Fritz 16 Chess Playing Software Program (Download). Fritz 16 Chess Playing Software Program. Fritz 16 brings back the fun in chess!. A host of features, including 'Assisted Analysis,' which gives you discreet visual hints as you move.
Emoticons, which show Fritz’s mood, are there to help youDownload size:Setup: 288MBBook: 111MBDatabase: 125MBF ritz 16 brings back the fun in chess!What is most enjoyable about chess? Winning, of course! When Fritz entered its first tournament some 25 years ago, humans still had a real chance of taking down the engine.
Only a few years later, Fritz was already defeating Grandmasters left, right and Fritz has been considered unbeatable. But now this ultra-strong chess program presents the most user friendly interface ever seen.Features Include:. Assisted Analysis - Fritz 16 will give you discreet visual hints as you move, and emoticons, which show Fritz’s mood. Tactical Analysis - After your game, let Fritz 16 show you the combinations you might have missed directly. Easy Play - calculation training to hone your skillsEven with little knowledge of chess, you can enjoy many exciting games, and more importantly, victory, against Fritz. When Fritz entered his first tournaments some 25 years ago, humans still had a real chance of taking the engine down. Only a few years down the line, Fritz was already beating grandmasters left, right and center, and ever since his 4:2 victory over Kramnik in 2006, Fritz has been considered unbeatable.
Who would want to play against him?In the case of Fritz 16, however, playing against an engine is now once again the very definition of fun! A host of features, including 'Assisted Analysis,' which gives you discreet visual hints as you move, and emoticons, which show Fritz’s mood, are there to help you. Even with little knowledge of chess, you can enjoy many an exciting game, and more importantly, occasional victories against the computer.
And if things don’t work out, Fritz 16 will show you the combinations you might have missed, directly after the game, with the handy “Tactical Analysis” function. Or you can dive right into 'Easy Play' calculation training to hone your skills. Fritz doesn’t come up short with regard to playing strength either: the new multiprocessor engine was developed by star programmer Vas Rajlich ('Rybka') and is up there with the global elite.Stay mobile with Fritz 16: With a six-month ChessBase Premium Account included, you’re guaranteed full access to the world of ChessBase Web Apps (also for iPads, Android Tablets and Smartphones) on the move: 6,000 chess training videos, 60,000 tactical exercises, 8 million games in the Live database and, of course, the best online action on. Fritz now also annotates and analyses as you play, immediately providing you with move-by-move summaries to replay after a game ends.No other chess program offers you more, with the online manual alone spanning a whopping 457 pages! But you won’t need it – Fritz 16 is intuitive and easy to use, and whether you want to play against the engine, analyze or enjoy some online blitz, Fritz 16 will open just the functions you need at the click of a mouse. New in Fritz 16 The Portal ScreenFritz 16 has a new and simplified user interface click to enlarge. This starts in the main entry screen where you now reach typical user areas with a single click.
Fritz 16 distinguishes between playing and entering+analysis. This simplifies the menu bars a lot and lets you concentrate better on the task at hand. Click “Easy Game” to play against a human-style Fritz.
Click “Enter & Analyse” to analyse games you played in your club. If you want to reach the familiar menus of Fritz15, click “Classic Menu”.Also for Playchess.com, you reach typical functions directly from the portal window. For example “Watch Live Games” immediately opens a board of the most important grandmaster games currently being broadcast live. Easy Game with Assisted AnalysisPlaying against a chess program was an exciting pastime 20 years ago. However playing against a modern chess engine at full strength is no real fun anymore. Previous Fritz versions introduced various handicap, friend and sparring modes to mimic human play. In Fritz 16 all humanized and handicapped play has been radically simplified and unified under the title “Easy Game”.You simply set a level from Beginner to Grandmaster (Menu Levels).
The most common level would be Club Player, which is probably around Elo 1800.Now click “Start Game as White” or “Start Game as Black”.The interesting thing about “Easy Game” e.g. On level Club Player is that the program plays mostly rather natural and strong moves, but is prone to fall into tactics. So the sharper you play, the more likely that Fritz will “find” mistakes to make. As a consequence, you will often play nice attack games if you risk something.Nevertheless, the program is still hard to beat.
Therefore you might take advantage of a subtle new help: click on a piece a bit longer and Assisted Analysis will indicate good and bad moves with colored squares on the board. This boosts your playing strength with a little safety net, while you remain in control of the game. If you are still out of ideas, you can turn your mouse wheel for a little hint.A couple of moves into the game, the program will display your estimated Elo strength. Whenever a tactical opportunity or possible refutation of an engine move arises, the program will say this out loud and indicate it in the Easy Game Info Window. Assisted CalculationProper calculation is the single most determining factor of playing strength.
