Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 04:31:18 12/03/01
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On December 03, 2001 at 00:59:06, William Penn wrote: >On December 02, 2001 at 19:59:35, Gordon Rattray wrote: > >>On December 02, 2001 at 12:30:41, William Penn wrote: >> >>>On December 02, 2001 at 11:45:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>On December 02, 2001 at 02:57:47, William Penn wrote: >>>> >>>>>I would just caution against Fritz 7 for analysis. From what I hear it doesn't >>>>>work right. >>>> >>>>This simply isn't true. >>>> >>>>The program works perfectly fine for analysis. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>GCP >>> >>>Once again we have disinformation from GCP, who defends this software to the >>>death. >>>WP >> >>Yes, we've been here before... If GCP thinks that it is fine for analysis, then >> fair enough. However, there are more than one of us (including myself) who >>have seen good enough reasons to think otherwise. I've seen Fritz7 pondering on >>the opponent giving away a queen (not a sacrifice; just an absolute blunder). >>It wasn't many plies deep, just an immediate loss. That is not "perfectly >>fine". >> >>Gordon > >Yep, I saw it often enough to trash the Fritz 7 (with MMX) engine. Maybe the >newer version Fritz 7a (or whatever) is better. I haven't tried it. The Fritz 7 >(no MMX) engine doesn't dump the Queen. However I have noticed some peculiar >endgame weaknesses with it too when there are active Queens, so I suspect that >both Fritz 7 engines have bugs in their algorithms related to active Queen play. >If they want to improve something, that's one place they should look... >WP We all know that Fritz 7 was buggy, but the upgrade to Fritz 7a or version 1.0.0.2 takes care of that, the fact that you have not even bothered to upgrade makes your statement look kind'a foolish. Regards Jonas
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