Chess Assistant

What works

CD-ROM 5.0 install to a FAT32 partition:
$ wine "e:\english\setup.exe"

Accept all defaults (registration key required). The wizard suggested a compact installation as this is a laptop.

Double-click the Desktop "CA 50" icon to run once before upgrade (per 5.1 instructions).
"Elite" database works in list, tree, game modes

CD-ROM 5.1 upgrade
$ wine "e:\ca51upd\english\update51.exe"

"Elite" database needed to be added back to the Database panel, but otherwise worked as before.

• created new test database
• added a game
• added players to the library
• saved the game
• generated a tree for the test database
• added different annotations to the moves
  
• ran Chess Tiger 12.0 engine in standard mode
• saved changes to the game, CA deleted the tree as expected
• regenerated the tree
  
• closed and re-opened database to check settings are remembered
  

What does not

• Board marker annotation draws slightly funny on screen.
• Game list is scrolled down when the game is loaded.

Workarounds

What was not tested

• Chess Analysis Project (CAP)
• Openings Book
• Direct Tree
• import (conversion) of ChessBase and PGN
• Printing
• etc.
• etc.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The only change in winecfg was to re-point c: to /win32/ (a FAT32 partition). Then $ cd /home/{user}/.wine/drive_c $ cp -r -t /win32 -- "Program Files" $ cp -r -t /win32 -- windows $ mkdir /win32/windows/profiles/{user}/Desktop $ mkdir "/win32/windows/profiles/{user}/My Documents" (& My Music, etc.) Other than that, it's pure wine. (Works way better than this submission form.)