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Subject: Re: Fritz 5.32 poor problem solver?

Author: blass uri

Date: 02:43:04 06/27/99

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On June 27, 1999 at 04:36:27, Steve Maughan wrote:

>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.

You mean Fritz5.32 because there is no Fritz7.32

  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.

If you are looking at studies then it is not a small percentage of the problems.
It is a small percentage of problems from practical games but not the same
percentage of problems that humans composed.

Uri



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