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Subject: Re: Very Poor Play by Deep Fritz 7 on a single processor.

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 09:28:02 09/16/02

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On September 16, 2002 at 10:55:40, Terry McCracken wrote:

>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

Is the June 9 date for the engine or for the Interface? When I went onto the
Playchess server with the Deep Fritz 7 Interface,
 ( I uninstalled all of my other program interfaces....Shredder 6, Hiarcs 8,
Fritz 6, Deep Fritz, Fritz 7 and kept the engines)   the Playchess server
prompted me for the upgrade anyway. The interface now gives the New date of Sept
6 2002 in the help menu  "About Deep Fritz 7" My latest Fritz 7 upgrade shows a
May 19 modification date.

Regards
Brian



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