Author: Gustavo Pereira
Date: 20:24:40 10/26/01
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On October 26, 2001 at 12:44:27, Mark R. Anderson wrote: >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 SOS and MAD just won't work under Fritz's GUI as winboard engines. The SOS engine that Chessbase is selling is a 'native' Chessbase engine, and not the winboard one. Maybe next version =) Cheers, Gustavo
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