Fritz 7

by Viva Media

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009ACRU
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 21, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,133 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Yes, in fact, you can have it all when you play chess with Fritz. Limitless power awaits players of all levels. Use it to sharpen your skills and play to win. Learn why pros worldwide train with Fritz.

Fritz--the chess program that has it all.

Special features:

• Easy to Use & Fun to Play
• More than 1,000 voice files respond intelligently to your moves
• Introductory course for beginners
• Comprehensive tactical advice for advanced players
• Opening, middle and endgame training
• Deep analysis functions
• Huge openings book
• 350,000+ games database

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grandmaster Fritz, July 30, 2005

By 

J. Swift (New Castle, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fritz 7 (Video Game)

I bought Fritz 7 to anaylze some of my games, and for the free year of Playchess.com Internet chess. I went with this version over 8 because its thirty dollars cheaper. And I didnt think I needed a better engine when this one can smoke me. Fritz 7 will lay a serious beating on you and talk trash the whole time. It heaps verbal abuse on you as it dominates you on the board. It has a friend mode, a sparring mode, and a rated game(unleashed) mode. It also comes with the above mentioned free year of Chess on the Internet, which I have already played some games on there and it is very good. But with Fritz 7 you cant watch the video teaching portions on the playchess website, you need version 8 for that. So if your wondering which version to get keep that in mind. I didnt know that when I bought 7. But it wouldnt have changed my mind.

I deducted a star because its hard to understand how to do things in Fritz. Its complicated and not as user friendly as Chessmaster. I also like the Chessmaster training academy a lot more than Fritz's training course. But Fritz is a stronger engine, even though they can both beat me pretty easily, so it dosent really matter. Fritz 7 also comes with a huge database of 350,000 games. And can analyze your games which is very helpful.

This is worth the money and Im glad I got it. You really need both this and Chessmaster. Fritz is way better at analysis and has the Internet play, which Chessmaster has a terrible Internet setup. But Chessmaster has better training tools, Fritz has a way bigger database. Fritz 7 needs to come with a better manual, as complicated as the program is, it comes with a very small inadequate manual. But all told this a strong Grandmaster on your computer who can beat you and teach you at the same time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In some ways Fritz 7 beats Fritz 10, September 3, 2007

By 

couldbeyou - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Fritz 7 (Video Game)

Miss all the professional commentaries. Fritz 10 no longer has this feature. Miss the cd drive only feature. Fritz 10 no longer has this. Need quality play like Fritz 10. Then this is your computer software.

Excellent fritz quality software. Too bad its hard to find.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fritz 9 is the SAME price, October 29, 2006

By 

Randy Roehll (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fritz 7 (Video Game)

The Fritz 9 engine in around 100 elo points stronger and the advanced 3D graphics, not to mention a 1,000,000 game database versus only a 500,000 database for Fritz 7. On the other hand, if you can find a very low-priced Fritz 7 used at a price under $10, it would be a great economy price with many of the same features, interface, and, of course, near World Champion strength.