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Subject: Re: How strong is Fritz6 demo?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 15:41:58 01/01/00

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On January 01, 2000 at 14:27:06, Côme wrote:

>On January 01, 2000 at 11:06:34, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>On January 01, 2000 at 10:50:50, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>>
>>>On January 01, 2000 at 07:36:00, Mike S. wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have not a really good comparison by now. Over a set of 40 test positions,
>>>>Fritz 6 light from the demo (on a K6-2/400 with 10 MB Hash) performed very
>>>>similar to Fritz 5.32 on PII-333 with 40 MB Hash. There were some little
>>>>differences in solving time, but the same positions were solved and not solved
>>>>resp., within 6 Minutes. I've seen postings where it has been said that F6 light
>>>>would have reached even better results in games than the full version, which I
>>>>have no evidence of.
>>>>There's one restriction known: maximum hash table size is 32 MB.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>M.Scheidl
>>>
>>>Only one restriction ? Mine stop after 25 moves , how can you bypass that ?
>>>
>>>Pierre
>>
>>I did a quick look around to see if there was going to be a good way to bypass
>>that (sort of a natual reaction isn't it?) but there isn't.  If you were a
>>really good hacker you might be able to edit the exe with a hex editor or
>>something, but my guess would be that you'd have to consider your time being
>>_not worth much_ if you unvested it in figuring out how to do it as opposed to
>>ordering a copy of Fritz 6, which would be much better than a hacked demo
>>anyhow, and, you'd have company support if you bought the program (a much better
>>deal, spending the money)
>>
>>Pete
>
>Hello Pete,
>If you put Fritz 6 light in Hiarcs 7.32 interface there is not the 25 limit
>move! the only restriction is 32MB of Hash Table!
>Best Regards
>Alexandre Côme

Other advice : if you have the Fritz 5.16 CD, you can use the fritz 5.32 engine
in hiarcs 7.32 and refuel it with fritz 5.16 CD ...



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