Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 02:30:28 03/17/03
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On March 17, 2003 at 01:45:31, Brian Katz wrote: >On March 16, 2003 at 03:50:23, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>I found out that Fritz 8.0023 is slightly weaker than the original version Fritz >>8.0.0.8. I wonder if most people agree with me? >> >>Pichard. > > >Did you uninstall and then reinstall F8 from the CD or did you just remove the >8.0023 engine from the Engine folder and put back the 8.008. I uninstall and then reinstall F8 from the CD, but I never had problems with the original installation under Windows XP prof, since after I installed F8 I right clicked the Fritz 8 icon and chose the windows 2000 under compatibility instead of Windows 95. The compatibility is NOT automatically installed for Windows XP Prof, but the closest one is Windows 2000. Jorge >I first made a copy of the Fritz 8.008 engine before I did anything. Placed the >copy in another folder (Not named engines)and placed it there for safekeeping. >Only then did I try the Upgrade. I to believe that the 8.0023 engine is weaker. >I tried the experiment many on this site have been questioning. That being the >Ne4 problem. With the 8.0023 engine, in the position given on this site, my >program also played ...Qa8 rather than playing the simple and winning ...Nxe4. >When I tried this with the 8.008 engine, it immediately played the Winning >...Nxe4. This concerned me. Some weren't concerned, believing that How often >will this problem on e4 arise and affect the outcome of the game. But it is my >contention, that if that problem exhists, and it does, then how many other >problems that we are not aware of as yet, will arise? >So, until I hear more on the subject, in regard to the Fritz 8 upgrades, I will >stay with the Fritz 8.008 engine. > >I should add however, that I installed the previous upgrade from the URL address >given by many on this site. It only affected the GUI and not the engine. I was >having some severe HANGING UP PROBLEMS with Windows PROF XP and Fritz 8. Once I >installed the upgrade, the problems disappeared!!! > >Brian Katz
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