Author: Didzis Cirulis
Date: 08:32:33 04/09/98
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I am curious if there are many Fritzs out there? I tested both
situations with Fritz I have and see what I got:
On April 09, 1998 at 07:43:40, Mats Winther wrote:
>Here are two examples (among many) of lousy play by Fritz5 in variations
>investigated by me which I wanted to test. But the
>results are useless as theoretical basis:
>
>
>[Event "test game"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1998.03.29"]
>[White "THiarcs6"]
>[Black "TFritz5"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nh5
>{
>1. r n b q k b . r
>2. p p . . p p . p
>3. . . p . . . p .
>4. . . . p P . . n
>5. . . . P . P . .
>6. . . N . . N . .
>7. P P P . . . P P
>8. R . B Q K B . R
>
> A B C D E F G H
>
>Fritz5 rates this position as completely equal (0.00) which
>is ridiculous since black has no compensation for the space
>deficit. Nevertheless black's position is very stable and he
>can place the knight (not the bishop) on g7, play e6 and place
>the bishop on e7. Then he can play on the queen wing. But
>Fritz5 manages to loose this position in a couple of moves (on a
>686/200+) - an amazing feat!}
>7. Bd3 Bg7
How did you manage Fritz to play 7. ... Bg7? My copy pondered over Bh6
and then switched to Bf5 with more or less equal position. Never
considered moving bishop to g7.
8. f5 c5 9. dxc5 d4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 Nc6
>12. Qe4 Bxf5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxc6+ {with a winning position}
>1-0
>
>[Event "test game"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1998.03.22"]
>[White "THiarcs6"]
>[Black "TFritz5"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
>7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 e6 11. Ne1 Qd7
>12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rd1 0-0 {theory ends}
>16. Bf4
>{
>1. . r . . . r k .
>2. . b p q b p p p
>3. p . n . p . . .
>4. . p . . P . . .
>5. P . p P . B . .
>6. . . P . . B . .
>7. . . N . Q P P P
>8. R . . R . . K .
>
> A B C D E F G H
>}
>16. ...Na5? ( 16. ...b4 {The King instead suggests this plausible
>continuation which leads to equality. The King obviously has a
>much better understanding of the position although its rating is lower.}
And again "My" Fritz WAS looking to Na5 for a second, but then turned to
play b4. In fact b4 was the only move suggested...
Regards,
Didzis Cirulis
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