A newcomer to our local club asked if I could recommend software for him. He knows all the moves but hasn’t played in years. He doesn’t seem to know opening ideas or tactics. I can’t think of any appropriate software. Do some of you have recommendations?
I don’t know that they would need “software” in terms of what they might be thinking about. The old Chessmaster program would probably be good for them although it might be tough to find nowadays. If they just want to play or do tactics it’s more website based now with chess.com, lichess, chess24, ICC.
Try the Chess Tutor CDs (yes, start with Step 1).