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Subject: Re: What Fritz 6(b)? Stick with Jan patch if you have a Celeron

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 13:12:14 09/01/00

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On September 01, 2000 at 15:00:19, Roger Kyte wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have F6a where is the 'b' patch for download, this is the first time I have
>heard of it.

F6b is not a patch, but an engine. It comes with Young Talents and with some
updates for Fritz 6 from April or later.

Enrique

>On September 01, 2000 at 11:31:30, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2000 at 11:04:09, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>On September 01, 2000 at 11:01:23, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 01, 2000 at 10:26:39, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 01, 2000 at 10:09:27, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 01, 2000 at 07:19:58, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On September 01, 2000 at 02:40:48, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I contacted Steve Lopez and he is unaware of any Fritz 6b.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Fritz 6a, 289280 bytes, 23-1-2000
>>>>>>>Fritz 6b, 290816 bytes, 10-4-2000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It seems that Fritz 6a has some tablebase bugs, corrected in F6b. Aside from
>>>>>>>this, I seldom notice differences between 6a and 6b. There are exceptions, like
>>>>>>>this position:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>r1bqk2r/pppp1Npp/8/2bnP3/8/6K1/PB4PP/RN1Q3R b kq - 0 12; bm e8g8;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On a P600E with 184MB hashtables, F6b finds 0-0 in 93 seconds, and F6a in 292.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Enrique
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Now I try copy and paste FEN and I find in this "improved"
>>>>>>interface when I do that it freezes and I have to shut F6 down.
>>>>>>Guess I'll have to go back to the 6a interface.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Back to the originalk Patch of Jan, now copy and paste FEN
>>>>>works again. Watch out when using a Celeron...
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>It happens with all processors. Get the July patch that comes with CBM77.
>>>>
>>>>Enrique
>>>
>>>hahaha how do I get CBM77? as a registered user why isn't this patch
>>>sent to me? or at least the address for it?.
>>
>>Don't ask me, I have no idea of why.
>>
>>About the position I posted and our different results, I double checked it now
>>with 2 machines and I got the same results I posted. But if I allocate 64MB hash
>>instead of 184, F6b picks 0-0 one ply later (14/44), after 314 seconds.
>>
>>In any case, one way or another there are differences between 6a and 6b.
>>Although not that many, I think.
>>
>>Enrique
>>
>>>Thanks.



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