Assisted Calculation takes a new approach to boost your calculation skills. It concentrates on improving the crucial ability behind good calculation: visualizing positions without moving the pieces. The program helps with legality and tactical correctness of moves, while your focus is entirely on the task of picturing in your mind a position a few moves ahead. This leads to meaningful variations which also create better moves in an Easy Game against Fritz.In Assisted Calculation you move on the board, but the pieces remain in their original position, like they would in a real game. Assisted Analysis helps finding the correct moves.
To check whether your visualization is correct, right-click the board anytime to see the real current position. New in PlaychessFritz 16 introduces a new Blitz rating: “Pool Blitz”. In Pool Blitz your games are paired automatically. The server tries to match players with similar ratings.
Formulas to choose specific opponents are ignored. This gives more realistic Elo results and faster matches for all players. If you want to play with a formula, you can still seek “classic” Blitz games.Start a Pool Blitz or Pool Bullet game by clicking on one of the three buttons. If no opponent is available, the server will automatically pair you in a classic Blitz game. Note: All web clients (blitz.chessbase.com) will automatically start Pool Blitz and Pool Bullet games. Automatic and interactive post game analysisFritz analyses your game in the background while you play it.
So as soon as the game is finished, you receive a full analysis of possible mistakes:Note that diagrams are included in the notation. If you do not see analysis in your finished game, you played either too fast or too well, or your machine is too slow or running on battery.Fritz 16 now allows you to start an analysis engine after a game has finished. Simply click the button Start Analysis. This will not only take you to analysis mode, and notify your opponent about this, who will understand why you do not want an immediate rematch.
In addition your opponent can watch your analysis of the game. In-Game Action SoundsIf you switch on Action Sounds in File - Options, Fritz16 will give audio feedback on the quality of your moves and your opponent’s moves:Action sounds give feedback in unrated games when the following happens:. Your opponent blunders. You punish a blunder of your opponent.
You play a strong move. You make a blunderDoes this make you stronger against opponents with older software?
A few Elo points perhaps, because you more often note hanging pieces (blunder sound) of your opponent. But the main point is that it creates a nice additional emotional component when playing a Blitz game. Kibitzing Grandmaster GamesA single click from the Fritz16 Portal Window opens the most interesting live games currently being broadcasted on Playchess.com:In the above example you see tournament games and a live broadcast: former FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhinov commenting on the game the current World Champion played against football star Marco Bode in a simul exhibition.The new Fritz 16 multi board is asymmetric: one big board is shown and a number of small ones. This reflects a common situation: you want to focus on one interesting game but keep the other games in sight. Double-click any small board to move it to the big diagram.Note in the live GM broadcast all interesting games are now automatically analyzed in real time. They also display an evaluation profile below the notation.
If Let’s Check analysis is available for a given board position, this will be displayed with an evaluation bar adjacent to the board. Note the new marker in the bottom right corner of the board: it denotes the side to move.A striking new feature of Fritz 16 is the 3D Multiboard.
Just click 3D-Board in the Board tab to watch live games in 3D. Every board can be rotated and zoom in independently. Enter & Analyse GamesIf you click Enter & Analyse in the Portal Window, the Fritz board opens in a menu layout which contains all functions you need to to enter and analyze games – but no playing functionality.
What does the modern chess player need? A sparring partner, a trainer, an up-to-date database and access to an online chess server. Fritz, probably the world's most popular chess program (think back to Fritz's unforgettable victories against Kasparov, Kramnik & Co) offers just that for beginners and tournament players alike: it plays at the highest level, offers training features for every stage of the game and comes with access to playchess.com. It also includes management and analysis options for your own games, as well as a database with 2 million games.The completely reworked 'friend' mode makes Fritz 15 the ideal training partner. During the course of a game, Fritz is able to constantly tailor its level to your playing strength and how much time you are using. The program can give you a sign when a tactical opportunity presents itself or point out typical mistakes to help you improve.
Another exciting element is the new evaluation function that analyzes your playing strength throughout the game. Where are your strengths - where are your weaknesses? Or perhaps the endgame? Fritz 15 gives you an ELO rating for all three phases. You definitely need to see this.
What does the modern chess player need? A sparring partner, a trainer, an up-to-date database and access to an online chess server. Fritz, probably the world's most popular chess program (think back to Fritz's unforgettable victories against Kasparov, Kramnik & Co) offers just that for beginners and tournament players alike: it plays at the highest level, offers training features for every stage of the game and comes with access to playchess.com. It also includes management and analysis options for your own games, as well as a database with 2 million games.The completely reworked 'friend' mode makes Fritz 15 the ideal training partner. During the course of a game, Fritz is able to constantly tailor its level to your playing strength and how much time you are using. The program can give you a sign when a tactical opportunity presents itself or point out typical mistakes to help you improve. Another exciting element is the new evaluation function that analyzes your playing strength throughout the game.
Where are your strengths - where are your weaknesses? Or perhaps the endgame? Fritz 15 gives you an ELO rating for all three phases. You definitely need to see this.