Author: James T. Walker
Date: 13:23:36 12/04/99
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On December 04, 1999 at 16:12:17, Anatoli wrote: >My personal impression that the former GUI of Fritz 5.32 was simplier and >better. Now it has too many features which we would hardly use and they take >lots of CPU resources. In a couple of days I returned from metalic board to the >former Fritz 5.32 one. If you are familier with the former Fritz 5.32, then you >will learn the new one in 1 hour or even quicker. >Then I run 4 round tournament with a time control 30 min. for 40 moves, then 20 >for 20 and 5 min. for the rest of the game. Here are the results : >Hiarcs 7.32 - 13 out of 20 >Junior 5.32 - 11.5 >Nimzo 99 - 10.5 >Fritz 5.32 -9.5 >Fritz 6 - 9.5 >Crafty 16.18 - 6 >Fritz-6 lost his match to Hiarcs 0.5-3.5 and to Junior 1-3. And it won against >Nimzo 3-1, Fritz 5.32 2.5-1.5 and Crafty 2.5-1.5. >It lost 20 game Nunn blitz to Hiarcs 7.32 just 1 point. >I used it to analyse some positions. Next day I returned to Fritz 5.32. I can't >beleive that ChessBase would release the weaker engine, but I can't see any big >improvments in positional understanding. It looks for me that for 80 marks I >have just bought a new GUI which I really don't like. Sorry. Any other opinions >? >Best wishes Hello Anatoli, I also don't like the new GUI. I'm not sure what you mean by to many features. As near as I can tell it's the same features just disguised as a new interface. There are only a couple of new features. I selected the "All Windows" layout and changed the color to the old Fritz colors and it looks similiar to the old GUI. It just takes time to get used to where they hid the features but if you remember the shortcuts from the old GUI they are mostly the same. As far as strength I would caution you against putting too much faith in early results, especially if you are playing a "New" Fritz vs old programs which already have "Position" and "Book" learning. Give the new Fritz time to do some learning on it's own. Do not underestimate this feature! Jim Walker
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