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Subject: Re: New Fritz 9 features

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 12:07:49 11/10/05

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On November 10, 2005 at 14:34:35, m.d.hurd wrote:

>On November 10, 2005 at 13:48:46, Mike Hood wrote:
>
>>According to the Chessbase catalog info, Fritz 9 has the following new features:
>>
>>     "Position explainer": positional comment about the current position
>>
>>     New handicap-function for practical training of positional play
>>
>>I haven't been able to find these features. Could somebody please tell me where
>>they are?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>Hello Mike
>
>This is in the help file :
>
>Position tutor
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Right click notation window – "Show position tutor"
>
>This starts a special chess engine which has a lot of chess knowledge. It
>generates a brief strategic description, in plain text, of the current board
>position. The information is displayed at the bottom of the notation window.
>
>
>
>And :
>
>
>
>Handicap and Fun
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Menu: Games – Levels – Handicap and fun
>
>On a fast computer, this program is stronger than 99.99% of all chess players.
>If you are a beginner or an occasional player this would normally mean merciless
>beatings in every single game. That can be pretty frustrating, and indeed put
>you off chess.
>
>For this reason, there are a number of predefined handicap levels in which you
>can reduce the playing strength and modify the style of of the engine in many
>different ways. By moving the sliders you can increase or decrease the base
>strength, force king attacks and piece trading, influence the direction of play,
>etc.
>
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Regards
>
>Mike

Thanks for help with the position tutor. The text you've quoted isn't in my help
file. Strange.

As for the handicap functions, what the help file describes is the old handcap
functions that have been in the program since Fritz 6. What are the NEW
functions mentioned in the product description?



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