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Maher: The Pandemic Is Over, Resume Living; People Treat The Mask As "An Amulet" That Wards Away Evil Spirits
Bill Maher argued against masks, vaccine mandates at work, firing people with immunity, and more on Friday's edition of 'Real Time' on HBO. Maher declared the pandemic was over and it is time for everyone to give up and "resume living," telling viewers there will always be a variant. "Just resume living," Maher said. "I know some people seem to not want to give up on the wonderful pandemic, but you know what? It's over. There's always going to be a variant. You shouldn't have to wear masks... I haven't had a meeting with my staff since March of 2020. Why?" "Also, vaccines, masks. Pick one! You've got to pick. You can't make me mask if I've had the vaccine," he said. "I saw it today, people outside alone, walking with a mask. It's so stupid. It's an amulet. A charm people wear to ward away evil spirits. It means nothing." "Can't we get people to understand the facts more?" Maher asked. Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan told Maher she has "broken up" with COVID and has had enough. "I have broken up with COVID. It's not working for me anymore," she said. "I can't keep up," Flanagan later said. "And you know what? I've had cancer. I'm triple vax'd. If it gets me, fair play to it because it will put up a fight against me. But I'm not staying in my house again." Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT), Maher's other guest, argued pandemic mitigation efforts are still needed because the entire world has not recovered. "So in the United States, in most of the western world, we're ready to be done with this, but we're not done until the world is safe and we're not safe as a world until the world's vaccinated," Coons said. "Except the world recognizes natural immunity, we don't," Maher responded. "Because everything in this country has to go through the pharmaceutical companies. Natural immunity is the best kind of immunity. We shouldn't fire people who have natural immunity because they don't get the vaccine." "If someone is willing to be a fireman, if someone is willing to be a policeman, if someone is willing to go into a burning building and says, 'I'm just not that afraid of COVID and I don't want to take the vaccine,' that should be enough," Flanagan said. "You shouldn't be losing a job, you shouldn't be furloughed without pay, the guy that saves lives because he doesn't want to take the vaccine. It's ridiculous," she added. "For unvaccinated hospitalization risk - unvaccinated. 41% of Democrats thought it was over 50%... Hospitalization rate for the vaccinated is actually 0.01% and the rate for the unvaccinated is 0.89%. So in both cases, the correct answer is less than 1%. They thought it was over 50%. How do people, especially of one party, get such a bad idea? Where did that come from?" Maher asked. Maher's commentary: <blockquote>MAHER: I'm not sure what the latest Dr. Fauci thing was on Halloween - he changes his mind a lot - but I think it was go and do it? I hope so. It's certainly been my position since the beginning of this: Just resume living. I mean, c'mon. 15 of 100,000 - that's where we are with cases in California. I know some people seem to not want to give up on the wonderful pandemic, but you know what? It's over. There's always going to be a variant. You shouldn't have to wear masks... I haven't had a meeting with my staff since March of 2020. Why? Also, vaccines, masks. Pick one! You've got to pick. You can't make me mask if I've had the vaccine... I travel in every state now, back on the road, and the red states are a joy and the blue states are a pain in the ass. For no reason... Except the world recognizes natural immunity. We don't. Because everything in this country has to go through the pharmaceutical companies. Natural immunity is the best kind of immunity. We shouldn't fire people who have natural immunity because they don't get the vaccine. We should hire them! Yes? ... I saw it today, people outside alone, walking with a mask. It's so stupid. It's an amulet. A charm people wear to ward away evil spirits. It means nothing. Can't we get people to understand the facts more? Listen to this. For unvaccinated hospitalization risk - unvaccinated. 41% of Democrats thought it was over 50%... Hospitalization rate for the vaccinated is actually 0.01% and the rate for the unvaccinated is 0.89%. So in both cases, the correct answer is less than 1%. They thought it was over 50%. How do people, especially of one party, get such a bad idea? Where did that come from? ... We've got to get back to life. Look at sporting events. All three sports are playing now including basketball, which is inside. Nobody seems to be having superspreader events. I mean, you know, it was great. It was so much fun having a pandemic. But, you know, buh-bye. </blockquote>


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Taja construction llc was renovating a row home when the east wall of the property collapsed. It sought to recover repair costs under its insurance policy through Peerless Insurance Company, but Peerless determined the collapse was caused by Taja.
During renovation of the row home, Taja planned to deepen the home's basement and create a larger living space. The site's engineer recommended that, when the crew excavated the basement, they do it in sections. They would be wise to reinforce each section with concrete underpinning, he said.
Taja's owner directed his subcontractors to excavate without any underpinning, insisting his team do it all at once. Various people, including the engineer, subcontractors and a neighboring construction company, warned Taja's owner that he needed structural underpinning to proceed safely.
He did not heed the advice.
A few hours after the basement had been fully excavated without any underpinning, the property's east wall collapsed. Taja filed a claim of $400,000 for repair costs, but Peerless said defects in construction/workmanship and damages from earth movement were excluded in its policy.
Because the owner deliberately ignored warnings of potential collapse, workmanship was the main cause of the fall.
Coverage should have been preserved, said Taja, when a loss excluded under the policy — like workmanship — resulted in subsequent loss otherwise covered, the company said.
Although the wall collapsed due to a workmanship defect, Taja believed it was entitled to recover the losses that resulted from the collapsed wall. The cost of repair was an ensuing loss from workmanship error.
The court, however, did not agree. It said the wall collapsed due to movement of the earth's surface, which was excluded in the Peerless policy. Had the structure been underpinned, the court said, the earth's surface would have had the support it needed. Unfortunately, the structure was not underpinned, and the earth's surface gave way.
Scorecard: Peerless is not responsible to cover losses stemming from a workmanship error. Taja will need to foot the bill.
Takeaway: Disregarding expert advice and knowingly performing faulty work will preclude coverage for any losses stemming from negligence.
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast. Howard Hughes Corp. sustained damage to its commercial buildings located in Manhattan and turned to its insurer, XL Insurance America Inc., to cover the $150 million in storm surge damages.
XL filed suit, seeking a declaratory judgment releasing it from covering HHC's damages. Its policy excluded property damage in "high hazard flood zones" caused by storm surge from named storms.
Additionally, because HHC held multiple policies with other carriers, XL said its policy limited liability to no more than "its proportion" of $50 million since other insurers provided coverage.
HHC argued the policy provision was ambiguous. The term "high hazard flood zones" referred to another clause in XL's policy, which limited coverage to losses occurring during a 72-hour period or less. The superstorm did not fit in this clause, said HHC.
The trial court agreed with XL. The judge stated, "There was never … flood coverage for 'high hazard flood zone' properties because the initial attachment point is at, or above, an amount equal to the imposed sublimit.
