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Subject: Re: Should I purchase Fritz 8 Bilbao when I already have Fritz 8 8.0.

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 21:25:04 05/10/05

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On May 11, 2005 at 00:04:42, Graham Banks wrote:

>On May 10, 2005 at 23:07:14, Brian Katz wrote:
>
>>I asked this Question last week, but I didn't really get the answer I was
>>looking for.
>>If I already have Fritz 8, whould I be wasting my money if I purchased the
>>Bilbao engine verion of Fritz ? Should I just wait for Fritz 9??
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Brian
>
>
>Seeing as nobody seems to know exactly when Fritz 9 is likely to come out, it's
>a difficult question to answer!
>Fritz 8 Bilbao is a more aggressive and exciting version and in my opinion a
>definite improvement over its predecessor.
>However, if you bought it on my recommendation and then Fritz 9 was announced a
>month later, you'd be annoyed and I'd feel embarrassed!
>
>Graham.

Thanks for the reply.
I wouldn't be annoyed. If it is a better engine, I wouldn't ming having it, even
if a Fritz 9 was soon coming out.
I may just go and purchase it.

Interesting note. I just downloaded the UCI engine Toga II and have it playing a
 4+2 Eight game match vs Fritz 8 on a single PC with Ponder turned off. AMD
Athlon XP 2600+   1 Gig of DDR SDRAM............With both engines using the
Fritz 8 Opening book.
Toga II won 5.5 to 2.5.

Interesting! I know it has been said to get a true evaluation.............700
games must be played..............But????

Brian



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