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Solista wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:12 am Fritz 19 also currently has a Syzygy BUG. 5-Pieces Syzygy are not found by the GUI.

Which version has no bugs?

GUI 18 (Fritz 18 and Powerfritz 18) Update 10. All next versions has Syzygy-Bugs. Syzygy BUG free is Fritz 16 too.

Stragne! Ginkgo Valencia (Fritz 19) one of the weaker engines at CEGT Rating list:
http://www.cegt.net/40_40%20Rating%20Li ... liste.html

Fritz 19 costs 89.90 Euro, a Fritz program has never cost that much (Komodo Dragon ChessBase yes, but Dragon is significantly stronger).

Imagine wasting your money like that, 90 euros for a weak chess engine and a buggy GUI.

What a shame!

IbaiBuR wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:56 pm Imagine wasting your money like that, 90 euros for a weak chess engine and a buggy GUI.

There will be an update soon, I think.

Positive things with Fritz 19 GUI:
The new 2CBH database format is supported. Copying games is faster than with Fritz 18. I copied 1 million games from database A (CBH) to database B (CBH) in just a few minutes. With Fritz 18 that would take a very long time. The GUI works faster than GUI 18. A dark mode can be set as style (top right in the GUI):