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Subject: Re: Fritz will never have to prove itself again

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 17:46:50 09/16/05

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On September 16, 2005 at 14:17:03, Derek Paquette wrote:

>If you think about it, fritz never has to produce a strong chess engine again.
>They've openly stated they don't care about machine vs machine, only about man
>vs machine.  So why not just keep improving the GUI, produce the same fritz
>engine year in and year out and just say that it keeps getting stronger vs
>humans since no one can prove it, including them.
>
>Its the perfect cost saving measure,
>
>any thoughts?

Today they sent me an email that they will be correcting a gui bug I have
mentioned to them several different times. There just isn't enough pressure on
them to keep them sharp. Maybe now that they see that they didn't do well at the
WCCC they will start to improve their product. But I'm not holding my breath for
a UCI compatible Fritz.



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