Fritz (chess)
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Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist.
Originally in the early 80s, Morsch and a good friend, Ed Schröder, decided to team up and produced a chess program together. In the early nineties Morsch was asked by the German company "Chessbase", to write the software for the Fritz chess programs. In 1995, Fritz3 won the World Championships in Hong Kong, surprisingly beating a prototype version of Deep Blue due to Fritz's better opening book.
The latest version of the consumer product is Fritz 9. In 2002, a version of Fritz specifically designed for multi-processing, Deep Fritz, drew the Brains in Bahrain match against Vladimir Kramnik 4 - 4. In November 2003, X3D Fritz, a version of the program with a 3D interface, drew a four-game match against Garry Kasparov.
Fritz is also used in the Fritz and Chesster series of introductory chess software.
On June 23,2005, in the ABC Times Square studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz 9 prototype, drew against the then FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. On the January 3, 2006 SSDF rating list, Fritz 9.0 placed second with a rating of 2819, one point above Shredder 9.0, and 33 points below #1 ranked Fruit 2.2.1.
See also
External links
- ChessBase homepage (makers of Fritz)
- Play against the AI Accoona Toolbar online
- Play through the Garry Kasparov vs. X3D Fritz 2003 games
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Accoona
- Fritz 9 Reviewde:Fritz (Schach)
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