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Subject: Re: BUG in FRITZ 8.0023 !

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 03:46:33 03/07/03

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On March 07, 2003 at 01:28:43, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On March 06, 2003 at 22:58:42, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>First moves are: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4 c6 3.a3
>>
>>[D]rnbqkb1r/pp1ppppp/2p2n2/8/2B1P3/P7/1PPP1PPP/RNBQK1NR b KQkq - 0 1
>>
>>Fritz 8.0023 played now nit Nxe4. :(
>>
>>Fritz 8.005 does it! :)
>>
>>My full german message read here:
>>
>>http://f50.parsimony.net/forum202029/messages/28.htm
>>
>>Eduard
>
>
>So what?? He searched 24 hours to find a bug and then he came up with this??
>
>Fritz 8.0.0.23 would play 3...d5 with big advantage already. After 3 moves with
>the black pieces.
>That is exactly what I want to see.
>Its just silly to allow any complications if there is a safe way to get the full
>point.
>
>Btw, Fritz 8 would never play 2...c6 and this move is also not in the Fritz8.ctg
>tree.
>
>No chessplayer (except Eduard) would like to analyse such crap (3.a3??).

Hey! Why do you say that? When testing a chess engine (it's really a matter for
beta tests, not post-release tests) all moves have to be analysed, not just the
"sensible" moves. And when using a chess engine, everyone uses it in different
ways. Despite having powerhouses like Fritz and Shredder on my PC, I still play
most of my games against Goliath Light. I used to use Fritz to analyse my club
games, but I've discovered that since version 7 Shredder is a better choice. All
I'm saying is that everyone uses his chess engine(s) of choice in different
ways.

Personally, I'm very thankful to Eduard for his work in testing new engines. He
does a great job, and Chessbase ought to send him a beta copy of their new
engines before release :)



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