Author: Len Eisner
Date: 16:30:26 12/29/99
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On December 29, 1999 at 18:47:10, Albert Silver wrote: >On December 29, 1999 at 17:49:26, Len Eisner wrote: > >>On December 29, 1999 at 14:18:08, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>Well... that's a problem. Which F6? There are 5 versions of Fritz 6 around. I >>>would like to play the strongest, but also the one that will be used by the >>>SSDF. Bertil? >>> >> >>Tell me more about the F6 versions. I assumed that the English version was the >>latest and greatest. Is there a later one? How can I determine if I have it? >> >>Len > >Commercially there are two: the German and the English. The others are for CB's >pleasure to tantalize their customers into howling frustration as they speak of >wondrous secret 'test' versions in their laboratories. In fact, they are already >at several versions later, maybe Fritz 8 or Fritz 9 engine-wise, but know that >until they have them, there are no guarantees that there will be stronger >versions yet, so better to dole them out a little at a time. In CB, they are >known by their nicknames, named after historical figures of the past: Fritz 5 >was "Caesar", Fritz 6 was "Nero", Fritz 7 (codenamed T55) was "Caligula", and >now we are told that Fritz 8 (also called Fritz 6.66) is known as "El Diablo". I >must say I find this deterioration in the names of the versions quite alarming. > > Albert Silver Interesting. I didn't know about 55 and 66. What do you think the chances are that we will see one of them in a F6 patch? As it stands now, I think the F6 interface is great, but the F6 engine does not seem any stronger than the F5.32 engine. That's just my subjective opinion based on analyzing master games with both engines. One nice F6 feature is the ability to have kibitzers. That is, more than one engine analyzing a game real-time. I set up F6 and F5.32 to analyze master games as I played through the moves on the board. Almost all of the time, they choose the same move. The evaluations are slightly different, but the main line is usually the same. Now I only looked at positions for 15 seconds or less, so if there is a great improvement in F6 at long time controls, I would miss it. I have a PIII 500 with 256mb ram. In any case, it was well worth the price for the new GUI alone, so I have no complaints. Another little plus is that F6 upgraded my F5.32 engine. I noticed the date on the F5.32 was different after I installed F6. My fastFritzmark for the F5.32 engine went up from 325 to 330. Len
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