Answers.Body: <p>I have not used Chess Position Trainer, but <a href="http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html" rel="nofollow">Chesshero</a> has these capabilities you are looking for. You can do the following:</p>
  
  <p>a) Define the pgns from which to pick the random positions</p>
  
  <p>b) Define the start and end move numbers to pick from (this can be useful for generating middle-game or end-game or opening positions specifically)</p>
  
  <p>c) You can define a blunder threshold, which will be used to give you scores when the move you made is evaluated against an engine</p>
  
  <p>d) You can make it timed as well.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Keshav.  I am just not sure if Chesshero is as user friendly as Chess Position Trainer is.  If I need to load actual pgn files, that sounds like not exactly what I wanted to use.  I see that it is a free product - maybe I will give it a try.  thanks again....
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  <li><p>Would anyone know how to set up training in a "random position" with Chess Position Trainer (ver 5.04)?  I know and use its option to train "the variation", but was hoping there would be sort of - "make a move from a randomly chosen position" type of training.  </p></li>
  <li><p>Is there a way to set up a position (middlegame, or an endgame) with Chess Position Trainer without having to go over the whole game?</p></li>
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Title: Chess Position Trainer
ThreadText: # Chess Position Trainer
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-20)
  
  1. Would anyone know how to set up training in a "random position" with Chess Position Trainer (ver 5.04)? I know and use its option to train "the variation", but was hoping there would be sort of - "make a move from a randomly chosen position" type of training.
  2. Is there a way to set up a position (middlegame, or an endgame) with Chess Position Trainer without having to go over the whole game?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-20. Score: 1
  
  I have not used Chess Position Trainer, but [Chesshero](http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html) has these capabilities you are looking for. You can do the following:
  
  a) Define the pgns from which to pick the random positions
  
  b) Define the start and end move numbers to pick from (this can be useful for generating middle-game or end-game or opening positions specifically)
  
  c) You can define a blunder threshold, which will be used to give you scores when the move you made is evaluated against an engine
  
  d) You can make it timed as well.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1.  I am just not sure if Chesshero is as user friendly as Chess Position Trainer is.  If I need to load actual pgn files, that sounds like not exactly what I wanted to use.  I see that it is a free product - maybe I will give it a try.  thanks again....  
  
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