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Subject: Re: Fritz endgame CD

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 08:36:01 03/25/99

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On March 24, 1999 at 14:49:42, blass uri wrote:

>
>On March 24, 1999 at 12:52:12, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On March 24, 1999 at 02:19:05, blass uri wrote:
>>
>
>>>I do not have Fritz5.32 but only Fritz5(16 bit)
>>>My Fritz cd also shows Rc5 instead of Rxd1
>>>
>>>Fritz simply cannot believe that the side with less material can win and
>>>this is the reason for these mistakes.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I have Fritz 5.32 and in position #1 it plays Kd3 which loses instantly.  In the
>>second position my Fritz plays Rxd1 immediately which wins.  Nimzo and Junior
>>also play these moves.  It's not a matter of "believing" anything.  It's simply
>>a matter of reading what's on the CD.  My guess is the CD ROM has many errors on
>>it and Chessbase can't find/fix all of them with a patch.
>
>I believe there are some rules to these errors and the errors are usually when
>draws are written in the CD instead of winning for the side with material
>disadvantage.
>
>chessbase can simply define rules when to use the cd.
>
>I suggest the following simple rule for fritz:
>
>1)analyze the position for one second without the cd
>2)analyze the position after the cd move for one second.
>3)If there is big difference in the evaluation(more than 3 pawns) then do not
>trust the cd otherwise trust the cd.
>
>Uri

My suggestion to chessbase would be to turn to Nalimov's tablebases.

José.



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