Author: Brian Katz
Date: 02:18:56 06/25/02
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On June 24, 2002 at 20:08:32, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >On June 24, 2002 at 18:56:57, Anthony Martini wrote: > >> Fritz 7 comes w/a good opening book, and you can make the endgame cd's, if >>you have a large hard drive and endless computing time. So, are the powerbook >>and endgame cd's worth getting for Fritz 7? Anybody out there using them? What >>would you say is the estimated improvement (if any) ? >> >> -, >> Anthony > >You seem to be asking about improvement in the scenario where the chess program >is used to play games, perhaps computer versus computer. Don't know the answer >for that. > >In a different scenario, where the chess program is used to assist in analysis, >the Fritz PowerBook is very useful. It flags opening ideas the analyst might >have overlooked. The endgame tablebases just give better endgame answers. > >Also, when I was playing chess against humans, I used the PowerBook as a quick >reference to quickly find improvements for the openings I was working on. > > >Bob D. It is my understanding that the Powerbooks don't increase Win results for the Fritz Program. Since programs play lines right out of it's book (in this case the Powerbooks)it may very well play some lines that are not suited for the program. ( Programers select certain opening lines which are better suited to their program, which is what is in the opening books accompanying the program.)The Powerbooks are a great training aid for us to use, but not to increase the results of the Computer vs other computers or Humans. Some will challenge this I am sure. At times I have had good results with it's use in engine matches and play on ICC too. (I have a computer account their under the name Deep-Katzparov rated over 2900),But in the long run I believe that the powerbooks will reduce it's winning percentage somewhat.
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