HHC took the case to appeals court. There, the appellate division found the exclusion applied only to the 72-hour limit. Instead of creating an exclusion, the endorsement as a whole created a $50 million sublimit within the policy.
"Moreover, [XL's] and the motions court's interpretation — that there is no coverage for HHC's high hazards flood zone properties — renders superfluous the endorsement's phrase 'for more than its proportion of $50 million,'" the court said.
Scorecard: XL Insurance America Inc. is liable for $50 million in storm surge damages incurred by Howard Hughes Corp.'s property.
Takeaway: When writing policies, the best practice is to explicitly state an exclusion to prevent confusion.
A New Jersey security guard for Allied Barton Security Services was hired to monitor Schering-Plough Corporation. While on duty, he tripped over a 50-pound bag of ice melt and fell down the company's basement stairs. The tumble resulted in limited mobility in his shoulder and arm, severe headaches and body pain.
He filed a workers' compensation claim with Allied Barton and a negligence suit against Schering-Plough. In court, the worker was awarded $45,500 in workers' comp and $900,000 for the negligence suit. Schering-Plough appealed.
In its argument, Schering-Plough said the worker signed a waiver when he was hired at Allied Barton. In that waiver, the worker gave up his rights to file a lawsuit related to any work injury, and to prove that the waiver held weight, Schering-Plough pointed to several out-of-state cases where similar workers' compensation waivers had been up for debate.
Pennsylvania, Alabama, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., all examined similar cases in which a worker had waived their lawsuit-filing rights.
In each, the state's supreme court determined the language in the waiver held firm, and the injured worker was not allowed to file suit against the employer, because he or she had already waived those rights upon date of hire.
The New Jersey appellate court assigned to the case broke from precedent.
It questioned the wording of the waiver. Allied Barton titled the document "Workers Comp Disclaimer," which, according to the court, was misleading. The company was asking its employees to waive tort suit rights, not workers' compensation claims rights.
Additionally, the court questioned whether or not the waiver was acceptable under workers' comp law.
Scorecard: The appellate court determined that the waiver may be unconscionable in nature and moved to send the case to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Takeaway: A break from precedent opened the door for injured workers to challenge the legality of signed waivers based on their wording.


Puglia, or Apulia as it is often known in English, is a region located in southern Italy. The region borders on the east with the Adriatic Sea, the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south as well as the Ionian Sea to the southeast, offering spectacular destinations for family holidays at the beach. The most southernmost part of the region is known as the Salento peninsula, which makes up the "high heel" of the so-called "boot" of Italy. The Salento peninsula offers incredible limestone formations along the coastline, making for beautiful rocky scenery and colossal arches over the sand, while enjoying a day at the beach.
Bari is the capital of the region, and is a seaside city offering several child friendly hotels, along with plenty of historic sites to visit as well as excellent shopping and dining. Ostuni is another city and commune worth visiting in the region. Located in the Brindisi province, this medieval town has a lot to offer and is great fun for the whole family to explore.
In short, Puglia has much to offer, offering a variety of baby friendly accommodation giving both peace of mind and comfort for the whole family.


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Less biding and hiding
China is becoming more nationalistic and more assertive. How will other countries react?
Special reportDec 4th 2010 edition
"WHO is your enemy?" It was a fine Beijing day in early summer this year. In the seminar room on the campus of Peking University one of a delegation of visiting American academics posed the question to Wang Jisi, dean of the School of International Studies. There was a moment's silence. Mr Wang hesitated before looking up and replying: "Most Chinese would say the US is the enemy."
And yet, as Robert Ross sets out in his book, "Chinese Security Policy", America and China have had a remarkably productive partnership since President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger turned up in Beijing in 1972. At first this was based on a shared antagonism towards the Soviet Union, which China had fought in border clashes in 1969. Under Mao, China had often bullied its neighbours, but had now subordinated this part of its foreign policy because co-operation with America was more important. Under Deng Xiaoping, Mao's eventual successor, China even reluctantly accepted America's continuing arms sales to Taiwan.
When the Soviet threat evaporated, China continued to put foreign policy second—this time for the sake of economic development. Again, that required co-operation with America, the best source of demand, technology and investment. Deng summed up the policy in a famous slogan: "Coolly observe, calmly deal with things, hold your position, hide your capacities, bide your time, accomplish things where possible." When the world began to worry about China's surging power, a senior official tried to calm fears, pledging a heping jueqi (peaceful rise). Even that had to be watered down, as the jue in "rise" suggests "towering as a peak". These days Hu Jintao, China's leader, prefers the deliberately bland "harmonious world".
Over the years China's leaders have worked hard to steer relations with America through their inevitable crises. By and large, they have succeeded. Now China's behaviour—most recently towards Japan, South Korea and the South China Sea—has begun to alarm China-watchers. Yet why would the country's leaders suddenly risk undermining a policy that has brought China such prosperity?
There are two possible reasons. One is that China's strategy has begun to change. Some Chinese argue that, now their country is strong, it no longer needs to kowtow to American power. The other is that Chinese society itself has begun to change. In what Richard Rigby, of the Australian National University in Canberra, calls "a fragmented authoritarian one-party state", the leaders need to listen more closely to what other people think.
If we can, we will
Start with China's changing strategy. China has a keen sense of its growing national power and American decline, sharpened by the financial crisis, which uncovered flaws in America and Europe and found China to be stronger than many had expected. "There is a perception in China that the West needs China more than China needs the West," says one diplomat in Beijing. America's difficult wars have added to the impression. According to Raffaello Pantucci, a visiting scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese analysts "gleefully" conclude that NATO forces will lose in Afghanistan.
"We used to hide our power—deny our power," a Chinese scholar told David Lampton of the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. "But then this became increasingly impossible as our strength increased." For a time this led to redoubled efforts to reassure America and the region. But today, according to Yuan Peng, of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations in Beijing, "many Chinese scholars suggest that the government give up the illusion of US partnership and face squarely the profound and inevitable strategic competition."
China's desire to assert itself springs from a natural appetite. A rising country is like a diner sitting down to a full table: until he starts eating, he does not realise how hungry he is. "Power changes nations," writes Robert Kagan, an American foreign-policy commentator. "It expands their wants and desires, increases their sense of entitlement, their need for deference and respect. It also makes them more ambitious. It lessens their tolerance to obstacles, their willingness to take no for an answer."
China has been good at suppressing that appetite, but it also has growing reasons to project power. Chinese companies are scouring the globe for the raw materials they need. Already China is Saudi Arabia's biggest customer. It imports about half of the oil it burns, a share that will rise to two-thirds by 2015 and four-fifths by 2030. China cares what happens in the countries that supply it.
