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Subject: Re: Why is Fritz, called Fritz?

Author: Lin Harper

Date: 19:12:42 12/03/99

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On December 03, 1999 at 21:23:05, Pete Galati wrote:

>On December 03, 1999 at 21:14:52, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On December 03, 1999 at 17:10:50, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:
>>
>>>I supect it is a popular German name chosen by Fritz's creater, Franz Morsch?
>> Would you have preferred he called it 'Duntz'? :)
>>First of al it's
>>  Frans Morsch
>>and not Franz
>>
>>Secondly: Frans is dutch and not german.
>>
>>Third: i can't imagine chessbase letting their engine maker invent a
>>name instead of their big PR department.
>
>Chessbase probably tried to compile Franz's engine and had something messed up
>and thought it was on the fritz & the name just stuck.
>
>Pete
>
>>
>>>Fritz1 was called Knight-Stalker here in the USA - I have no idea why...
>>>
>>>Larry T
>>>
>>>On December 03, 1999 at 12:50:37, Charles Unruh wrote:
>>>
>>>>Why is Fritz, called Fritz?  What's the idea behind that name, or is it named
>>>>after someone?



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