Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 09:44:27 10/26/01
My new CCC friends, A few months ago, I got a new computer (1.0 Ghz PIII with 256mb RAM) and Fritz 6 and have been just *loved* Fritz. Then, I tried some of the other engines packaged with Fritz and on the ChessBase site, and downloaded some free winboard engines and now I'm HOOKED on computer chess! (Now I know why you guys enjoy it so much.) I've been running engine-engine tournaments using the Fritz GUI with winboard engines such as Crafty, Yace, Goliath Light, AnMon, Phalanx, Wildcat, ZChess, and Gromit, among others. I enjoy these engines, and they have mostly been working fine under Fritz. However, I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to get SOS to work under Fritz 6 (as well as Francesca MAD 0.06 and a few others). I know that SOS *can* be made to work under the Fritz 6 interface because it is one of the engines packaged by ChessBase with the 7 "Young Talents" engines. I think ChessBase products are *great* (and will continue buying them), but am unwilling to part with about $60, since I already have 4 of the 7 YT engines (Goliath, AnMon, Phalanx and Gromit). Is there anything special that I need to do to make SOS work under Fritz 6? Can anyone help me with this? Also, does anyone have a listing of the different playing styles or personalities of these winboard engines? To me, that's often as important as pure numerical ELO strength. One more question if you would bear with me ... I have Fritz 6 and plan to purchase Shredder 5.32 because of its good positional style and endgame. I also want Christophe Theron's outstanding Tigers for my PC, since I *love* them on my Palm Pilot. After I have gotten these, is it worthwhile to get Junior, Hiarcs, or Nimzo? (Yes, I plan to stick with ChessBase products, since I like Fritz so much and am purchasing ChessBase 8.0). Thanks for any help you can give. Mark Anderson
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