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Subject: Re: Fritz 5.32 poor problem solver?

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 01:36:27 06/27/99

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On June 27, 1999 at 02:08:18, blass uri wrote:

>
>On June 27, 1999 at 01:57:51, kurt wrote:
>
>>Fritz 5.32 can not find the winning move Ra8 [Capablanca] in 20plys.
>>White:Kd7,Rb8,b5
>>Black:Ka7,Nc7,b6
>>White to move
>
>of course Fritz5.32 cannot see it because it is a null mover.
>black is losing after Nxa8 Kc8 because of the fact that black has to move and
>not because white has a threat.
>Fritz prunes line with no threats.
>
>If you want a program to solve problems then do not buy a program that is a null
>mover and that there is no option to turn the null move off.

IMHO this is completely missleading!!  Fritz 7.32 is an excellent problem
solver.  There are some positions that have Zugwag as a theme and that Fritz may
not solve well, but these are a small percentage of all problems.

>
>Uri



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