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Subject: Re: Crafty 18.12 v Fritz 7a Fritz's wacky openings again.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 06:38:07 12/20/01

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On December 20, 2001 at 02:36:10, Jonas Cohonas wrote:

>On December 19, 2001 at 22:22:41, Gordon Rattray wrote:
>
>>On December 19, 2001 at 21:06:12, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On December 19, 2001 at 18:44:01, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 19, 2001 at 18:25:49, Louis Fagliano wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Just what is with the fritz7 opening book??  In game three doesn't 1. e4 e5 2.
>>>>>Nf3 f6? lose by force to 3. Nxe5! right?
>>>>>
>>>>>And in game four there's 1. d4 d5 2. f3?!
>>>>>
>>>>>But the main thing is the former, namely Damaino's Defense, named after him not
>>>>>because he ever played it in a serious game but because he published a treatise
>>>>>showing that it loses by force.  And this was centuries ago!
>>>>>
>>>>>Some it seriously wrong with Fritz's new opening book, no doubt about it.
>>>>
>>>>It is strange that it keeps playing such moves.
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Jonas
>>>
>>>
>>>Something is not right!  First of all this move 2...f6 is Blue and has a
>>
>>Now I see the difference!!!
>>
>>In my other reply to this thread, I was using the Junior 6 interface to look at
>>the book moves and I saw GREEN moves (e.g. for "f6").
>>
>>I've now tried again using the Fritz 7 interface and I see them as BLUE moves
>>("f6").  But it's the same book file ("Fritz7.ctg") in both cases.  The Deep
>>Junior 7 interface also shows them as blue.
>>
>>Maybe some people are not using the Fritz 7 interface (because of other bugs)
>>and if the Fritz 7 interface is not used, book problems can result?!
>>
>>For those seeing book problems with Fritz 7, what interface are you using?
>
>I was using the young talents GUI since it is the only GUI (along with Deep
>Junior 6 and Junior 6 GUI) that produces a bugfree output when publishing live.
>
>Regards
>Jonas

I am running Fritz 7 exclusively in the Junior 7 interface because of the bugs
in the Fritz 7 interface.
Jim



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