Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 12:11:46 10/12/97
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On October 12, 1997 at 12:11:03, Michael Jonas wrote: >"I was wondering if the correspondence analysis function in Fritz 5 >violates the rule against using computers to suggest moves in e-mail and >postal games? While the database and "tree" functions don't (they're >more like electronic chess books), the correspondence analysis seems to >specifically suggest what is the best move to make in any given >position..." > >I posted this in the "rec.games.chess..." newsgroup and got a couple of >opinions that it would illegal in e-mail and postal play where using >computers to "suggest" moves is prohibited. If so, then what's the >purpose of this function in Fritz 5 since there are more complete >methods of analysis already in the program? > >Thanx, > >Michael The way I read it in the manual, this function is useful for long-term analysis of a chess position. If you were to use the infinite analysis level, the hash tables would quickly fill, and Fritz would slow way down. It is therefore more useful to set the branching time to a level that switches to one of the child branches after the hash tables are full on the parent node. This way you can continue analysis in a quicker fashion using the 5 (default) or more or less best lines from a given position. It also allows you to specify lines that should be ignored (use ?) or add specific lines that at first look poor and would normally be pruned. The name, however, could have been better chosen. Perhaps, "Korrespondence Korner", after the number one fan. This would indicate maybe its usefulness in the Korrespondence Kup, where I would guess it could be used legally. ;-) kp
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