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Subject: Re: Which talking program-nearest to the truth?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 14:51:38 05/01/00

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On May 01, 2000 at 05:07:04, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>Just curious.
>
>Fritz is one of the programs that announces its moves.
>
>Do you mean "how accurate is it in announcing moves"?
>Like: in 85% of all occasions it announces the move right, in the other 15% it
>says "Knight to c3"  when it really is "Knight to c4" ?
>
>Trust me - all programs with that feature have 100% accuracy.
>
>But that is not what you mean, eh?
>
>Analysis function, like verbal analysis, or like Chessmaster, babbling like "As
>a result of this sequence of moves, white gains a PAWN and a BISHOP for a PAWN
>and a K-NIGHT" ?
>
>At Fritz, Annofritzing is fun, but worthless. Blundercheck is much better, as it
>sticks to the only thing it can do properly: check against book moves and
>tactical analysis at the given move threshold.
>
>From all programs I like the Fritz *GUI* programs the best, as the analysis is
>performed with absolute values for white (always +) and black (always -) no
>matter which side is to play.
>
>Jeroen ;-}
>
>Jeroen ;-}
>
>
>Jeroen ;-}

What's the big question? Like with Fritz 5.32, It's Malcom Pein speaking.
It's mainly blabber, even a bit sick sometimes (even more than just a bit!), but
there are some intelligent comments which show that the machine has a little bit
of awareness
of various things I wouldn't have thought it had. And occasionally, it even
seems VERY intelligent (or is it just chance?). And if that particular function
could be worked on, I could imagine it could be about the greatest aid there is
for improving ones play. So I thought that maybe fritz 6 was even more
intelligent. But I havn't played with fritz 6 many times-with the talking
function, as I have not yet bought it myself.
 Oh! So Jeroen is saying in a demonstrative way that it all just for a little
laugh-at best! OK! so a little laugh let it be atleast, but maybe it's just
a draining diversion for the serious thinker. But maybe it can be more
instructive as time goes on-if already there does  seem to be an occasional
spot-on insight.



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