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Date: 08 Apr 2006 19:20:24
From: MPW
Subject: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?
I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the real PC
version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box shown on
the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red tints. Same
'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone confirm it's the real
thing?
Cheers, Mike






 
Date: 09 Apr 2006 11:57:53
From: Mark Mason
Subject: Re: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?

MPW Wrote:
> I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the rea
> PC
> version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box show
> on
> the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red tints
> Same
> 'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone confirm it's th
> real
> thing?
> Cheers, Mike



Mike,

It is definitely the real fritz 9 engine. The diference is that it onl
contains about 1 hour of training material, as opposed to about 4 hour
of training material on the chessbase.com DD version. If you mainl
wamt it for it'd playing/analysis rather than for all the other stuf
then it is agood buy.



--
k Mason


  
Date: 11 Apr 2006 22:56:17
From: MPW
Subject: Re: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?
Many thanks for the replies; I ended up getting the 'real thing' after all.
I was only being a little tight minded because I've already got Fritz 5,6,7.
Looks a good improvement, though I feel a little miffed the 3 hour tutorial
is just a bunch of extracts from other products, i.e. advertising. The 1
hour beginners' tutorial looks excellent for the kids though...
Cheers, Mike

"k Mason" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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>
> MPW Wrote:
>> I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the real
>> PC
>> version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box shown
>> on
>> the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red tints.
>> Same
>> 'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone confirm it's the
>> real
>> thing?
>> Cheers, Mike
>
>
>
> Mike,
>
> It is definitely the real fritz 9 engine. The diference is that it only
> contains about 1 hour of training material, as opposed to about 4 hours
> of training material on the chessbase.com DD version. If you mainly
> wamt it for it'd playing/analysis rather than for all the other stuff
> then it is agood buy.
>
> k
>
>
> --
> k Mason




 
Date: 08 Apr 2006 22:10:07
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?
"MPW" <[email protected] > wrote in
rec.games.chess.computer:

> I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the real
> PC version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box
> shown on the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red
> tints. Same 'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone
> confirm it's the real thing?
> Cheers, Mike


There are two versions: the ChessBase and Viva Media version. IIRC only the
tutorial videos are (almost all) missing from the latter, and ChessBase is
supposed not to give tech support on that version. The engine and interface
is the same.

--
CeeBee

*** The Cookie Has Spoken ***


  
Date: 09 Apr 2006 09:20:25
From: MPW
Subject: Re: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?
Many thanks for that speedy info. Sounds like it might be a good buy; I'll
check out what the videos are. Cheers, Mike

"CeeBee" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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> "MPW" <[email protected]> wrote in
> rec.games.chess.computer:
>
>> I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the real
>> PC version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box
>> shown on the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red
>> tints. Same 'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone
>> confirm it's the real thing?
>> Cheers, Mike
>
>
> There are two versions: the ChessBase and Viva Media version. IIRC only
> the
> tutorial videos are (almost all) missing from the latter, and ChessBase is
> supposed not to give tech support on that version. The engine and
> interface
> is the same.
>
> --
> CeeBee
>
> *** The Cookie Has Spoken ***




   
Date: 09 Apr 2006 10:27:59
From: MPW
Subject: Re: Very cheap Fritz 9 on amazon and others, is it for real?
Ah, the 'reduced' version seems to be missing the 1 million games! That's
not good.

"MPW" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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> Many thanks for that speedy info. Sounds like it might be a good buy; I'll
> check out what the videos are. Cheers, Mike
>
> "CeeBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "MPW" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> rec.games.chess.computer:
>>
>>> I just wondered if the Fritz 9 advertised on amazon for �17 is the real
>>> PC version. The box illustration looks quite different from the box
>>> shown on the chess.co.uk site, i.e. blue colour instead of largely red
>>> tints. Same 'blue version' on some other sites. Half price, anyone
>>> confirm it's the real thing?
>>> Cheers, Mike
>>
>>
>> There are two versions: the ChessBase and Viva Media version. IIRC only
>> the
>> tutorial videos are (almost all) missing from the latter, and ChessBase
>> is
>> supposed not to give tech support on that version. The engine and
>> interface
>> is the same.
>>
>> --
>> CeeBee
>>
>> *** The Cookie Has Spoken ***
>
>