An irony not lost on Kurt Campbell, America's assistant secretary of state, is that China's strategy of acquiring natural resources has so far been based on what he calls "an operating system" provided by the United States—which guarantees stability and the free flow of maritime traffic. One reason why China is now building an ocean-going navy is to protect its raw materials and goods from embargoes.
This reflects a lack of faith in the global trading system, part of an underlying fear that the West is fundamentally hostile to China's prosperity—"Westernising, dividing and weakening", as the slogan goes. Jonathan Paris, a London-based security specialist, says young Chinese are disenchanted by what they see as Western China-bashing. Some influential groups think that foreign calls for China to be a "responsible stakeholder" are in fact designed to keep the country down, and that it should co-operate only if the West makes concessions on issues such as Taiwan and Tibet.
The question is whether China's leaders agree that now is the time to assert the country's power. The apex of Chinese politics is so closed to the world that analysts cannot be sure. In 2009 Mr Hu said China could "actively" make modest contributions to international issues. On their annual summer retreat, at the resort of Beidaihe, the country's leaders reportedly debated whether China should edge away from Deng's "bide and hide" slogan. Some influential party journals that may reflect the leaders' thinking have concluded, "not yet". However, even that position strikes some diplomats as a shift. In the 1990s the argument was about whether China could work with America in the long run. Now it is about when to apply pressure.
Whatever the leaders think, they are operating in a society that is changing rapidly. These days they are more influenced by a new set of foreign-policy interests, including resource companies, financial institutions, local government, research organisations, the press and online activists. Linda Jakobson and Dean Knox of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), who have studied these groups, say many of them feel strongly that China should be "less submissive" towards the outside world.
Such people's assertiveness partly reflects the patriotism that the government encouraged in order to prop up its legitimacy after it brutally put down the protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. First came a weekly flag-raising ceremony with a rousing address in every school. Next, museums and relics were designated "patriotic education bases". In 1991 Jiang Zemin, then general secretary, wrote that patriotic education "let the Chinese people, especially the youth, enhance their pride and self-confidence in the nation and prevent the rise of the worship of the West".
The rise of nationalism
The first generation to get that treatment is now nearing its 30s, and its nationalism shows every sign of being genuine and widespread. "On Tibet and Taiwan it's not just Chinese ministers who bang tables," says Lord Patten, who negotiated the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, "but Chinese dissidents, too." "This is a people with a sense of their past greatness, recent humiliation, present achievement and future supremacy," says Mr White, the former Australian security and defence official. "It's a potent mix."
China's more commercial media have found that nationalism sells. According to Susan Shirk, an American academic and former deputy assistant secretary of state, readers like stories complaining about Japan, Taiwan and America—and the censors are usually happy to see coverage of such things. SIPRI found that the most influential journalism on foreign policy appears in the Global Times, which is written by hardline nationalists.
The country's excitable "netizens" tend to spread the idea that China is misunderstood and to see a slight round every corner. In 2008, during a Chinese row with Vietnam over the South China Sea, another suggested teaching the Vietnamese a lesson—and published an invasion plan to show how. This feeds China's sense of victimhood. One blogger and journalist, called Fang Kechang, worked out that since 1948 the Chinese people had officially been "humiliated" at least 140 times—and that the insults were more common in the reform era than in Mao's time.
What passes for public opinion in China is not the only source of pressure on the leaders. The factions within China's elite "selectorate", no passive monolith, have also been finding their voice. And that, too, tends to nudge policy towards nationalism. Foreign affairs used to be the business of the pro-detente foreign ministry. It was mocked as the "ministry for selling out the country" and, supposedly, was sent calcium pills by members of the public who wanted to stiffen its spine.
Now the issues are more complex, domestic ministries and mid-level bureaucrats are also involved—and they tend to be more nationalistic than senior foreign-ministry officials. The SIPRI researchers found that the ministry of state security, in particular, has a bigger role in foreign policy. At the climate-change talks in Copenhagen authority lay with the National Development and Reform Commission, charged with economic development. China attracted foreign criticism for taking a hard line, against the foreign ministry's advice.
The PLA's influence is harder to read. On the one hand since the 1992 party congress no officer has been picked for the all-important standing committee of the Politburo. At the end of the Cultural Revolution more than half the Politburo was from the PLA; now only two out of 24 are. On the other, writers from PLA research institutions are more outspoken and conspicuous than they used to be, using newspaper commentaries and television appearances to put over the PLA's views.
Unlike professional Western armies, the PLA speaks out on foreign policy. In his book "The Party", Richard McGregor points out that it contains roughly 90,000 party cells—one for every 25 soldiers. Although promotion these days depends on competence as well as ideology, the PLA's political role gives it a voice in security policy. Unlike Mao and Deng, today's leaders did not have a military background, so they may need to hold the PLA close.
There is no reason to believe that the leaders' authority has dimmed. If they think a policy is of paramount importance for the country or the party, they will get their way. The authorities can still put down pretty much any demonstration if they choose. But politics is rarely black and white, even in China. Government is usually about shades of grey. When the leaders hear a single message from the press, netizens and their own advisers, they may feel they need to listen. When public opinion is split, they can usually afford to ignore it. James Reilly, of the University of Sydney, who has studied China's policy towards Japan, says that public pressure is most potent when the elite is divided.
Either way, the authorities will watch public opinion, if only because protest can become a covert form of opposition. Anti-Japanese demonstrations in South Korea in the 1960s fuelled the pro-democracy movement—just as protests against African students preceded the Tiananmen protests in 1989. Foreign policy has a history of destabilising governments in China, says Rana Mitter of Oxford University, and the Chinese are quick to blame foreign failures on domestic weakness—"disorder at home, calamity abroad," they like to say.
Nationalism may frame an issue before the leaders get to deal with it. By the time the row over, say, the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands reaches their desks, the propaganda department, along with commentators in the press and statements from the PLA, may have created a context that they cannot back away from without looking weak.
This dynamic is not new. It greatly complicated the mid-air collision between a Chinese fighter and an American spy plane in 2001, which the PLA had (wrongly) blamed on the Americans. But just now, in the run-up to the change of the country's leadership in 2012, seeming to be a pushover could wreck careers.
The risk, writes Ms Shirk, is that "compromise is likely to be viewed as capitulation." That creates dangers for anyone in China who favours detente. Speaking to Mr Lampton about Taiwan, one Chinese scholar put it this way: "If we suppose that there are two options and they use tough measures…and the leader fails to resolve [a problem], he is justified. But if [he] uses too much honey and he fails, he is regarded as guilty by all future generations."
