Customer Reviews

Deep Fritz 8

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deep fritz is a great program for playing chess. it is not the best though.
for most people the ordinary fritz8 will run faster and it costs less--you do not have a motive to spend so much money on this software unless you already use a specialized computer system with dual cpus(like two xeon chips instead of a single pentium4, eg.). otherwise the extra coding in the software for the second cpu will actually slow down playing performance strength by at least 2-5% on a single processor system.

if you want the best chess playing program consider purchasing shredder8 or deep junior8 from the same publisher because either of these two have beaten deep fritz8 in world computer championships and have a different opening book than fritz does so you will enjoy another style of play.
this is the golden age of chess software. you have many glorious choices to savour-- i do not believe any choice is really bad. but don't spend too much money in the mistaken belief that you are getting 'the best and only' software to have because that sets up disappointment and unreal expectations from a machine.
use the money that you save to buy endgame tables or extra opening books for your chess engine if computer performance is your central issue. otherwise consider purchasing chess training and teaching software to learn tactics well-- you will see a marked improvement in your playing strength and purchase satisfaction if you choose this course.

The program is pretty good, but it isn't much better than Fritz 7, and isn't much faster either, so it doesn't seem worth the extra over just the normal Fritz8. I'm also really annoyed about the support - my CD came without a user manual, which means that I don't have a product key to register my copy, and can't play online. Amazon blamed the publisher, and the publisher blamed Amazon, and I still don't have a manual or a product key.

It seems to have everything you could want in a chess program, but the instruction manual really is poorly done. It takes an inordinant amount of time to locate the information which will tell you how to set it up for your preferred style of play. I have only had the program for 3 days, but the manual is infuriating-maybe it'll get better as I get used to it. If the manual had been done better, I would have rated it a 5.

I read the reviews and decided to buy mine at Amazon from their chess shop, ChessCentral so I could get support if I needed it. Everyone knows Viva Media doesn't support their products.

That was a wise decision on my part. These folks know their chess software and provided me with a guide on how to make the most of my Deep Fritz. Without the guide I would have had a very expensive toy that was pretty much useless. The guide showed me how to easily set up the program to run its best and to make sure I was playing on the correct levels. It provided me with a training course to improve my chess. Great support!

Thank you, I am a very happy customer indeed.

Deep Fritz 8 and Deep Shredder 9 are the two best research programs available out there. Yes, if you have a computer with only one superfast CPU and a ton of ram, you are better off with Fritz 9, since it's more affordable, and it is optimized for only one CPU. Having said that, Deep Fritz's playing strength increases dramatically if you go from say 2 CPUs to 4 CPUs. The interface however hasn't changed much, which begs the question: What has chessbase been doing during the past year. I mean going from Deep Fritz 7 to Deep Fritz 8, you need to add more features and capabilities to your program to make people want to buy it. After all, Deep Fritz 7 is pretty strong itself, and since most of us use chess program for playing and analysis, using either program doesn't make a dramatic difference. The Verdict: Over-Priced, But Strong. Well worth it if you have a huge load of money.

Well for one thing, this is by far the strongest program in the world. It is not cheap, but it is worth every penny that you pay for it. They lie about it drawing Gary, it beat him! I am rated 1870 currently in uscf and i put the setting on 1900 rated play, and it plays exactly like a 1900. After playing with the 1900 for a while, I noticed i was winning many more games than i used to! Buy this program!