Author: Brian Katz
Date: 21:36:42 05/03/03
I was just curious. Is the Fritz 8.0023 upgrade still the latest Fritz 8 upgrade? In the past there was mention of Fritz 8.0.0.23 having a problem with captures on the e4 square, where Fritz 8.0.0.23 would not capture on the e4 square in a forced winning position where as Fritz 8.0.0.8 and other engines would immediately make the capture on the e4 square. Has there been an improvement (upgrade for Fritz 8.0.0.23 if you will)on that engine? One of the reasons that I am asking, is that before I upgraded from Fritz 8.0.0.8 to Fritz 8.0.0.23, while in the Playchess site, I was promted for the upgrade. I downloaded the upgrade and installed into the Fritz 8 folder. After the upgrade, the Fritz 8.0.0.8 engine became the Fritz 8.0.0.23 engine. I of course made a copy of the Fritz 8.0.0.8 engine before running the upgrade and put it away for safe-keeping. A MOVE THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE RUNNING ANY UPGRADES. YOU MAY WANT YOUR OLD ENGINE BACK FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. FOR ONE, SOME UPGRADES DON'T WORK OUT THE WAY SOME WOULD LIKE. I was not happy with the results of the Fritz 8.0.0.23 upgrade so I put the 8.0.0.8 engine back into my the Engine folder and put 8.0.0.23 away elsewhere. When logging onto the Playchess Server, I would not be prompted for the latest upgrade, as I am told that I have the current upgrade. It seems that this Upgrade made some changes to the GUI and the Fritz 8 engine, however, it does not recognize the fact that the Older Version 8.0.0.8 is in the Engine folder rather than 8.0.0.23. It only seems to recognize the fact that the GUI is current. How am I to know if and when there is an available upgrade to the engine if it does not recognize the older engine? Unless I keep going into CCC or reading chessbase online, I will not know if there is an upgrade unless I reinstall the Fritz 8 program. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. Brian Katz
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