Frizt 12 comes out September 28th

[Javier]

 

So, a new version of Fritz is coming out on September 28th. Is it worth upgrading? hmm... well... in my opinion, no.

I don't want to spoil the fun of a new chess product coming out, but (if you already have Frizt 8 or better) is it really worth upgrading a program which does just about everything you need to do and lots of other things that you never use and will never want to use anyway?

 

Here's the publicity:

 

"Fritz's cool. Fritz is a cult. For years, Fritz fascinated the chess world. Whether as a patient instructor, as a cheeky commentator (the voice of Matthias German man) or as Weltmeisterbesieger Fritz) is the "most popular German chess program" (Der Spiegel. The new FRITZ 12 presents freshly coiffed with a completely new outfit: the newly-programmed surface creates an instant access to all essential functions and controls, and now offers optimum comfort and visibility. Available from 28 September 2009 you could never play better with Fritz! Get 1 years access to the world's biggest chess server schach.de. There you will always find an opponent of your skill level. Or you can kibitz with the world class players: even Garry Kasparov plays schach.de. New: the Premium Membership: audio commentary with top tournaments, live training with top grandmasters, Simultanangebote, TV ChessBase, league tournaments: for Premium members free. Also: improved engine, new opening book, new 3D world, with graphical Schnellbewertung Game Focus-displaying and Matt-o-meter, and more. (...) "

 

I'll take their first sentence:

 

"For years, Fritz fascinated the chess world.". True. NOT ANY MORE THOUGH!

But, to be fair, and as I said earlier on, this version is a good buy if you don't own a chess playing program already.