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| Genre(s) | Chess |
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| Publisher(s) | ChessBase |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS |
| Latest release | Fritz 17 November 12, 2019 |
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Fritz is a Germanchess program originally developed for Chessbase by Frans Morsch based on his Quest program, ported to DOS, and then Windows by Mathias Feist. With version 13, Morsch retired, and his engine was first replaced by Gyula Horvath's Pandix, and then with Fritz 15, Vasik Rajlich's Rybka.
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The latest version of the consumer product is Fritz 17. This version supports 64-bit hardware and multiprocessing by default.
History[edit]
In 1991, the German company ChessBase approached the Dutch chess programmer Frans Morsch about writing a chess engine to add to the database program which they sold. Morsch adapted his Quest program, and ChessBase released it for sale that year as Knightstalker in the U.S. and Fritz throughout the rest of the world. The German player Fritz Baumbach was the world correspondence chess champion from 1983 to 1989, so this may have influenced the naming. In 1995, Fritz 3 won the World Computer Chess Championship in Hong Kong, beating an early version of Deep Blue. This was the first time that a program running on a consumer level microcomputer defeated the mainframes that had previously dominated this event.
In 1998, Fritz 5 was released including a Friend mode which would cause the engine to adjust its strength of play over the course of a game based on the level the opponent appeared to be playing. Fritz 5.32 was released soon after replacing the 16 bit architecture with a 32 bit one.
In 2002, Deep Fritz drew the Brains in Bahrain match against Vladimir Kramnik 4–4. Fritz 7, which was released that year, included the ability to play on the Playchess server.[1]
In November 2003, X3D Fritz, a version of Deep Fritz with a 3D interface, drew a four-game match against Garry Kasparov.
Fritz 8, which appeared around this time, provided a 3D Spanish room setting for games to take place. Fritz 9 added a 3D virtual opponent, the Turk.
In 2004, Fritz 8 added a Handicap and Fun mode, allowing players to choose the Elo rating and style that the engine will use.[2]
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.
From November 25 to December 5, 2006 Deep Fritz played a six-game match against Kramnik in Bonn. Fritz was able to win 4–2.[3][4][5] In this match, Kramnik blundered away game 2, allowing a mate in one.[6]
On SSDF's September 2010 rating list, Deep Fritz 12 placed sixth with a rating of 3110, 135 points higher than Deep Junior 10.1, and 103 points lower than no. 1 ranked Deep Rybka 3 x64. Deep Fritz 11 is eighth on the same list, with a rating of 3073.
On the December 2010 edition of the CCRL rating list, Deep Fritz 12 placed sixth with an Elo rating of 3088, 29 points higher than Deep Junior 11.1a x64, and 174 points lower than no. 1 ranked Deep Rybka 4 x64. Deep Fritz 11 is also sixth on the same list, with a rating of 3097. Fritz has not kept up with modern advances, attaining only 14th on the 2013 CCRL rating list and not participating in any world championships since 2004.
The 2013 release of Deep Fritz 14 switched engines from the original author Frans Morsch's to Pandix, written by Gyula Horváth. A long time participant in world computer championships since 1984, Pandix was substantially rewritten in 2009, and has been a strong contender since then.
Fritz 15 was released on November 25, 2015 with new features, including switching to Vasik Rajlich's famous Rybka engine.[7] Handicap and Fun mode was dropped, but there is now a function for pawn and piece handicaps (e.g. ceding pawn and move).
Fritz 16 was released on November 12, 2017 with a new Easy game mode which provides for assisted calculation marking good moves with a green circle and bad moves with a red one.[8] This version again uses the Rybka engine.[9]
Fritz 17 was released on November 12, 2019.
The Fritz engine in other companies[edit]
The American company Viva Media, now a division of Encore, Inc. has been licensed to sell many versions of the Fritz engine and GUI combination. British game publisher Eidos Interactive (now part of Square Enix Europe) published Fritz 6 and 7. In 1998, the German company Data Becker released the program 3D Schach Genie, containing the Shredder engine and Fritz interface. The German company Purple Hills sold Fritz 6 through 12 as Profi Schach 1 through 7. British Excalibur Publishing has published Fritz 9 through 14. American book publisher Simon & Schuster featured the Fritz engine in their Extreme Chess program, as have German game publisher TopWare Interactive in their Battle vs. Chess game.
Fritz and Chesster[edit]
Fritz and Chesster is a series of introductory chess programs based on the Fritz engine. Each program provides basic tutorials and games based on one aspect of chess, allowing children to learn the basic rules easily without overwhelming them with too many options at once.
Games follow Prince Fritz, the son of King White, and his cousin Bianca, as Chesster the rat (among others) teaches them the fundamentals of chess so that they can defeat King Black.
There are three programs available in the series:
- Learn To Play Chess With Fritz and Chesster covers all the rules of chess, from basic moves to castling and stalemate.
- Learn To Play Chess With Fritz and Chesster 2: Chess in the Black Castle covers chess strategy and tactics, chess openings, and endgames.
- Learn To Play Chess With Fritz and Chesster, part 3: Chess for Winners contains opening schemes, tactics, recognizing checkmates, endgame training, and key squares.
