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Subject: Re: Fritz 9- Boom or Bust?

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 16:17:56 09/01/05

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Hello George,
  I am not a programmer, but I definitley believe there is a difference between
beating other programs and beating human players. All chess engines are strong
in tactics. Many GM games are lost just because a player missed a tactic. If you
design your program to value tactical positions it would probably do better
against humans. However, Against other programs this would not be the best way
to win. Other programs would very often handle the tactics well and then what
have you got? It's funny to hear the statement from chessbase that their
concentrating on beating human GM's. This might have been an interesting goal 10
years ago. Today amatuer programs are beating GM's, So what is chessbase really
saying? They also claim that their trying to make Fritz more of an instructive
tool. I am all for this, But they don't really say how.
Regards
Tony

P.S. I of course will buy Fritz 9 as soon as it comes out:)



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