Author: Chris Taylor
Date: 07:30:22 11/10/00
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On November 09, 2000 at 18:24:34, Chessfun wrote: >On November 09, 2000 at 12:43:36, Marcus Kaestner wrote: > >>On November 09, 2000 at 12:38:07, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On November 09, 2000 at 10:57:38, Marcus Kaestner wrote: >>> >>>>stop! i claimed better than fritz 6, not 6a or 6b! >>>>in the chessbits-rating list he is 117 points above fritz6! >>>>we do not divide into f6 and f6a and f6b. the games of f6 and f6a are melted >>>>together. i´m not happy with that, but it was not possible to handle in another >>>>way, because fritz saves his games only under fritz 6 and not f6a. >>> >>>Don't you know when you installed the Fritz 6a patch? >>> >>>Mogens. >> >>that are not only my games. also my testers games. at the beginning i was able >>to separate. but there came a point it was no longer possible to figure out. >> >>:-(((( >> >>bad, indeed. but blame chessbase that they are not able to save with the correct >>name. >> >>marcus > > >It is infact relatively simple to figure out. >If you check the current date of your F6 engine that will tell you if it is F6a >or F6b. > >Assuming you upgraded to 6a when it was issued which was Jan 23 all games prior >to that date are with F6 old or light (same thing). All games after were with 6a >or 6b. which apparently are the same engine with additional tablebase support >with 6b. > >As 6a and 6b seem relatively the same strength wise while 6a, 6b are far >superior to the 6. > >You could also have done like I and others did which was rename the files with a >hex editor so that the pgn actually reads correctly without having to change it. > >Your using the original F6 does an injustice to the totals as does using Deep >Junior on a superior processor when it naturally has played more games against >some programs than others. > >That alone leaves me doubting all the ratings I see there. > >Thanks. >Sarah. Although my copy of Fritz still says F6, I change the pgn header with a simple cut and paste. i have not changed anything with a Hex editor. Like Sarah said, you can tell which Fritz it is by the date! No need to mix the games of Fritz. Chris
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