Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:03:51 06/25/99
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On June 25, 1999 at 07:09:24, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On June 24, 1999 at 17:57:41, Heiko Mikala wrote: > >>This is simply not true, Thorsten. > >>I'm not sure, if you were there, when Frans Morsch resigned Fritz's game against >>Ferret. *If* you were there, you may remember that Jaap van den Herik said "This >>ends the period of Fritz being World Champion" and someone shouted "And Fritz >>was a good champion!". All the people around there started to applaud. > >I was there. I applauded for ferret winning. >I did also applaude because the "period" of fritz ended :-)) > > >>Not everyone hates Fritz, Thorsten. > >I do not hate fritz. i do not like the playing style and the time-wasting >nonsense-main-lines with the nonsense-scores in it. >and i do not like what the company that produces fritz sometimes does. >and i do not like what the journal that is produced by the chess-base-boss >writes about fritz. I do not hate them. i have something against their >actions. > I would be careful not to qualify Fritz the program according to who produces it. Fritz is incredibly strong and has it's rightful place in the top spots. I can't say I like it's style either (which is why I don't spar with it) but it does come up with interesting moves and is an invaluable aid in analysis. Clearly you aren't a fan of Chessbase and although Fritz is very much Chessbase's flagship for chess-playing programs, I wouldn't cease to like a program for this. A similar stance has been argued regarding players such as Alekhine. Should one ignore his games because of the strong accusations concerning his anti-semitism? IMO I would say not. Finally, what exactly is your complaint regarding Chessbase magazine's comments on Fritz? Albert Silver >>Really not. In fact you may be in the >>minority. > >ha - you don't know how many people are my opinion concerning this topic. > >>But you shouldn't spread things as a fact, that are simply wrong. > >I have my opinion, you have yours. >I say my things, you say yours. > > >>Heiko.
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