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Subject: Re: best engine to buy to upgrade to fritz 6 interface?

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 06:37:42 10/22/00

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On October 22, 2000 at 09:22:13, Mike Adams wrote:

>Hi, I have fritz 5.32 but i prefer the interface that the fritz 6 demo comes in.
> it seems 3 packages include this interface. Junior 6, fritz 6 and young
>talents. I can get them for 50, 40 and 65 bucks respectively. This is primarily
>for play and analisis.  In an earlier posting i stated i was leaning toward
>junior 6 but 2 of the 3 posters said they had problems with junior crashing.
>Have others had this problem?  Also is fritz 6 worth buying if you have 5.32 or
>should i try another engine?  I"m not concerned with waiting for fritz 7 or
>junior 7 as i want the interface more than i want a new engine so i figure i
>ought to buy now.  Finnaly some questions about the young talents. Are they
>worth buying or should i just download the winboard equivalents?  Also do the
>young talents support all the handicapping of a normal chessbase engine such as
>friend mode and handicapp and fun? thanks Mike Adams

 Hello Mike. I have been exactly in your position! My choice then was:

 1) Junior 6 (since I had Fritz 5.32 - haven't had any crashes with J6)

 2) Having the WB-engines in WinBoard and via adapter in J6.

 Sune





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