Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 04:09:04 02/09/98
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>Posted by Kai Lübke on February 09, 1998 at 05:17:46: >In Reply to: Fritz 5 posted by Didzis Cirulis on February 06, 1998 at >07:44:27: >On February 06, 1998 at 07:44:27, Didzis Cirulis wrote: >>Dear chessfriends, >>This is my first day in Computer-Chess Club. >>My question is to those of you who has the Fritz 5 chess program: What >>is really good in it and How does it stand against other programs like >>Rebel 9.0 or Hiarcs 6.0? >F5 is slightly below R9 or H6 in playing strength, but it has an >enormous lot of features (like the correspondence analysis, blunder >check, coach mode etc.) that make it stand out from the rest. >And you can get Hiarcs 6 (maybe still the strongest program in the >world) and World Champion Junior as plugin engines for Fritz (at half >the prize of the full product) and use all of Fritz' features with these >engines, too! >Also, Fritz has an almost revolutionary book concept. >In general, I fully agree with the praise it gets at www.chessbase.com, >except for the allusion that it excels Hiarcs or Rebel in playing >strength which is based only on the (not undisputed) Nunn test set. >Here are some results from the Louguet II test on my machine for >comparison: >Hiarcs 6 2535 >Rebel 9 2530 >Rebel 8 2525 >MChess 7 2480 >Fritz 5 2465 <----- >Chessm. 5500 2430 >MChess 5 2410 >Crafty 14.1 2405 >So Fritz is among the best, but not at the very top. My test and >tournament games support that impression. >However, if you buy the Hiarcs 6 engine as well, you get a product that >leaves almost nothing left to wish for. >>My next question is if there is a Rebel 9.0 engine compatible with >>Fritz 5? >No (not yet). I prefer to compete with a true Win95/NT (MS-office alike) Rebel currently in development. >Maybe Ed can shed some light on this, but it's not impossible there may >be a Rebel 10 engine late this year? (Don't want to start any rumours, >though! :-) Rebel9 is just 3 months old. Another subject, where can I find the KKK-II games in PGN? I can't find them on Bert's side. Or? - Ed Schroder - >--- >Shep
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