Author: Mike Hood
Date: 03:14:04 11/10/01
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On November 09, 2001 at 08:24:36, Thom Perry wrote: >Being a great fan of DOS, I eventually migrated to Windows with great >reluctance. Just having received Fritz 6, I was greatly surprise at how >ambiguous many of the menu items are compared to those in my DOS program, like >M-Chess Pro or Rebel Century. For example, if I had not read the ChessBase >Electronic T-Notes, I would never have guessed that in order to input games, you >have to be in the infine analysis mode. And I thought Windows programs were >supposed to be so much easier than DOS. > >Anyhow, the purpose of this message is not to degrade Windows or Fritz as I am >sure I will enjoy this fine chess program. But I do have a couple of questions. > First, how do you adjourn games and preserve the time control limits, etc.? I >understand that you cannot do this if you are playing against Fritz in the >"RATED" mode, but what about regular games? And what about the "FRIEND" mode? >Can you stop in the middle of a game, resume it later on and still have Fritz >evaluate your progress? As far as I know, Fritz doesn't allow adjournments in "rated" games. I say "as far as I know" because Chessbase's documentation and help files are notoriously deficient. (Or have you found a description of the parameters of the "Weed Tree" function in Fritz 6's help files yet?) Where "friend" games are concerned, it doesn't matter as much. The clock is only shown as a guideline, so you're allowed to exceed your time and still win the game. That means you can "adjourn" your friend game to watch a football game, as long as you make sure your wife doesn't pull out the PC's plug to use the vacuum cleaner. Incidentally: turning off the power during a "rated" game is counted as a loss for your rating, but turning off the power during a "friend" game makes Fritz act as if the game never happened.
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