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Subject: Re: Fritz8 decrease in strength

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 12:51:17 11/27/02

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On November 27, 2002 at 14:42:24, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 27, 2002 at 14:15:53, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>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
>
>I think that there is a misunderstanding.
>
>I understood from your disagreement with thorsten that you expect the ssdf to
>test the fritz8 that is available today.
>
>The words different version was relative to the commercial of today.
>
>I do not think that thorsten meant to say that the ssdf are going to test a
>secret version of Fritz8 that people cannot buy in the future(or cannot get an
>upgrade for people that already bought Fritz8).
>
>Uri

Hi Uri
Only now did I notice that there was indeed a misunderstanding.
Kurt



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