Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 15:26:10 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 18:02:42, Roy Eassa wrote: >Many people posting on ICC said that they will now avoid buying Fritz because of >the results so far. I think that's wrong. Fritz is not the issue. Kramnik's >strength and understanding of how to play a computer (any computer) is the >issue. > >If you want to buy any chess program, Fritz is a good one (as are Tiger, >ChessMaster, Junior, Shredder, Hiarcs, Rebel, and others)! If instead you want >to "punish" something because the computer has fallen behind in this match, >don't take it all out on the program that happens to be involved -- others would >surely suffer similar results. > >Kramnik's winning technique thus far is not Fritz-unique, IMHO. Roy, I find such debates unworthy. It looks as if people tried to do some PR for certain companies. Looks very odd. We should debate about problems and topics, but to even start a debate about the question if FRITZ (!) now should be punished, I mean, isn't it a bit premature? Fritz with all the database features and the cbh - all that is state of the art of the amateur user. But those who want do experiments with progs, they could well be more satisfied with other progs. Why? Simply because Fritz looks more like a coach or training tool. You can out-calculate Fritz! Until now nobody tried to understand the computer stuff. Kramnik is the true professional and artist in the line of people like Eduard Nemeth! All the others from Gulko to Smirin they played normal chess or weak chess from the opening. Kramnik is the first who made up his mind and tried to figure out how he could exploit the naivety of Fritz. That doesn't mean that Fritz is now a bad tool for users. That would be nonsense. But we should make some reflections about the hype of the > 2700 Elo of such progs - after the SSDF testings... That is all bogus of course and all those who are experienced enough knew that and said it! See Bob Hyatt! See Rolf Tueschen! :) Rolf Tueschen
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