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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:25:32 11/24/03

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On November 24, 2003 at 11:14:44, Brian Katz wrote:

>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.


If it is an GUI programs then it means that other engines cannot take e4 under
the same interface.

Uri



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