467 | Fritz 12 [2009]

Tech Info:
Year: 2009
Genre: Puzzle games
Developer: Excalibur
Publisher: Excalibur Publishing Limited
Platform: PC

Game description:
ritz 12 as a coach
If you need to prepare for a serious meeting at the chessboard, Fritz 12 can help you train with a real master! Fritz provides over 12 hours video lessons for each level of the game, where you will see a detailed analysis of game masters, discussions about the types of traps or the stunning debut of the winning combinations.
Video acquaint you with such outstanding masters as Alexei Shirov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, and even the legendary Garry Kasparov.
Even if you do not know how to play chess, Fritz will teach you the basic rules of the game - and within an hour you have already played his first game of chess.

Fritz 12 for Playchess.com
Fritz 12 can help you find new friends. This chess program includes a yearly subscription for the game on playchess.com, the largest chess server in the world. Every day, you'll find there thousands of players connected to this virtual chess club and you can always find a partner for all of your power game. Or you can just watch super grandmaster tournaments and games in real time.
The new program gives you a Premium membership to playchess.com. Without any additional cost or obligation, you can listen to audio commentary during the event-based, receive living tips while learning to play during simultaneous games against grandmasters, ChessBase watch TV and play in tournaments.

Extras. Information: Fritz 12: What's new?
Now Fritz 12 has completely pererabotnny interface, compatible with Microsoft standard "Fluent UI", giving you constant access to all the most important functions of the chess program. For example, selection boards or challenges and the formula (filter) on playchess.com all easily accessible. Plus, the location of the windows has been improved and made more intuitive, new chess clock and arrows appear on the image boards, more pleasant and fast 3D graphics, including new design and partners. It has never been so easy and pleasant to play with Fritz.

Fritz 12: Program
- Rating the game with more accurate, real world ranking.
- Special display, showing how "hot" position on the board, plus a special "Partner-o-meter."
- Enhanced "spy" shows the direct threat.
- Analysis + debut classification has been improved.
- Improved management of engines: more than 4 GB of memory for 64-bit engines, display processor and simple installation for multiple engines.
- Valuations Profile optionally as a nonlinear display.

Fritz 12: playchess.com
- 12 months of premium membership playchess.com included.
- Games are grouped together (tournaments or to control time), make it easier to look for the right.
- Quick search in the lists of players.
- Friends and titular players are designated a special message on the desktop.
- Multi-parade with many new features, such as the image of the time difference.
- Separate filters for people and computers.
- Series games against the same partner are displayed as a match in the message window.
- List of games already shows the number of moves made
- Evaluation Profile is available in room video games.

Fritz 12: engine, database and multimedia
- A new chess engine: even more!
- A new book debut.
- 12 hours training videos with international coaches and craftsmen of the world level.
- Update base: more than 1.5 million games from 1625 to 2009

Minimum System Requirements:
Pentium III 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3)
DirectX9 graphics card with 256 MB RAM
DVD-ROM drive
Windows-Media Player 9
internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation)

Recommended System Requirements:
PC Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM, Windows Vista or Windows 7
DirectX10 graphics card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or more
100% DirectX10 compatible sound card
Windows Media Player 11
DVD ROM drive and internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation).