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Subject: Re: Fritz and the French Opening

Author: Moritz Berger

Date: 13:41:43 02/28/98

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On February 28, 1998 at 13:43:58, Howard Exner wrote:

>Just downloaded the SSDF Fritz games from Tony Hedlund's site ( thanks
>again Tony for providing the games) and started playing over the 20
>Rebel 8 (P-90) vs Fritz 5(MMx-200) games. Of the 17 games Rebel 8 opened
>with e4, Fritz replied with e6 on 14 of them. Do Fritz owners find
>that e6 is the most popular choice for Fritz? I believe about 14 of
>those French games ended up as true duplicates also.
>
>When I examined the Junior vs Fritz games of the 8 e4 openings
>Fritz this time played with more variety (only played the French once).
>
>Was there a different opening book used against these two opponents?

Very easy ... Fritz sticks to an opening as long as it works (i.e.:
Fritz wins). The learning bonus for 1...e6 after 1.e4 got probably
somewhat incremented in those 14 identical games, therefore Fritz
happily chose the French again ...

Moritz



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