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

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 07:29:10 12/20/01

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On December 20, 2001 at 10:16:36, Gordon Rattray wrote:

>On December 20, 2001 at 09:38:07, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>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
>
>
>So, it looks like the Fritz7 book works ok when accessed via the Fritz7, Junior7
>or Deep Junior 7 GUIs, but not for the Junior6 or young talents GUI.  Maybe a
>GUI change/fix occurred between Junior 6 and 7?!
>
>Pick your GUI based on what bugs you're willing to put up with...  ;-)
>
>Gordon

 Just might be a subtle software check...



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