Author: Pete Melissakis
Date: 10:23:48 02/12/00
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On February 12, 2000 at 13:00:04, James A. Tackett wrote: > Hiarcs 7.32 is fabulous. I just got Junior 6 and I have Fritz 6. I'm still >working with Junior 6, but I like what I see so far. However, Chessbase goofed >BIG TIME with they eliminated to option to turn off the permanent brain in Fritz >6 and Junior 6. > > One effective way to handicap for strong players is to set a fixed time >level with just a few seconds. When doing this you want the permanent brain >turned off so as to have consistent play from move to move. This is doable in >H7.32 but not F6 or J6. Some will say that we should just use the Handicap and >Fun level for this purpose. However, I have found that in the Handicap and Fun >level these programs make too many non-positional moves even on high levels >which is my reason for going with the fixed time levels. > > So what am I doing, I'm running Junior 6 in Hiarcs 7.32 UI. What was going >through the minds of the Chessbase programsers when they eliminated the >permanent brain turn-off feature? I agree, but I don't believe any upgrade of a program would have less features unless there is a compeling reason (program-wise). If I am correct expect a patch or next upgrade to reintroduce this feature. Most programmers know it is the users that determine what is ultimately in the final product. I am like a hungry chick waiting for its mother to feed it this new feature. Pete
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