[Web Feed] A few days ago, ChessBase released Fat Fritz 2, described on their website as...

.. the “new number 1” chess engine “with a massive new neur



A few days ago, ChessBase released Fat Fritz 2, described on their 
en.chessbase.com/post/fat-fritz-2-0-the-new-number-1: website as the “new number 1” chess engine “with a massive new neural network, trained by Albert Silver with the original Fat Fritz.” They advertise Fat Fritz 2 as using novel strong ideas compared to existing chess engines, but in reality Fat Fritz 2 is just Stockfish with a different neural network and 
github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/compare/550fed3343089357dc89ecf78ce8eb4b35bcab88...DanielUranga:faef72afbf10273ca8688a4ba1c7863426c93c6e: minimal changes that are neither innovative nor 
www.sp-cc.de/: appear to make the engine stronger.

As this is not the first time something like this has happened involving both ChessBase and A. Silver, we would like to share our impression of these releases.




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Fat Fritz 2 is a rip-off | Blog • lichess.org: https://lichess.org/blog/YCvy7xMAACIA8007/fat-fritz-2-is-a-rip-off