In the long term the leaders' scope for action will depend on China's economic growth. A booming China will indicate that the country is strong enough to press its case in the world. A weak China where growth has stumbled and the party feels under pressure at home could stir up trouble abroad. That does not leave much scope for a less assertive China.
Supposing that the leaders want to cleave to Deng's original injunction to "bide and hide", three things are in their favour. First, popular nationalism counts for most in territorial disputes, such as Taiwan and the islands off China's coast. According to Jian Yang, of Auckland University, New Zealand, nationalism plays less of a part in technical areas such as economics, which may matter as much, if not more, to China's leaders. Second, China does not obviously have a grand alternative vision to the liberal order that America has sponsored since the second world war. It need not run into ideological battles abroad.
But third and most important, there is a lot that America and China agree on. Both want a healthy world economy, a stable Asia, peace in the Middle East, open sea lanes, a limit to proliferation, an open trading system, and so on. They have plenty of reason to want good enough relations to accomplish such things.
Turn up the assertiveness
The most likely outcome is a more assertive China that wants to get more done abroad without fundamentally upsetting the world order. On sensitive territorial issues where the party's credentials are at stake, China may be uncompromising and increasingly unreasonable. Elsewhere its leaders will probably be looking for deals—though they will insist on better terms, as befits a global power.
How easily will the world accommodate this more assertive China? For the best part of a decade China has tried hard to reassure its neighbours that they have nothing to fear from its rise. So its new assertiveness will be doubly uncomfortable, especially if it is mixed up with bad-tempered territorial disputes. In other words, Asian security will be determined not just by how China uses its new strength but by how other countries react to it. This was the idea behind China's conciliatory New Security Concept. Other countries will relax if they are reassured that China does not pose a threat. Unfortunately, the charm offensive has not altogether worked.
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Strategic reassurance
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "Less biding and hiding"

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Daniel L. Benway (a.k.a. Dan Benway) can be contacted via Facebook, LinkedIn, etc..
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 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dan-benway/7/b56/b36
Special Mention:
F. Leon Wilson (www.ChessLearn.com) gave me help and information on several features and uses of Fritz
12 when I was stuck and couldn't find the answers.
Chuck Diebert (www.ChuckDiebertChess.com) has been my coach since 2006.
Steve Lopez (www.USCFSales.com) wrote and published useful Fritz information on the Internet which
I've included in this document with attribution.
Ohio clubs, coaches, events, etc. (www.OhioChess.org)
Online Tutorials and Resources:
http://shop.ChessCafe.com/images/products/software/Fritz12manual.pdf
http://USCFSales.com/Main/freeguide
http://www.ChessBase.com/support
http://www.ChessForums.org
"Insider's Guide to Revving up Your Fritz 12" is something I've heard of but can't find
Vendors and Products:
Aquarium - a chess user interface made by ChessOK
Chessbase - a German company which makes chess playing and learning software, including Fritz.
Chessbase is also the name of Chessbase's chess database product.
ChessMaster - a chess user interface and engine written by UbiSoft
ChessOK - a Russian company (formerly known as Convekta) which makes chess playing and learning
Convekta - a Russian company (now known as ChessOK) which made chess playing and learning software
Deep Fritz - a multi-processor chess user interface and engine written by Chessbase
Deep Rybka - a multi-processor UCI chess engine written by Vasik Rajlich
Fritz - a single processor chess user interface and engine written by Chessbase
Iweta Rajlich - polish International Master, married to Vasik Rajlich
Rybka - a single processor UCI chess engine written by Vasik Rajlich
RybkaChess - the company that makes and distributes the Rybka UCI engine without the chess user
UbiSoft - a French company which makes a wide variety of video games, including ChessMaster
UCI - Universal Chess Interface - an open protocol that enables a chess user interface and a chess engine to
communicate with each other
Vasik Rajlich - the creator of Rybka. He's a Cleveland born MIT graduate with dual Czechoslovakian and
American citizenship, grew up in Prague, now lives in Warsaw with his Polish wife Iweta Rajlich
Updates and Patches:
It's critical to keep Fritz up to date for reasons of functionality, stability, and security. Do this step before doing
anything else so you know you're not wasting time with old versions with missing features or even bugs, and
then check for updates frequently.
Pull down the 'Application Menu', left click 'Activation', left click 'Update Program'.
When the update is done, pull down the 'Application Menu', left click 'User Info', left click 'credits', check
that the date is fairly recent.
Options & Configurations:
Note that the little arrow in the lower right of some ribbon categories means that there are more options:
Set your board and piece color from the 'Board' tab.
Set up your general preferences by left clicking the 'Application Menu', then left clicking 'Options'.
The 'Multimedia' tab in the 'Options' window is especially useful. The 'Clocks + Notation' tab is explained
under the 'Notation Window' section of this document.
'Permanent brain' and 'Hashtable size' should be turned on and adjusted respectively; both can be done from
the 'Main Engine' window. The 'Views & Layouts' section, and the 'Main Engine Window' section of this
document describe how to view and use the 'Main Engine' window.
From the 'Main Engine' window, left click the name of the engine. Turn on 'Permanent brain', and set the
'Hashtable size' per these instructions:
What is a Hash Table? As your chess software evaluates positions in its search for the best move, it stores all of
positions that it has looked at (and their valuations) into a section of your computer's memory that is known as the
Hash Table. If, in its future analysis of the game, if it comes across a position that it already evaluated as part of its
search, it won't need to analyze it again. The larger the Hash Table, the more positions it will be able to remember and
the more deeply it will be able to calculate in a given amount of time.
To configure the size Hash Table, press the F3 key on your keyboard to bring up the Load Engine window. At the
bottom of this window is where you can set how much memory you want dedicated to the Hash Table. Remember, the
larger the Hash Table the better, as long as you have enough memory on your computer to handle it. If you set your
Hash Table too high, your computer will not be able to store that much data in your memory and will have to start
storing it on the hard drive, which is much slower. We've all had times where we've tried to do something on our
computer and the computer is unresponsive, yet we can hear our hard drive churning inside the PC. This is something
you want to avoid. To accomplish this, we recommend that you set your Hash Table to be equal to 70% of your
available memory. How do you find your available memory? [Close all applications, then] hit Ctrl-Alt-Del on your
computer and then select the Performance Tab. This page will tell you how much Memory is available [when Windows
is running all alone]. Once you have that figure, multiply it by 0.7 to determine the optimal size of your Hash Table.
Please note that this 70% figure is a rule of thumb, and might not be ideal for every computer. If you follow these rules
and still experience the hard drive churning sound and less-than-ideal performance, reduce the Hash Table a bit more
until the hard drive access during play is gone. Once that happens, your Hash Tables will be the ideal size.
