Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 23:19:13 12/02/01
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On December 02, 2001 at 21:35:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: [snip] >For a user, it should not actually matter _at_ _all_, because one >should never trust or use anything but the first move in the mainvariation >anyway. It matters a lot for an "advanced" player, i.e. somebody that analyzes a position with the "help" of a computer rather than analyzing a position "with" a computer. >I find it redicolous that people here are complaining and calling >the Fritz 7 engine buggy (let's just not talk about the GUI ;) because >it does this, while I never saw anyone complaining about, for example, >Anmon, which displays much worse mainvariations because it uses similar >tricks. > >It's a design tradeoff. If you don't like it and want different >tradeoffs (like an >10% slower Fritz) complain to ChessBase. >But _don't_ call it a bug, because it isn't. If the PV they show is incorrect and they know it, they better not show it. Besides, your explanation is good but it is still a speculation. It could still be a bug. >GCP (not paid by ChessBase, just fed up with the reigning 'I don't understand it so it must be broken' attitude) Customer is always right :-) I do not own a commercial chess program. Someday I will buy one, but it won't be one that shows sloppy PVs. Regards, Miguel
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