Fritz 12

The ability to "see" things on the chessboard, and see them quickly. Our flagship program Fritz 12 has a number of function – probably unkown to many users – that help you train your visualisation skills. In his latest ChessBase Workshop installment Steven Lopez demonstrates one very useful training function in his streaming video lecture. Life is Easy – just get Fritz 12 29.10.2009 – "I am slightly jealous of those considering the purchase of Fritz chess software for the first time," writes Louis Lima. "They will find Fritz 12 a breeze to learn and navigate. Previous Fritz owners will find themselves eagerly exploring the readily visible and accessible features. This is without a doubt the most pleasing aspect I found in Fritz 12." Order Fritz 12 now or read this review in Chess Cafe. Order now – Fritz 12 is shipping 08.10.2009 – The wait is over, the English language version of Fritz 12 is now available and shipping to our customers all over the world. It represents a complete rewrite of the famous Fritz interface. The program has been modernized to comply with Microsoft’s “Fluent UI” standard – anyone who knows Office 2007 will feel immediately at home in Fritz 12. Take a look. Come and get it! Fritz 12 – you can order now 26.09.2009 – The most popular chess program in the world has become much easier to use. A completely redesigned ergonomic interface, compliant with Microsoft’s “Fluent UI” standard, gives you instant access to all the most important functions. Fritz 12 comes with a Premium Membership to Playchess, worth € 49.90. That, incidentally, is exactly what the Fritz 12 package costs. You can't go wrong.Order Fritz 12 now ChessBaseReports about chess: tournaments, championships, portraits, interviews, World Championships, product launches and more.

2/2/2010 – It is not a completely trivial task to get to know all the functions of a program as sophisticated as our chess playing flagship Fritz 12. You can browse through the condensed handbook or read the extensive reference manual supplied with the program. But now you can also simply follow multimedia instructions, recorded by an expert. Visit the new Fritz 12 workshop by Nick Murphy. Fritz 12 workshop by Nick Murphy."> ChessBase 18 - Mega package Winning starts with what you knowThe new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more. More... Fritz 12 – the flagship chess program Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Version 12 is now available and shipping.Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, coloured danger warnings, openings statistics, automatic game analysis, trainings modules for openings, tactics, endgames, and a database of one million games.Fritz gives you Premium Membership to Playchess. Without further costs or obligations you are able to listen to the audio commentary during major events, you can receive live training, play in simultaneous exhibitions against top GMs, watch the TV ChessBase shows and play in league tournaments.Fritz 12 Workshop with Nick Murphy It is not a completely trivial task to get to know all the functions of a program as sophisticated as Fritz. Naturally there is an electronic manual in which every aspect of its operation is described in detail. But some people don't read manuals – on principle.So how can you learn the entire functionality of Fritz 12 without looking in the manual? With an multimedia teacher, that's how. Nick Murphy demonstrates in his video lectures how to use Fritz and all of his functions. Just click on the symbol below and the lecture starts immediately. The first video tells you how to install Fritz 12 on your computer. Click on any of the following links to follow Nick Murphy's lessons. Installing Fritz 12 - Part 1 Installing Fritz 12 - Part 2 Configuration Activate Fritz 12 Update Fritz 12 The new interface Layouts Measurements Classify openings Full analysis Database window Save and load games Delete games Copy games Create a new database Enter moves into a database Opening training Attack - Defence Explain all moves Threatened squares Media disks ChessBase Magazine Create a new playchess account Playchess Intro Playchess games Playchess kibitzing Playchess ranks Premium content Playchess engine room Installing the Fritz Powerbook Change main engine Playchess videos Playchess tournaments and calendar Program version Screen shots of Fritz 12Previous articles on Fritz 12 ChessBase Workshop: visualisation training with Fritz 12 05.12.2009 – A very important aspect of chess strength is

Deep Fritz 12 – an interview with the authorThe next step in the development of Fritz is Deep Fritz 12, the new multi-processor version. We asked Frans Morsch a few questions about it.How does the development of a Deep Fritz difer from that of a "normal" Fritz?Frans Morsch: In comparison to Fritz, the development of Deep Fritz adds another level of complexity. As well as the engine itself, we have to adapt the parallel system. While we bring this up to date only with a new version of Deep Fritz, both the search and evaluation functions are in constant development.Does parallel programming pose special challenges?The adaption of the parallel system is done on several levels. On the one hand, it has to co-operate seamlessly with the search function of Fritz. On the other hand there is the adaptation to the customer’s current hardware as well as the middle-term development to be expected in this area.Which hardware does Deep Fritz support? Is there also a 64-bit version?Deep Fritz is tuned for current multi-core processors. The new dynamic scaling will also work well with the next generations of multi-core processors. Its predecessor scaled excellently with four processor cores and well with eight. This has been further improved in Deep Fritz 12 – up to 16 cores are supported.The existing 32-bit version of Deep Fritz has already been optimally tuned; a 64-bit version would not be any faster and so there will not be one. Other engines, amongst them Rybka, have only just been optimised in a 64-bit version.The playing strength has also been increased. How does that come about?For the development of the playing strength we employ new automated test methods. A few million games are played on a series of computers. This shows us precisely the efects of changes in the

Search or evaluation functions.How is this mass of data evaluated?The use of advanced mathematical procedures on the base data eliminates statistical errors. This allows continuous further development.Has Fritz a special playing style?In development we lay great value on a bal-anced playing style so that Fritz remains an excellent analysis partner in all phases of the game. We worked on all areas of Fritz: the search and the evaluation in the middlegame have been improved, the endgame knowledge has been extended and fine-tuned.Deep Fritz 12 now shipping Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). The "Deep" Version 12 is now available and shipping.Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, coloured danger warnings, openings statistics, automatic game analysis, trainings modules for openings, tactics, endgames, and a database of one million games. Fritz continues to fascinate the chess world. It has beaten a reigning World Champion in the battle of man vs machine, and it has worked with World Champions as a clever training partner (Garry Kasparov: “I regularly analyse with Fritz”) which will entertain you with fresh and humorous verbal comments. Order it now – Deep Fritz 12 is shipping ChessBaseReports about chess: tournaments, championships, portraits, interviews, World Championships, product launches and more.