The BG softwares have greatly contributed to the improvement of the skill level of almost every player. But how can a BG enthusiast get the most from a software? What should be the settings? How to analyze your mistakes? etc etc.

Personally, when I work with GNUBG, I use these settings:

1-settings> analysis:

-skill level for both checker play and cube decisions to "expert", as it runs very fast and smooth and very strong as well. (stronger than almost ALL human fibsters)

-"move limit" to 10.

-In "skill thresholds", I change the "doubtful" threshold from 0.04 to 0.01, so GNUBG will alarm me even over the slightest eror.

2- Players:

I set the player 0 as GNUBG's expert at both checker play and cube decisions and the player 1 as human.

3-options>tutor

I tick the tutor option and set it's decisions same as analysis. I set the warning level at "doubtful" (0.01)

4- options>dispaly

I set the move delay to 1500 ms, so I can realize GNUBG's move better.

And for training, I play matches of various length against GNUBG, one with tutor and another without it. Then  I analyze me blunders in order to find whether they have a pattern or not. if a position which I had committed a mistake in is interesting, I usually post it in my blog, or here in fibsboard.

Any comment or suggestion?

Thanks Hardy for the input.

For tutor mode, as said, I usually play one match with tutor mode on and immediately another one with the same match length without it. when it's on, it alarms me over my mistakes and make me ponder the position more which has been very useful for me. Then I take a look at tempretaure map, equities and think why it favores a certain move over anothers.

Regards