Author: Chessfun
Date: 05:17:11 12/15/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 07:39:13, Shep wrote: >On December 14, 1999 at 07:36:55, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>Do you think Chessbase is so stupid as to put the >>real engine in it? > >Who knows? Remember Rebel Decade 2 (the one with the Rebel 9 engine in it)? > >For me, there are two possibilities: >Either they included an older Fritz engine (like 3.0 or 4.0), or they included >the real thing. Using a dumbed-down F6 would make no sense, would be easier to >use an older engine if they just wanted to show off the interface and the >general strength of Fritz. > >Besides, never underestimate a programmer's ability to commit "silly" mistakes! >I have seen experts with $100,000/year salaries leaving their databases wide >open to access by anyone, or programs with huuuge holes in their copy protection >etc. >It's not totally impossible that no-one at Chessbase thought "wait, what if >someone uses the engine in another Fritz GUI?"... > >Maybe someone owning both the demo and the commercial version can just compare >the engines' results on some test suite positions (given the same hash, of >course), that'll clear up all the speculation. > >--- >Shep Currently I am running two matches in Hiarcs 7.32 gui. Hiarcs 6 Fritz6L 1. 25 min ea/game Hiarcs 4 Fritz6L 1 nunn. 25 min ea/game I await the real Fritz 6. so cannot compare directly. Seems at this point to be not real Fritz6 though earlier running 5 min game it scored well v both F5.32 and H7.32. Thanks.
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