Author: Tanya Deborah
Date: 00:51:50 01/30/02
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On January 29, 2002 at 18:09:16, karen Dall Lynn wrote: >On January 29, 2002 at 17:47:57, Eran wrote: > >>I hesitate to buy Fritz7, because many messages about Fritz7 in the CCC confused >>me. Some complained about bugs and some others have doubt about the strength of >>Fritz7. >> >>In addition, I want to be sure that Fritz7 is excellent for long time >>calculation and it understands positional games very well. I use it for long >>time analysis. >> >>Your recommendation would be greatly appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >>Eran > >IMHO Fritz 7 is superb software. Not that it is perfect. I still have the >"no-automatic-learning-from-games-to-book" issue not completely understood and >if it is a glitch, it was not fixed yet. Some of my comparisons, between the >three extant Fritz 7 engine versions, are paradoxical - for instance, I run some >dozens of lightining blitz between Tiger 14 and two of the Fritz 7 different >engine versions (that of Jan 11 and that of Jan 7 2002) and sensed a difference; >I will not say anything else because I am still running the test. > >However, again IMHO the software was worth every dime I paid for it. > >If I were in your position, I would buy this program because I am sure at least >that no other is better and, once adhering to CB line, you will certainly >benefit from future upgrades. Also, if you need long run continuous analysis, >the "add an engine kiblitzer" funcion of Fritz 7 will probably be of great help. >I have seen amazing games won - and lost - by Fritz 7. The engine has some >feature that makes it seem to have intensive positional understanding - that may >include mistakes as well as fine combination tatics. Bugs and queries (and I am >quite demanding in hunting and discussing and broadcasting them) will not affect >the comparative value of the product, mainly if it counters its alternatives. > >In your budget, take into consideration that computing power is to make a sharp >difference when you need deep analysis; the engine and GUI qualities will not >hold by themselves. > >Karen Nice comentary Karen!, I think that Fritz 7 is the best chess program now. Serious oponnents in a match for him are : Chess Tiger 14, Gambit Tiger 2, or Rebel Century 4.0. Regards! Tanya Deborah.
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