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Subject: Re: Fritz 8 very much better than Fritz 7 !

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 07:22:59 12/05/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 10:10:30, Wayne Lowrance wrote:

>On December 05, 2002 at 08:55:23, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>Howdy, I disagree with you to a degree. To those hundreds (thousands ?) who
>purchase a Computer Chess program looking for a improvement against other
>programs  will be dissapointed, reports have been posted here already reporting
>no improvement, making same move as it's predessor etc.

What do you mean by *improvement*?
If Fritz(x) solves some type of position which Fritz(x-1) didn't solve it is an
improvement. Your dissapointment can only mean that you expected something else.
What?
Eduard showed that Fritz(x) makes some other moves than Fritz(x-1).

>>Better graphics etc is not enough for a new release, IMHO.
>

Why not?

regards
Bernhard

>Thanks
>
>Wayne
>
>PS I think that the many testers who post here tournament results against other
>programs are not to thrilled either to test another new release that plays no
>better.
>
>
>
>>On December 05, 2002 at 07:15:24, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Eduard
>>>Wrong title: nullmove heuristic of Fritz8 being much better than with Fritz7
>>>does not necessarly mean that Fritz8 is that much stronger.
>>>Kurt
>>
>>I disagree.
>>If Eduard is right, Fritz8 is much better than Fritz7.
>>Much better in a lot of positions.
>>Poor people who can only think in terms of SSDF-Elo points.
>>Kind regards
>>Bernhard



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