Views & Layouts:
From the 'View' tab, choose the windows you want to see.
Right click in the 'Notation' window and choose whether or not you want to see 'Material' and/or the 'Position
Tutor' in the 'Notation' window.
In the 'Training' tab, 'Explain All Moves' can sometimes be useful.
When you have your windows arranged how you like them, you can save your pane layout from the 'View' tab,
and load it whenever you want.
Frustrating things about layouts:
1. The 'Show Position Tutor' option (on or off) in the 'Notation' window does not get saved into your
layouts.
2. The table color (maybe even board and piece color) do get saved into your layouts.
3. The 'Explain All Moves' option (on or off) from the 'Training' window does not get saved into your
layouts, but the location of the 'Explain All Moves' window does. Furthermore, the 'Explain All Moves'
option gets turned off each time you start Fritz. What this all means is that if you have 'Explain All
Moves' turned on and you save your layout, your layout will only look right when you turn on 'Explain
All Move's, and your layout won't look right if 'Explain All Moves' is turned off.
4. If you have trouble loading your layouts, try hitting the 'Standard Layouts' button before you load your
layout; this will reset the layout to a standard one so you can then load your own layout with fewer
problems. If this doesn't work close the main Fritz window and restart Fritz from the green startup
I suggest creating at least two layouts:
1. one layout for game play
2. one layout for analysis/study with the 'Explain All Moves' pane, and the 'Position Tutor' in the
'Notation' pane.
Databases:
In Fritz, a database is simply a place where games are stored, categorized, and searched. A game can be one
you've played against Fritz, one you've entered from a tournament scoresheet, a series of moves you'd like to
study (like a pet opening or defense), or a collection of games from a third party (such as ChessBase).
When you're playing a game against Fritz, it gets saved automatically in the 'AutoSave' database in
MyDocuments\ChessBase\MyWork .
On the 'Home' tab, left clicking the 'Database' button brings up the 'Database' window. The top of the
'Database' window shows the name of the database you're currently using.
In the 'Database' window, you can left click the database icon (in the upper left corner) to create a new
database, open an existing database, save the current game to the current database, etc..
When you're creating, opening, and saving databases be sure to notice the path so they get put where you want
them and so they can be part of your regular computer backups.
When you delete a game from a database, it doesn't get fully deleted until you choose 'Remove Deleted
You delete an entire database from that database's window, under 'Database Functions', 'Delete Files'.
Each line in the 'database' window represents a game that is stored in that database.
Each line contains (from left to right):
the players' names and ratings
annotator of the game in [brackets]
amount of time spent analyzing the game (in parentheses)
medals if the game was analyzed by Fritz (http://www.chessbase.com/support/support.asp?pid=227)
best game -- mustard
decided tournament -- pink/light purple
model game (opening plan) -- dark navy blue
novelty -- bright medium blue
pawn structure -- olive green
strategy -- khaki
tactics -- blood red
attack -- yellow
sacrifice -- bright red
defense -- white
material -- purple
piece play -- fluorescent green
endgame -- forest green
tactical blunder -- black
strategic blunder --grey
user (a catch-all for whatever reason you want to use it) -- light blue
ECO (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) code
the number of moves in the main line
letter codes
A or a – a lot of or some arrows and/or colored squares
C or c – a lot of or some text commentary
F – correspondence chess
G – another game is referenced
I – critical positions
M – multimedia (sound, pictures, videos)
P – a starting position other than the normal chess starting position
R – a "repertoire" game
S or s – a lot of or some symbols
T or t – training (designated by *** in the 'Notation' window)
V or v – a lot of or a few variations
Database file structure:
http://www.chessbase.com/support/support.asp?pid=148
The first thing you'll need to understand is that any database in ChessBase format actually consists of multiple
files. When you create a database in .CBH format, you'll notice that the program (ChessBase, Fritz, or one of the
other playing programs) will ask you to name the .CBH file. This does not indicate that the whole database is
stored in just that one file! The .CBH file stores just the header information from the games in the database; the
annotations are stored in another file, the moves in yet another, each key is kept in its own file, etc.
What this means is that when you make a backup of a ChessBase/Fritz database, you need to backup all the files
that make up the database. A ChessBase/Fritz database in .CBH format is composed of a minimum of seven and
as many as twenty separate files. If you backup or save just the .CBH file and try to open it later, you'll get
squadoo -- the additional files are required.
But ChessBase and the various playing programs we offer give you the option of bundling all of these files
together into one unified archive file. This file ends in the extension .CBV and is an archive that stores the
multiple database files into a single compressed file. This allows for easier copying to a storage medium (such as
a CD or floppy disk) since you'll only need to copy one file instead of seven to twenty of them.
Archiving a database is really easy. In ChessBase 8, all you need to is single-click a database's icon to highlight
it. Then go to the Tools menu, select "Database", and then "Backup database" from the submenu. A dialogue
appears asking if you want the archive file to be "crypted" or "uncrypted". This is just a fancy way of asking if
you'd like to password-protect your archive file. If you protect it with a password, the program will prompt you to
enter that password when you try to open that archive file. If you can't provide the password, you'll not be able to
access the database -- and there's no "back door" that lets some programmer or techie from ChessBase open the
archive for you in case you forget the password. So unless you're a top GM who needs to keep his "secret
analysis" secret, I strongly recommend against using the "crypted" option. If you forget your password later,
you're sunk -- there is no way to get into a crypted archive file without the password.
a .CBV file always uncompresses into the same folder it's currently located in.
If you're very quick on the uptake, you've already spotted the danger of storing a .CBV file in the same folder as
the original database from which it was created. If you should accidentally select that .CBV file when accessing
File/Open/Database, you'll accidentally overwrite your current database with a previously archived version. This
can be very bad, especially if you're not in the habit of making frequent backups. I once talked to a user who had
created a .CBV file in the same folder as the original database, manually added a few hundred games to that
database over the next few weeks, then accidentally selected the .CBV file from the "Open Database" dialogue.
The .CBV file uncompressed and overwrote his database with the last version he'd archived. In an instant, his few
hundred new games were gone, with no way of getting that work back.
Sorting the Games in Your Database by Date:
Sadly, there's no easy way to do this. This functionality is not included with Fritz in order to coerce people into
buying ChessBase. The workaround for this is to manually copy and paste the games from the unsorted source
database in the correct order into a sorted target database. To make this easier I recommend that your archive
database only contain games for a particular year, and your working databse only contain games for the current
month (smaller, chronologically based databases will be easier to sort using this workaround).
