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Subject: Re: Fritz 8 Fritzmark

Author: Robert Sanchez

Date: 13:10:53 03/06/03

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On March 06, 2003 at 15:58:53, Drexel,Michael wrote:
Of course I would rather have a better engine. I was just not sure about the new
update because previous Fritz updates had little to no impact on the Fritzmark
tests I ran.  Am I correct in assuming it is slower due to increased chess
knowledge being added to the program?


>On March 06, 2003 at 13:24:17, Robert Sanchez wrote:
>
>>My Fritzmark decreased from 1041 (128m Hash) to 898 (128m Hash) after upgrading
>>from Fritz 8.0.0.8 to the new Fritz 8 version 8.0.0.23.  Nothing else changed on
>>my computer.  Why would it decrease by this large , at least to me,  number?
>
>What do you want. A higher Fritz mark or a better engine?
>
>The Fritzmarktest measures the time Fritz takes to get to ply 11 in a special
>position. Before it begins to evaluate the first move in the move list at depth
>11 it stops.
>
>You can only compare Fritzmarks between the same versions of programs.
>Fritz 8.0.0.23 simply took more time to get to ply 11 in this special position
>than Fritz 8.0.0.8.



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