Fritz for Fun 5....

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Dr.Wael Deeb
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Fritz for Fun 5....

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Hi,
What is this Fritz version which was updated July this year by the way :!: :?:
It's a ChessBase native engine,but it seems that it stayed in the shadow somehow....
I have serious plans to buy it and include it in my rating list :!:


http://www.gbase.ch/global/news/Kurztes ... 33893.html
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Mike S.
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Re: Fritz for Fun 5....

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It includes a Fritz 9 engine version and some improvements of the interface, compared to version 8 (Chess960 support, multiboard kibitzing on the server, chat emoticons...):

http://www.chessbase.com/shopd/product.asp?pid=423

(It looks like there are no english versions of the Fritz for Fun editions?)

If you already have the full product Fritz 9 or even Fritz 10, I think it will not make sense. But I didn't have Fritz 8 and bought the "for Fun" Edition 4 which has the last Fritz 8 edition (most probably identical to F8 Bilbao). It doesn't include the Fritzbook though, but a smaller one. Some time after the FfF. 3/4 releases each, also CD jewel case editions for ~10 Euro were released, with F7 and F8. I do not know in which countries they are available and in which not, but in Austria and Germany they appeared in supermarkets (but not on the CB. website). I hope for Fritz 9 to come for that price too, but I am not sure.
Regards, Mike
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Re: Fritz for Fun 5....

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Thanks Mike for the info,all clear now :D
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