Replacing Games in Your Database:
http://www.chessbase.com/download/pdf/InstructionsToChessBase10.pdf
You can replace any game in any database by any other game. Load or enter the new game. Open the target
database and right-click the old game to be replaced. In the right-click-menu call Edit -> Replace with...
Database Keys:
Note that in this discussion a better word for 'key' might be 'category'. The word 'key' has specific meanings
pertaining to databases that just don't seem to fit here.
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lopez12.pdf
A way of classifying your database involves the use of keys. A 'key' is just another word for 'index.'
Fritz can utilize pre-created index files to classify games according to the openings used in them. There
are two ways to get started on this process. In the first, just click each tab at the top of the game list.
You'll see four buttons at the center of your game list screen:
Install Big Key – this will install a huge comprehensive index of all
ECO codes, as well as various numbered sub-variations within each
code (as they appear in ECO itself). This key is intended for use
with large databases containing many thousands of games. For a
small personal database, this big key is too much of a good thing –
the key files will require many more times the amount of hard drive
space than is taken up by your actual game files.
Install Small Key – the key that's installed after clicking this button
is well-suited for use with smaller databases. It is a less
comprehensive, more general opening key; for example, instead of
the dozens of keys and sub-keys that you'd get for the Sicilian
Defense by using the big key, you'll get a main key called "Sicilian
Defense" and double-clicking on it will display a small list of subkeys
based on the most commonly played Sicilian variations.
Select key – this will bring up the Windows File Select dialogue that
will allow you to select an opening key from any drive or folder.
This is useful for installing a specialized key, such as one you'd find
on a separate ChessBase training or database CD.
Install empty key – this will install a "blank" key without any index
categorizations. This option isn't recommended unless you also have
the ChessBase database program, since Fritz on its own doesn't give
you the option to create your own key indexes.
Another way to do this is to use the 'Install Key' option from the 'Key Functions' button on the
'Database' tab of the 'Database' window:
The 'Select key' button has been replaced by a 'Browse' button in this view.
Note that you'll sometimes want to reclassify games. As you add games to your database, you'll find
that the new additions aren't sorted into index classifications in the keys. So, after adding new games to
your database, go to the Tools menu, select 'Classification,' and then:
'Classify all keys' to reclassify all keys on the current tab (Openings, Themes, etc.)
'Whole Database' to reclassify all keys in the entire database
'This key' to reclassify the highlighted key in the current tab
http://www.chessbase.com/workshop2.asp?id=1754
Be very careful when reclassifying. If you've manually classified a game into a particular key,
reclassifying that key will delete all of the manual classification you've done.
Notation Window:
The 'Notation' window can be customized by left clicking the 'Application Menu', then left clicking 'Options',
then left clicking the 'Clocks+Notation' tab:
The 'Notation' window looks like this:
The black highlight is the move that's being displayed on the board.
The black text is the move that was made.
The purple number is the clock data (in this example it's the amount of time that was spent deciding on
that move, but it can also be just the time shown on the clock).
The blue text is the evaluation of the position expressed as evaluation/depth (where evaluation, depth,
and '#' are the same metrics that are used in the 'Main Engine' window, and are explained in that
section of this document). You only see this blue text if you look at a game you've played against Fritz
and then saved, or if you've done a 'Blunder Check' on any saved game.
Main Engine Window:
configuration button
CPU button
yellow lamp
=+(-0.55)
Depth=19/46
6.d3(3/34)
rows 1-4
the chess engine being used
increase the maximum number of mainlines that will be considered (see the Search Options page of this
document)
decrease the maximum number of mainlines that will be considered (see the Search Options page of this
brings up the 'Search Options' window (see the Search Options page of this document)
how many CPUs to use (only useful with the Deep Fritz version)
turns red when the engine finds something dramatic (i.e. when the value suddenly rises or falls
dramatically). An arrow pointing up or down denotes a 'fail high' or 'fail low', which simply means that
the computer has discovered something good or bad in the position but doesn't yet know what it is.
the value of the best move expressed in terms of centipawns (positive always means white is better,
negative always means black is better). =+(-0.55) means Black has a 1/2 pawn (0.55 centipawn)
advantage materially and/or positionally. A '#' means a forced checkmate is possible in the number of
moves indicated (explained later herein). A 'B' means the move was taken from the Openings book
(explained later herein).
all main lines analyzed at least 19 plys (half moves) deep, some main lines as many a 46 plys deep
what move is currently being analyzed, and it's the 3rd of 34 legal moves
how many nodes have been analyzed (k means 1,000 and m means 1,000,000)
how long has the engine been working on this move
the 4 lines being analyzed
the current line being analyzed
A '#' in the 'Main Engine' window means there is a forced checkmate available in the number of moves
indicated. In the following position, we see from both the 'Main Engine' window and the 'Notation' window
that Black to move has a forced checkmate in three moves:
A 'B' in the 'Main Engine' window means that Fritz took the move from the Openings Book and Fritz didn't
spend any time actually calculating the move.
'Search Options' window (you get here by left clicking the configuration button in the Main Engine window):
Number of mainlines is the same setting as is controlled by the + and – buttons in the 'Main Engine'
window.
'Evaluation window' checkbox controls whether or not the 'Evaluation' window is displayed in the
'Main Engine' window
the lower right box is tricky and unlabeled. It's basically how bad a line has to be in order for Fritz to
not even analyze it. In the above screenshot, Fritz will analyze no more than the 2 best lines, and it
won't analyze the second best line if it's worse than the main line by more than half a pawn (50
centipawns).
http://www.chesscentral.com/Rybka_3_Chess_Software_Report_a/Rybka_Chess_Playi_Software_P4_a/150.htm
This allows you to set a margin, measured in 1/100ths of a pawn, within which secondary, tertiary, etc. variations must
fall within (compared to the main variation) to be displayed in the Engine Analysis window.
Let's explain this further by using an example. In the illustration above you can see the number of variations has been
set at '2' and the margin has been set at '50'. This means that two lines of play may be displayed, the best variation and
the second-best line. But a second-best variation will be displayed only if it's evaluated as being worse than the main
variation by a half-pawn ('50') or less; variations which are worse by more than a half-pawn won't be displayed at all.
'Next Best' (you get here by right clicking in the 'Main Engine' window):
'Next Best' - Fritz will stop analyzing the best move and focus on the next best move
'Search Better' – see the following explanation
'Search Clearly Better' – see the following explanation
A second analysis option works somewhat 'in reverse' of the dialogue we've just discussed. 'Find better/Clearly better
move' also searches for alternate lines of play, but instead of displaying lines which are x/100ths of a pawn worse than
the main line, this feature searches for moves which are x/100ths of a pawn better.
I can hear you asking 'Wait a minute - if the engine is already displaying the best line of play (in its estimation), how can
it display something better?' Here's a scenario to illustrate how this feature works.
Let's say that you're looking at a position and Rybka's analysis of a possible continuation. The engine is showing (as
usual) the best line of play it's discovered so far. But you have a sneaking suspicion that there might be a better
variation, which Rybka would find if it could look far more deeply at some possibilities it rejected early in the present
search (perhaps a material sacrifice which was rejected because a short search did not reveal an advantage). So you
right-click in the Engine Analysis pane, select 'Next best', and then 'Properties' from the submenu. You'll see the
following dialogue:
This again allows you to set a margin, but this time the line displayed must be x/100ths of a pawn better than the
previously-displayed main line (x being the value that you type into this dialogue's field). Click 'OK' and when you
activate the 'Find better' or 'Clearly better' dialogue, the software will cease to display the previous main line and will
not display a variation in the Engine Analysis pane unless the engine finds a line which is better than the previously
displayed main line by the value you set. Because the engine is no longer analyzing the previous main line and is
instead searching for (sometimes radical) alternatives, it will look very deeply quite quickly and display any tactical
solutions it might otherwise have considered 'unpromising' and thus had pruned from the search tree early on.
Now I'll warn you straight away that this feature won't turn up a better move unless one actually exists, and this won't
be the case in the majority of positions. But when it does find such a move, you might be blown away by the result. In
fact, the programmers suggest setting a high value in this feature's dialogue in order to find any truly spectacular
alternative variations which might lie hidden in the position.
The difference between 'Search Better' and 'Search Clearly Better' is that with 'Search Clearly
Better' you can define the exact amount of 'better', in terms of centipawns (1/100ths of a pawn).
To demonstrate all of this, Look at this position (in FEN notation) from a real game between
William James Lombardy and Robert James Fischer which took place in New York, NY, USA, on
December 19, 1960:
8/pp4pp/4k3/3rPp2/1Pr4P/2B1KPP1/1P6/4R3 b
Fritz 12 cannot find Mr. Fischer's elegant and winning moves unless you tell it to 'Search Clearly
Better':
1. ... Rxc3+ 2.bxc3 Rxe5+ 3.Kd2 Rxe1 4.Kxe1 Kd5 and wins
'Lock Engine' (you get here by right clicking in the 'Main Engine' window):
'Lock Engine': Normally, in analysis mode, the engine automatically follows the board. However, you
can 'lock' it to a particular position and then move around the game without the engine following. Click
again to unlock.
Evaluation Profile Window:
The tick at the top changes to black after a white move, and changes to blue after a black move
Histogram bars above the centerline mean White has an advantage.
Histogram bars below the centerline mean Black has an advantage.
When a human plays against the computer, the human is green and the computer is red.
When analyzing a game, White is green and Black is red.
Yellow can be shown above or below the centerline and means the histogram bar goes beyond the scale of
the window, which is on the right hand side.
The above evaluation profile means this:
On move 1, White moved and got almost a ½ pawn advantage
On move 1, Black moved and nullified White's advantage
On move 2, White moved and got a full ½ pawn advantage
On move 2, Black moved and White's advantage fell to just a ¼ pawn
On move 3, White moved and White kept the ¼ pawn advantage
On move 3, Black moved and White kept the ¼ pawn advantage
On move 4, Black moved and Black got a ½ pawn advantage
On move 5, White moved and Black got a full pawn advantage
On move 5, Black moved and Black kept a full pawn advantage
On move 6, White moved and Black's advantage fell to a ½ pawn
Black has not yet made its 6th move
If you perform a 'Blunder Check' on a game and store the 'Evaluation', then that will be used to populate the
'Evaluation Profile' window whenever you open that game from the database. When you open a game that has
no evaluation data stored with it, you can build the evaluation profile automatically by pressing the '*' key on
your numeric keypad (not the '*' above the '8' key, but the '*' that's on the right hand side of a full keyboard,
or the one that's on the 'p' key on a laptop) and let the computer step through the game move by move while
doing 'Infinite Analysis'.
Setting Up a Position:
To set up a position from which to play or analyze, left click the 'Position Setup' button on the 'Insert' menu.
Analyzing a Completed Game:
The overview of how to use Fritz to analyze a completed game:
1. Enter the game into Fritz and save it to a database.
2. Enter your annotations immediately after entering the game so you remember what you were thinking
before you see what Fritz suggests. I strongly recommend enclosing your commentary in curly brackets,
'{' and '}', so that you can easily distinguish your commentary from the commentary that Fritz writes
(note, however, that Fritz uses '{#}' to insert diagrams into the game's notation). When you're done,
save the game with your annotations to a database.
3. From the 'Database' window, have Fritz do a 'Blunder Check' and choose to NOT 'Erase old
annotations'. Doing a 'Blunder Check' before a 'Full Analysis' seems to create a more readable output
insofar as the placement of Fritz's commentary relative to the moves and the numerical evaluations.
4. From the 'Database' window, have Fritz do a 'Full Analysis' and choose to NOT 'Erase old
annotations'.
Note that both a 'blunder check' and a 'full analysis' allow you to set a threshold for evaluation, so neither
analysis method is 'superior', it's just that 'blunder check' gives a numerical analysis, and 'full analysis' gives
natural language commentary.
Note that doing 'Blunder Check' and 'Full Analysis' from the 'Database' window gives you the option of
saving the game to the database by replacing the existing version of the game, or appending a new version of
the game to the database. If you do 'Blunder Check' or 'Full Analysis' for a game that you entered into Fritz but
didn't save to a database, neither the replace nor append option is available, so you'll have to remember to save
the game to a database when you're done with the 'Blunder Check' or 'Full Analysis', else you'll lose all of the
analysis when you change games or close Fritz.
Note that 'Deep Position' analysis is not available from the 'Database' window. See the 'Deep Position
analysis' section of this document to learn more about how to use that.
Enter the game into Fritz:
First, either turn the chess engine off from the 'Engine' tab or by pressing 'Shift' + 'Ctrl' + 'M' , or go into
'Infinite Analysis' mode (this prevents Fritz from actually trying to play against you while you enter the moves
of the game into the computer):
Next, from the 'Home' tab enter your game into Fritz.
you can manually enter the game by moving the pieces in Fritz
you can paste a game using PGN (Portable Game Notation)
[Event 'King's Island Tournament']
[Site 'King's Island Resort, Mason, OH, USA']
[Date '2010.11.12']
[Round '1']
[White 'Smith, Joe']
[Black 'Jones, Mark']
[Result '0-1']
1. f3 e6 2. g4 Qh4# 0-1
you can paste a starting position and moves using a combination of PGN and FEN (Forsyth–Edwards
Notation)
[Black 'Doe, Jane']
[FEN '8/6B1/8/4pp1p/7P/2b2P2/4k1K1/8 b']
1... e4 2. fxe4 f4 0-1
After you enter the game into Fritz, save the game to a database.
