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Subject: Questions about Fritz "Sparring Mode".

Author: Travers Waker

Date: 06:12:09 04/16/02


Hi.

I would very much appreciate answers to the following questions I have about the
Fritz 6.0 GUI's Sparring Mode?

1.  What is the frequency of the tactical errors that Fritz makes in this mode?
(Does it only make one mistake in the whole game, and if you miss it, you are
effectively playing a full-strength Fritz for the rest of the game?)

2.  Assuming the answer to 1 is that it is possible for Fritz to make more than
one tactical error during a game in sparring mode, does the frequency of
tactical errors decrease as the Sparring Mode difficulty is increased?

3.  Can Fritz, in Sparring mode, make a tactical error while still in its
opening book?  Is it necessary to disable the opening book to see errors in the
opening?

4.  How is Sparring mode implemented if it isn't done in the engine? (I was told
in an answer to a previous message I posted that the GUI implements Sparring
Mode, not the engine.)  How can the GUI know which bad move to force the engine
to make?

5.  Does anyone have a combination of Chessbase engine and Sparring Mode to
recommend that they feel results in a particularly "human-like" opponent,
similar to an average club player (+- 1800 ELO) who makes occasional tactical
and positional mistakes?  Any other tips for setting up a realistic "human-like"
computer opponent?

6.  Are Chess Tiger's "training" levels (found on CT for Palm) similar to
Fritz's sparring levels?

Thanks for any answers to these questions.

Travers



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