Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 12:45:08 12/03/01
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On December 03, 2001 at 11:22:05, William Penn wrote: >On December 03, 2001 at 07:31:18, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>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 > >Well, I'm a very busy person with free time hard to find. I spent several days >with Fritz 7 and it was just too buggy to be worth my further consideration. I >have a lot of more important (to me) things to do. Maybe I'll look at update >versions after a several month hiatus, maybe not. In the meantime I would >encourage them to try to improve Fritz 7's Queen-play... >WP LOL you have several days to spend on a buggy program, but not 5min to download the upgrade that takes care of the bugs??!! (snip) In the meantime I would encourage them to try to improve Fritz 7's Queen-play... (snip) They did already in the upgrade........................... Regards Jonas
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