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Subject: Re: Maybe Fritz 9 Blunder had to do with Hardware

Author: A. Steen

Date: 12:22:18 11/22/05

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On November 22, 2005 at 06:25:35, Ted Summers wrote:

>I read here on this forum that other users of Fritz 9 did not have this blunder.
>So I gave my copy of Fritz 9 a shot at the game to annotate. My Fritz 9 not only
>see's 39. ...Bc2 as a big mistake, but it states that Qxg3 was winning for
>black.


What do you mean by "big mistake"?

Did it show (in multi-variation mode) Bc2 with a positive (i.e. favouring white)
evaluation??

Mine certainly does not.  It prefers QxQ, but

Please explain what you mean by "big mistake".  The consequences from the two
UPP are beyond the horizon of any of these computers IMO at move 39.

Best,

A.S.




>
>Now I wonder if this blunder was not more hardware related. My home system is a
>PIV 3Ghz with 1.5 Gig of ram. Which is much strong than the laptop they used. Or
>was it a bug it the Fritz "Bilbao" version.
>
>I mean does it really mean any thing if our stronger hardware finds the correct
>move? Remember they were not using your PCs which may also be much stronger.
>Anyway just wondering.
>
>Thanks



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