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Subject: Re: Latest Fritz8 (Nov 13 2003) seems to correct 8.0.0.23 e4 capturing prob

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 08:14:44 11/24/03

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On November 24, 2003 at 10:03:29, James T. Walker wrote:

>On November 24, 2003 at 05:24:17, Brian Katz wrote:
>
>>It appears that the latest Fritz 8 upgrade from the Playchess server has
>>corrected version 8.0.0.23 in that the "NOT" capturing on e4 problem seems to
>>have been corrected. In help menu>About Fritz the date will change to(Nov 13
>>2003). Just the other day in the following diagram before the recent upgrade,
>>version 8.0.0.23 would not capture on e4, which is clearly the best move. Now
>>after the recent upgrade fritz 8.0.0.23 takes on e4 immediately.
>>[D]rnbqkb1r/pp1ppppp/2p2n2/8/2B1P3/P4N2/1PPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b
>>Has anyone else found this to be true as well?
>>Brian Katz
>
>I can confirm that my Fritz 8 will capture the e4 pawn in your diagram.  But my
>Fritz 8.0.0.23 is dated March 02,2003.
>Jim
What I have discovered with the recent upgrade is that my saved copies of
8.0.0.23 now also make the capture on e4 as well. I appears that this was a GUI
problem for version 8.0.0.23 and not an engine problem.
[D]r1bq1rk1/pp1nppbp/2pp1np1/8/1PRPP3/PP3Q1N/3BBPPP/2R3K1 b
Brian



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