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Subject: Re: Different Fritzes.

Author: Randy Schmidt

Date: 06:06:29 01/08/99

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On January 08, 1999 at 00:12:45, blass uri wrote:

>
>On January 07, 1999 at 10:29:03, Dan Kiski wrote:
>
>>On January 07, 1999 at 10:05:24, Randy Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>>On January 05, 1999 at 10:56:43, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 05, 1999 at 09:48:52, Matthew Herman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On January 05, 1999 at 09:47:18, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On January 05, 1999 at 08:40:03, Matthew Herman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>From reading some of the recent posts I have come to the conclusion there are
>>>>>>>*3* fritz 5s!! (not including 5.32).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I know of 5: Fritz 5 (on CD), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03 and 5.16, all patches,
>>>>>>downloadable at one moment or another from CB's page and that sometimes came on
>>>>>>CB's magazine. All these versions are usually referred to as Fritz 5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Enrique
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>These are Fritz5.00, Fritz5.03 and fritz5.16 .. what are these? I own Fritz5,
>>>>>>>Fritz5.32 and would like to know what are these other engines (is fritz516 the
>>>>>>>engine that came with chessbase7?).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Matt Herman
>>>>>
>>>>>So what are 5.01, 5.02??
>>>>
>>>>Bug fixes and sometimes slightly different engines.
>>>>
>>>>>I have the CB Magazine patches .. any idea where to get
>>>>>them?
>>>>
>>>>No idea. Usually these patches were replaced by new ones, and I am sloppy enough
>>>>to keep only the last ones.
>>>>
>>>>Enrique
>>>
>>>
>>>I believe that there are 2 Fritzes....
>>>a) the 16 bit version now called 5.16
>>>b) the 32 bit version now called 5.32
>>>
>>>There is no FritzCD, Fritz 5.01, etc....there are only 2...16 bit
>>>and 32 bit.  Each time the CBase people fix or enhance a product
>>>(chess playing software), the new product is named the same.
>>>All CBase did was rename the original Fritz, Fritz 5.16.
>>>
>>I believe this is what I originally posted that the original Fritz 5 became 5.16
>>when the 32 bit 5.32 came out, and therefore there were only two, yet by what I
>>read most disagreed.
>
>They are right
>
>Fritz5(16 bit) is better than fritz5.01 from  my experience in one practical
>position from my correspondence game
>
>Fritz5(16 bit) avoid the mistake of my opponent in less than 15 minutes when the
>originial fritz5 needed an hour to do the same.
>
>Uri


We are stuck in symantics here....if you own any Fritz product,
be it 16 or 32 bit, download the latest "patch" and you have
a 99.9% chance of having the best one :)



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