Reception[edit]
The editors of Computer Games Magazine nominated Fritz 6 for their 2000 'Classic Game of the Year' award.[10]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'ChessBase - Products'. Archived from the original on 2002-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^'Schach, Schachprogramme, Schach spielen im Internet'. Archived from the original on 2004-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^'Chess champion loses to computer'. BBC News. December 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^'New chess duel Man vs Machine', Chessbase, 3 January 2006
- ^'Kramnik vs Deep Fritz: Computer wins match by 4:2', Chessbase, 5 December 2006
- ^Susan Polgar: Blunder of the century? Biggest blunder ever?
- ^'Come and get it – Fritz 15 released!'. Chess News.
- ^'Fritz 16 - Easy Game And Calculation' – via www.youtube.com.
- ^'Fritz 16 - your companion and trainer'. Chess News.
- ^Staff (February 8, 2001). 'Computer Games Magazine announces nominees for annual best in computer gaming awards'. Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
External links[edit]
- Fritz player profile and games at Chessgames.com
| Gender | Male |
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| Origin | |
| Language(s) | German |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Friedrich, Frederick |
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (der alte Fritz was a nickname for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor), as well as for similar names including Fridolin. Fritz was also a name given to German troops by the British and others in the First and Second World Wars, equivalent to Tommy, as the British troops were called by German and other troops.[1] Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, and Frisch(e).
Notable people with the name include:
Parker Fritz: American artist (1984)
Surname[edit]
- Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon
- Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman
- Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer
- Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager
- Elisabet Fritz (died 1752), Swedish industrialist
- Florian Fritz (born 1984), French rugby union player
- Frank Fritz, co-star of History Channel's American Pickers
- John Fritz, (1822–1913), American pioneer of iron and steel technology
- Jürgen Fritz (born 1953), German musician, keyboard player in the rock band Triumvirat
- Lanja Fritz (born 1995), Nauruan sprinter
- Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990), Canadian palaeontologist
- Nel Fritz (born 1937), Dutch Olympic gymnast
- Oscar M. Fritz (1878–1957), American jurist
- Reinhold Fritz (1884–1950), German bass-baritone
- Roger Fritz (born 1936), German actor, director, producer and photographer
- Taylor Fritz (born 1997), American professional tennis player
Given name[edit]
- Francis 'Fritz' Barzilauskas (1920–1990), American National Football League player
- Fritz Baumgarten (1883-1966), German artist, author, and children's author-illustrator
- Fritz Bayerlein (1899–1970), German World War II general
- Fritz Bondroit (1912–1974), German canoeist
- Fritz Buntrock (1909–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Frederico Fritz d'Orey (born 1938), Brazilian racing driver
- Fritz Dietrich (Nazi) (1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
- Siegfried 'Fritz' Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian Olympic medalist sabre fencer
- Fritz Haber (1868–1934), German chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Fritz Haeg (born 1969), American artist
- Fritz Hartjenstein (1905–1954), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Frederick Henderson (born 1958), American executive and former CEO of General Motors
- Fritz John (1910–1994), German mathematician
- Fritz Klein (1888–1945), German Nazi doctor hanged for war crimes
- Fritz Knöchlein (1911–1949), German Nazi SS commandant executed for war crimes
- Friedrich Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), Austrian violinist and composer
- Friedrich Fritz Lang (1890–1976), Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter
- Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), American fantasy, horror and science fiction author
- Fred Fritz Peterson (born 1942), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Fritz Felix Pipes (April 1887 – ?), Austrian Olympic medalist tennis player
- Fritz-Georg von Rappard (1892–1946), German Nazi general during World War II executed for war crimes
- Fritz Reichl (1890–1959), Austrian architect
- Fritz Ritterbusch (1894–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander executed for war crimes
- Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
- Fritz Steuri (1879–1950), Swiss skier and mountain guide
- Fritz Strobl (born 1972), Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer
- Fritz Suhren (1908–1950), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
- Fritz Walter (1920–2002), German footballer
- Fritz Wepper (born 1941), German actor
- Fritz Wunderlich (1930–1966), German tenor
- Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974), Swiss astronomer
- Fritz, name given to William S. Hart's show and stunt riding horse
Nickname, ring name or code name[edit]
- Fritz, nickname of Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States and U.S. senator from Minnesota
- Friedrich Heinrich Karl 'Fritz' Haarmann (1879-1925), prolific and cannibalistic German serial killer, rapist, and fraudster
- Fritz, nickname of Ernest Hollings, former Governor of, and U.S. senator from, South Carolina
- Fritz Wetherbee, New Hampshire writer and television host
- Fritz Von Erich (1929–1997), ring name of American professional wrestler and promoter Jack Adkisson
- Fritz or Fritzchen, German code name for Second World War Allied double agent Eddie Chapman[citation needed]
Fictional characters[edit]
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- Fritz the Cat, an anthropomorphic cat from the comic strip of the same name
- Count Fritz von Tarlenheim, in Anthony Hope's novel The Prisoner of Zenda, its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau, and various film adaptations
- Ymir Fritz, the progenitor (founding) titan from “Attack on Titan” and queen of the Eldians
- FitzChivalry Farseer, from Robin Hobb's classic Farseer Trilogy, is the illegitimate son of Prince Chivalry Farseer and a woman of the Mountain Kingdom.
- Friedrich (Fritz) Von Trapp, from The Sound of Music
- Fritz, the name for a doll in the story 'Fritz' by Satyajit Ray.
- Fritz, Dr Shultz's horse in Django Unchained
- Fritz, Clara’s brother in the Nutcracker
See also[edit]
- Fritz, a chess program
- Frits, another given name
- Frit, a ceramic composition
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References[edit]
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- ^'1918: Fritz - Australian soldiers' relations with Germans'. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2018.