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Subject: Re: Different Fritzes.

Author: Dan Kiski

Date: 07:35:22 01/08/99

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On January 08, 1999 at 09:06:29, Randy Schmidt wrote:

>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 :)

Again exactly what I thought from my original post.



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