Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 07:55:40 09/16/02
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On September 16, 2002 at 10:40:21, Brian Katz wrote: >On September 16, 2002 at 10:18:56, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On September 16, 2002 at 09:01:53, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 2002 at 07:30:20, mike schoonover wrote: >>> >>>>brian, >>>>there where posts either here or on winboard forum concerning >>>>fritz weak play after upgrade.this was relativly recent. >>>>try posting your question on wb forum.as i recall >>>>there was a fix or something. >>>>sorry i cant remember more. >>>>mike >>> >>>Thank you for the reply. >>>After reading one of the earlier posts on the possibility that the most recent >>>Fritz 7 upgrade may have caused engine strength reduction, and noticing poor >>>play myself, I uninstalled Deep-Fritz 7. I had multiple copies of the previous >>>upgraded Fritz 7 engines. However, it was Deep-Fritz 7 that I had noticed the >>>poor play with. So, when I completely uninstalled Deep-Fritz 7, I let the >>>uninstall take the Deep-Fritz 7 engine with it. When I reinstalled the >>>Deep-Fritz 7 program, I then had a brand new Deep-Fritz 7 engine and program >>>interface. I chose not to try the newest upgrade, yet I still had the result >>>that I included with my recent post. A HORRIBLE game. >>>I can't blame the poor play on the upgrade, when I have a freshly installed >>>Deep-Fritz 7 engine and program. >>>In engine tournaments run on my single Processor PC using only one computer, >>>Fritz 7 was out performing Deep-Fritz 7 or coming out even in various time >>>controls. This was before I tried any upgrades after first installing the DF7 >>>program which I received 2 weeks ago. >>> >>>It appears that we are being lied to when they say that DF7 is stronger than F7 >>>even if only a single processor is used. >>>If you remember, the same thing was said of Deep Fritz as compared to Fritz 6. >>>( "Increased endgame knowledge and increased positional play") I find it odd >>>that they would use the same exact wording for this advertisement, yet I still >>>bought it, pardon the pun. >>>Perhaps it should be called Deep-Putz 7. >>>All replies welcome and looked forward to. >>>Regards >>>Brian >> >>Deep Putz! ROTFL! >> >>Commercial firms are full of hype! Yes there has been modifications to Deep >>Fritz 7 but they really may only help on a multi-processor system. >> >>Sure "knowledge" was added but it in reality may hurt on a single processor >>system. >> >>One would think not, and ChessBase didn't exactly lie, but went with more >>knowledge added, but without proof most likely it would play better than >>Fritz 7 on one CPU. >> >>Terry > Thank you for the reply Terry! >Perhaps you can answer this question for me. >What is the Fritz 7 Update for now that Deep-Fritz 7 is out? >Is it for the Fritz 7 program (interface and or engine) or is it for the >Deep-Fritz 7 program (interface and or engine)? >The last 3 or 4 Fritz 7 upgrades only seemed to be for the interface. >Early on when Fritz 7 came out there were many engine versions from Fritz 7 >upgrades. >When Fritz 6 came out there were a number of Fritz 6 upgrades ( Fritz 6e) and >others, but I never saw ONE for the Deep-Fritz program, ever. >Will Fritz 7 upgrades effect the Deep-Fritz engines. >I know it will effect the interface as the DATE in the help menu will reflect >this. >As an experiment months ago, I put the Fritz 6 upgrade over the Fritz 7 program >and it change the date to that of Fritz 6. >My main concern is the playing engines. >As I said above, I never saw a Deep-Fritz upgrade since DF has been on the >market for purchase even though there were numerous ones for F6. >Now there have been numerous ones for Fritz 7, and I wonder if there will ever >be any for the Deep-Fritz 7 program and engines. >I look forward to all replies. >Thanks again Terry >Regards >Brian As far as I can tell the updates both English and German are for Fritz 7 only with the latest, at the ChessBase site dated June 9. There are some interface debugging, some newer DGT drivers and the latest Fritz engine, 7.0.0.8 but nothing for Deep Fritz 7. At least I can't find an upgrade for Deep Fritz 7. Regards, Terry
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