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Subject: Re: good idea

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:35:30 12/25/05

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On December 25, 2005 at 15:14:36, Ernst Walet wrote:

>On December 25, 2005 at 13:58:49, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On December 25, 2005 at 13:33:06, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On December 25, 2005 at 13:25:24, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 25, 2005 at 13:19:11, F. Huber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>de-install Hiarcs 10
>>>>
>>>>>and then re-install
>>>>>Fritz 9 (and maybe even the latest GUI9 update from 20.12.2005).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>so there was once upon a time a working version ? :-)))
>>>
>>>Of course, at least for me! :)
>>>
>>>I never had any serious problems with Fritz (versions 5 to 9), but I don“t
>>>play on the Playchess server.
>>>
>>>Franz.
>>
>>If you don't have any problems with the Fritz (all) GUIs then you must never use
>>them or do anything with them.  I have not purchased Hiracs 10 or Fritz 9
>>because I'm tired of the bugs in the GUI.  Shredder 9UCI is exactly the
>>opposite.  I have almost no problems with it.  Even ChessPartner works better
>>than Chessbase GUIs.  Maybe even Arena but I don't like it so I don't use it
>>much.  Here is a simple example.  When running an engine/engine match in Fritz
>>GUI with UCI engines (like Rybka vs Fruit) I get about 15 out of 100 "line
>>scores" where the games were terminated before they reached a conclusion.  Run
>>the same match in Shredder 9UCI and not one unfinished game.  I won't waste my
>>time mentioning all the bugs I see in Fritz 9 GUI.
>>Jim
>
>The "line" scores are easy to fix. I had the same problem and found out that the
>"max moves" settings is actually a ply value, so leaving it at default should be
>ok (600 is 300 moves out of book). Yes, this ply count starts when the engines
>are out of book.
>
>Yet I find the chessbase GUI not very stable though. The Shredder Clasic Guis is
>the most stable imho.
>
>Ernst.

Thanks for the info.  Wish all the "bugs" were that easy to fix. :-)
Jim



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