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Posted by johnrowell nikto.net 4/18/2006 07:08:52 Play online chess	Subject: Which Fritz? Message: Hi, I'm looking to improve my post-analysis of games, and I've read quite a bit about Fritz and Chessbase, but it's not clear to me which I should buy. Considering that Chessbase is out of my budget, which Fritz program do I need? I'm looking for something which gives me reasons why moves are good or bad. Am I right in thinking that Fritz 8 and 9 do this? If so, I'll purchase Fritz 8, as Fritz 9 is for PC DVD (I don't have the DVD on my PC), and anyway I think Fritz 8 would do the trick. Or is there some other combination of Fritz s/w I should be considering? Cheers, John.
Posted by bonsai nikto.net 4/18/2006 10:19:11 Play online chess	Message: Well, no computer program is really going to give you reasons why moves are good or bad as well as a human coach would. They are however very good at pointing out tactical problems and even pointing out why certain ideas don't work. Fritz does have a verbal commentary option, which is interesting and even tries to answer question one may have, but of course a strong human player would probably still be a lot better at verbalizing his conclusions about a position. As to which version I would recommend, I think that it probably doesn't make a huge difference whether you get version 8 or 9, although 9 is maybe minimally improved in some respects.
Posted by calmrolfe nikto.net 4/21/2006 13:00:01 Play online chess	Message: "I think that it probably doesn't make a huge difference whether you get version 8 or 9, although 9 is maybe minimally improved in some respects. " Well.....maybe it does make a difference when you don't have a DVD player on your computer....... As a quick stop gap you could try Fritz 4 which comes free with Chessbase Lite, and is downloadable for FREE.
Posted by johnrowell nikto.net 4/21/2006 13:57:58 Play online chess	Thanks for your answers Message: I've just ordered Fritz 8 from Chessbase.com, or was it playchess.com, or are they the same thing? It seems to me that Fritz 8 does give reasons why certain moves are good or bad. Not that it speaks to you in the Queen's English, but it will give good indicators. Well, we'll see.... Looking forward to analysing my past games.
Posted by fmgaijin nikto.net 4/21/2006 15:23:43 Play online chess	Fritz Baumbach! Message: If you're going to get a Fritz to help you, why not try a former world CC champion? tongue firmly embedded in cheek
Posted by cairo nikto.net 4/22/2006 02:10:36 Play online chess	Loreen Message: :-)))))))))))))))))) Bw. Cairo
Posted by chilliman nikto.net 6/10/2006 06:50:29 Play online chess	go for Message: Shredder 9, the blundercheck function is excellent. now I've just got to work out how I can use Shredder's training/analysis tools on my passed games to make my future games better...
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