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Subject: Re: Fritz8 decrease in strength

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 11:15:53 11/27/02

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On November 27, 2002 at 07:10:41, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 27, 2002 at 06:53:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 2002 at 06:15:29, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>>On November 27, 2002 at 06:12:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>I guess that it is only the first beta version.
>>>>I expect them not to give the ssdf a version that is weaker than Deep Fritz7.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>that is the version that is sold.
>>>
>>>i think they will give the ssdf-people a different version too :-)))
>>
>>I do not agree: As far as I know, the SSDF people play with the commercial
>>available engines.
>>Kurt
>>
>>http://www.beepworld.de/members39/utzinger
>
>I know that they play with the engines that the programmer ask them to test.
>If the programmer ask them not to test something because they plan to do an
>upgrade they will not test it.
>
>The ssdf did not test the first commercial version of new Fritz in the past and
>I do not expect them to do it in the future.
>
>I think that they are right.
>They have limited time to test and it is better if they test only programs that
>they are asked to test.
>
>It is about every program and not only about Fritz and if programmers want them
>to delay the test for one or two months so they can release an upgrade the ssdf
>are going to do it.
>
>Uri

Hi Uri
There is nothing wrong with this. In any way the version tested at SSDF is
comercially available for everybody on CD or via an update at ChessBase site.
Kurt



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