Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 04:56:48 12/21/98
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On December 21, 1998 at 07:41:04, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: > >On December 21, 1998 at 01:49:14, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>On December 20, 1998 at 23:35:02, Steve Lopez wrote: >> >>>On December 20, 1998 at 20:49:33, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>On December 20, 1998 at 19:14:34, Mario Petrilli wrote: >>>> >>>>>I've noticed that quite a few of the professional chess programs claim as a >>>>>positive feature of their software package the inclusion of a large games >>>>>database. Why is this not a demerit of the evaluation function? That is, if >>>>>the evaluation function is sufficiently strong, it should not require a >>>>>database. Rather, it should perform an evaluation purely based on the >intrinsic properties of the chess position. >>>>> >>>>>Anyone with knowledge of evaluation functions please comment. >>>> >>>>The database is for you, not the program!!! >>>> >>>>James >>> >>>Exactly. While some playing programs will use the database as a reference in the >>>learning functions, the primary purpose of a large database of games is for the >>>user's enjoyment and education. >> >> >>Does Fritz5.32 have exactly the same 300,000 game database as the 5.16 version. >>If it has even more games I would be so happy... >> >>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! > >Hi Larry, > >Games? You want more games? Well I don't know about Fritz, but you should go to >Dan Corbit's ftp site (see the CCC Resource centre for the URL) where you can >get games galore, all sorted by ECO code. This is a seriously huge collection, >so if you want it all, I hope you have a fast modem! Yes, I want more games, but even more so, I want annotated games. One of the best (and largely ignored), extra features of the Fritz5 games database is that around 5000 of the games are annotated. And a lot of them by text, and theme keys. They come (I'm pretty sure of this), directly out of previous editions of Chess Base Magazine, which is another of the growing list of products from Chess Base, that can be recommended without hesistation. So if they upped the number of games to non-CBM subscriber's, they would be doing Fritz5 upgraders right. And no, I do not work for Chess Base, though if they offered me money or products to recommend their stuff, I would take with pleasure:) mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! > >Best wishes, >Roberto
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