , you could put more time for the chess engine if you are in a difficult situation and less time if you don t need .

3. Click define Engine  to chose engine, Book, option (see step 6 below )

4. More option for advance player

5. Time to play (minutes)

6. gain per move (seconds)

7. If you want the program challenge or accept challenge automatically

8. If you want to see the evaluation & Expected Moves . Important to know if you are losing or not with evaluation and see the engine expected next moves.

1. Pick up your chess engine

2. Choose your best Book :D

3. your book option ... optimize, tournament book... book learning ..

4. Your chess engine option

5. If you want to use or not the Nalimov TB

6. Hastable for your engine

1. Pick up your chess engine

2. Choose your best Book :D

3. your book option ... optimize, tournament book... book learning ..

4. Your chess engine option

5. If you want to use or not the Nalimov TB

6. Hastable for your engine

- on single cpu , don't use the computer during the tournament ... (on dual cpu should be ok with multi task cpu)

- Don't put too much hash for the engine and for the Egtb

- make back up of all your original opening books. (you never know )

- If you want to challenge only low or only high rating go to formula and set up the mini elo and maxi elo that you wish to play

- Once you wrote your formula you could seek challenge to player that fit your formula with seek .

-When you are playing to offer a draw is on the right side ...exemple for bishop vs bishop endgame or Rock vs rock endgame  .