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Using Chessbase 17 and looking at the "Live" folder (an excellent new feature) we have the Cambridge International Open.

Some of the games are labelled as being annotated by

[NA RC COMBH]

and some by [TA]

I assume that these are persons initials but whose initials are they?

Has someone transcribed comments from the live commentary?

Any help would be much appreciated.

How many of these games actually have annotations? I had a quick look and found one game with what looked like computer generated annotations. No other games had annotations, despite naming an annotator.

Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:29 am

How many of these games actually have annotations? I had a quick look and found one game with what looked like computer generated annotations. No other games had annotations, despite naming an annotator.

I found a number but it appears to be quite random.

I have asked Shohreh Bayat and Natasha Regan.

Here is an example:

[Event "The Cambridge Open 2023"] [Site "Cambridge"] [Date "2023.02.15"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Sefton, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "1529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2023.02.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 14,35,0,0,0,-3,37,23,18,24,158,152,134,134,136,131,156,132,237,208,554,550,541,515]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:38] C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:47]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 10. Nc2 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:48] White has an edge.} 11. Bd3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:27][%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (11... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Nxh4 $16 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 13. Qg4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Bg7,Bh4]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 14. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:31]} 15. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:03:07] [#] Bh6 is the strong threat.} (15. Bxh7 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Qxf7 Nxc2 17. Bxc2 Bc5 $11) 16... Qxd4 $11) 15... Rdf8 $146 {[%emt 0:09:20] [#]} (15... h5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15... h5 16. Qf4 Rhg8 17. Qe3 Rg7 18. Kh1 Rdg8 19. Rg1 h4 20. b3 Bg5 21. f4 Be7 {1-0 Howell,D (2224)-Susilodinata,A (2242) Wch U12 Heraklion 2002 (10)}) 16. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (16. Qg7 Rhg8 17. Qh6 (17. Qxh7 Rh8 $11) 17... Nxd4 $14) 16... Nxd4 $2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (16... Kb8 {is a better chance.} 17. Bh6 (17. Bxh7 Be8 $17) 17... Rfg8) 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} (17. Bxh7 $2 {loses.} Nxc2 18. Rb1 Bb5 $19) 17... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 18. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55] White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.64} (18. Bxh7 $2 {perishes.} Nxc2 {[%mdl 64] Pin, Discovered Attack} 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 1-0

John Upham wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:18 pm

Here is an example:

It reads as if computer generated. Any chance that it's chessbase throwing in some auto analysis?

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:29 pm

John Upham wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:18 pm

Here is an example:

It reads as if computer generated. Any chance that it's chessbase throwing in some auto analysis?

Yes, I agree Roger. Luckily I downloaded the games before CB removed the icon on its "live" feature otherwise perhaps they disappear into the ether.

Steffen Giehring has informed me that [TA} means Tactical Analysis and is automated as we surmised.

He is getting back to me about [NA RC COMBH]

To access the events that were "Live" and have fallen off that list go to

https://live.chessbase.com/en/History

J.

Yes, there is plenty of that sort of "analysis" in Chessbase's own articles.