Fritz 20 has been released

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Fritz 20 has been released

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https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_20

I purchased it yesterday when it was 25% off :D
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Re: Fritz 20 has been released

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Apparently the physical version doesn't include a CD anymore... that's so sad.
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Re: Fritz 20 has been released

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mix of Chessmaster 6000 personalities & Fritz 5 voice comments.... really confusing ... what years is? 2025? or 1997?
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Which engine is in ?
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mclane wrote: Thu May 22, 2025 9:02 am Which engine is in ?
A version of Ginkgo that is likely about 40 Elo stronger than the Santiago version.
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Thank you.
Ok. At least an interesting engine.
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Incredible advancements in F20:

The menu icons have been completely redrawn
There's now a cat with tits that makes suggestive verbal comments to you as you play "you are on top and it's getting hard...for me to stop"

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The only way for me to buy Fritz again is if the engine is a new version of Franz Morsch. Fritz Morsch NNUE !
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hammerklavier wrote: Thu May 22, 2025 5:39 pm The only way for me to buy Fritz again is if the engine is a new version of Franz Morsch. Fritz Morsch NNUE !
It's since Fritz 15 that they only change icons. :oops: Fritz 20 also gives only 2 months of Premium account so it doesn't worth to pay 69€ for an engine that is still 300 ELO weaker than Stockfish 17.1 and 200 ELO weaker than Obsidian and PlentyChess. The GUI is also full of new bugs (eg: preferences and even the windows sizes not saved) while they have never fixed the old ones (eg: engine games resuming after internet disconnection)
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AlexChess wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:26 pm
hammerklavier wrote: Thu May 22, 2025 5:39 pm The only way for me to buy Fritz again is if the engine is a new version of Franz Morsch. Fritz Morsch NNUE !
It's since Fritz 15 that they only change icons. :oops: Fritz 20 also gives only 2 months of Premium account so it doesn't worth to pay 69€ for an engine that is still 300 ELO weaker than Stockfish 17.1 and 200 ELO weaker than Obsidian and PlentyChess. The GUI is also full of new bugs (eg: preferences and even the windows sizes not saved) while they have never fixed the old ones (eg: engine games resuming after internet disconnection)
I'd expect Fritz 20 to come close to breaking into the top 12 engines (CCRL), so your statement seems to be a gross exaggeration.
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