Activity and coordination of all pieces graded in five levels.

Included in this evaluation are pawn structure and king safety.

Well and badly placed pieces on a colour scale from red (bad) via yellow to green (good).

For that reason, Fritz18 now shows a visual representation of important parameters of the position: Users keep on asking us whether the engine output in infinite analysis could not provide more information than only main variations and evaluations.

Examples of subtle hints from Fritz18: “Attack a minor piece”, “Occupy a strong square”, “Threaten mate”, “Win material”, etc. Imagine an E-Bike: according to how good your performance is you can switch on the support of the motor, but it is still cycling. You determine the major part of the game yourself, but when you are facing a headwind you can summon help. For that there are considerably improved subtle hints. Nevertheless, it is possible to win very often. In general in the “Evolving Genius” mode on the “Club player” level, Fritz does play in a restrained manner, but nevertheless strongly. To shorten this learning process for you Fritz 18 contains a repertoire for White with which you can get into promising positions more often. For myself, at least against Fritz 18 I have switched my repertoire completely from 1.d4 to1.e4. Over time you develop a feeling for how to reach positions in which threats against the king are in the air: you learn to attack better. However, the decisive question is the following: how do you bring about the setups in which attacking chances then crop up? Quiet, positional systems more rarely lead to success, although here too Fritz manages to incorporate hidden mistakes. Against Fritz18 you will manage sharp wins such as have not been possible in 40 years of chess programming. That often permits spectacular attacking victories. As soon as Fritz comes under pressure, as a defender it will prefer variations which provide for you, the attacking side, good chances of a sacrifice or other tactic. This is possible because Fritz 18 intelligently organises its play and leads you through the game with the help of subtle tips. You will be astonished at what you find in yourself! You will never have won such nice games against Fritz! “Evolving Genius” is a completely innovative training method, with which when playing against Fritz you learn more than just to attack.

Fritz 18 offers you the chance to discover a new you in terms of chess playing.

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