Add your own annotations:
Next, enter your comments into the notation pane by right single clicking each move and selecting 'Text Before
Move...' or 'Text After Move...'. I suggest enclosing your commentary in curly backets, '{' and '}', so that you
can easily distinguish your commentary from the commentary that Fritz writes. It's important to enter your own
commentary before Fritz analyzes your game so that you can remember what you were actually thinking for
each move. After you've entered your annotations, save the game with your annotations to a database.
Have Fritz do a 'Blunder Check':
From the 'Database' tab of the 'Database' window, do a 'Blunder Check'. Doing a 'Blunder Check' before a
'Full Analysis' seems to create a more readable output insofar as the placement of Fritz's commentary relative
to the moves and the numerical evaluations. 'Blunder Check' is much, much more than just a blunder check,
and it will add detailed variations to your game as well as numerical evaluations (numerical evaluations are
described in the 'Notation Window' section of this document). Be sure to clear the checkbox for 'Erase old
'Time' is not well labeled, but it's the minimum number of seconds Fritz will spend analyzing each
move. Fritz will always spend more time than the minimum, but it stays as close as it can to that
minimum as it can given the complexity of the analysis. I recommend 60 as minimum, 120 as medium,
180 as maximum.
'Threshold' is the number of centipawns of improvement that are required in order for Fritz to display a
variation.
'Annotate as text' will make Fritz display variations as simple text, but 'Annotate as variations' will
make Fritz display variations that will actually move the pieces on the board when you click on the
variations.
'Write full variations' will make Fritz write out the full variation instead of just the first move of it.
Be sure to clear the checkbox for 'Erase old annotations'.
'Training' will include training questions which show up in the notation pane as '***' (I think the
training questions are pretty useless).
'Check main line' will make Fritz analyze the main line.
'Check variations' will make Fritz analyze the variations.
Have Fritz do a 'Full Analysis':
From the 'Database' tab of the 'Database' window, do a 'Full Analysis'. Full analysis will add 'natural
language' commentary and improved variations to your game. Be sure to clear the checkbox for 'Erase old
'Calculation Time' – I recommend a minimum of 60 seconds per move, a maximum of 120 minutes per
'Graphical' will include arrows and such on the board.
'Last move' is the highest move of the game you want analyzed. Being that Fritz analyzes games
backwards, it will begin its analysis on the last move and work toward the opening. Note, however,
choosing '1' for 'Last move' will cause the entire game to be analyzed.
You can analyze multiple games in a single batch from the 'Database' window. Just highlight the batch of
games you want to analyze (by using shift & left click, or control & left click) and hit the 'Full Analysis' button
as previously discussed, then the 'Blunder Check' button as previously discussed.
NOTE: I've found a bug in Fritz 12 (Oct 13 2010) whereby not all of the selected games are really selected, and
this makes doing bulk analysis difficult. So select the games you want to analyze, then minimize the 'Database'
window, then restore the 'Database' window, and then all of the games that appear highlighted are indeed truly
'Deep Position Analysis':
Deep Position Analysis is very good for getting deep and detailed analysis of a critical position and the next
four moves. This is especially useful when a game is adjourned and you want coaching, or when there was a
clear turning point on which you want coaching from a completed game.
'Deep Position Analysis' cannot be done from the 'Database' window, but only from the 'Analysis' tab.
'Deep Position Analysis' parameters:
Time/Depth
Total time - the time Fritz will spend on the entire 'Deep Position Analysis'
Time - the time Fritz will spend on each move of the 'Deep Position Analysis'
Depth - the depth at which you want Fritz to analyze each move
plus (root) - extra seconds or move depth used when analyzing the root position (see the
following two diagrams for what 'root' means)
I recommend using the 'Total time' option and just giving Fritz as much time as you can afford
On a slow or busy computer, 'Depth' will oftentimes give better results
the values for 'Branching in 1st/2nd/3rd/4th move' must be between 1 and 99 (as of 7/9/2011 you
can use the GUI arrows to set a value between 1 and 99, but you can key in a 0 and the program
will crash)
branching is simply the number of best next moves that are analyzed at each specific point,
taking into account the 'Evaluation window' and 'Cut bad lines'. The following two diagrams
give visual examples of what Branching is.
Length of variations - the maximum length of the analyzed and displayed variations
Evaluation window - how much worse a variation has to be than the best variation in order for Fritz to
not even analyze or display it
Cut bad lines - Fritz will not analyze or display variations determined by the Alpha-Beta algorithm to be
White to move, 3 2 1 1 Branching White
Black to
to move
1st Branch
2nd Branch
3rd Branch
4th Branch
White to move, 2 1 1 1 Branching Both
Following is a sample of the output from 'Deep Position Analysis' with White to move on 9 as the root:
In older versions of Fritz 12 there was a 'Copy to notation' option when you right single clicked in the 'Main
Engine' window. However, as of 7/9/2011 the 'Deep Position analysis' is automatically put into the 'Notation'
pane once the analysis is complete. Thus, after 'Deep Position Analysis' completes, be sure to save or re-save
the game or position into a database in order to preserve the analysis. Also, if you right single click inside the
'Main Engine' window and choose 'Clip analysis' while the 'Deep Position Analysis' is running, you can clip
the incomplete analysis to the Windows clipboard so you can paste it into some other application.
Annotation Symbols:
http://www.chessville.com/misc/misc_codes_annosymbols.htm
Also Written As
dbl. ch.
dis. ch.
Castles Kingside
O-O-O
Castles Queenside
Good Move
Very Strong or Brilliant Move
Interesting Move
Dubious Move
White has a Winning Advantage
White has a Clear Advantage
White has a Slight Advantage
+/=
=+
=/+
Equal Position
Approximately Equal Position
Unclear Position
Black has a Slight Advantage
Black has a Clear Advantage
-/+
Black has a Winning Advantage
Counterplay
Only Move
Development Advantage
Space Advantage
Zeitnot (Time Trouble)
Editorial Annotation
Better is
Worse is
Equivalent is
With the Idea of
Directed Against
<<
>>
Queenside
izt
Inter-zonal
Rapid Play
Simultaneous
Junior Event
Women's Event
Colored Squares and Arrows:
To add a green arrow hold down the 'Alt' key, click on the chess board and drag the mouse to the finish
For yellow arrows use 'Ctrl' and 'Alt'.
For red arrows use 'Shift' and 'Alt'.
You can also highlight single squares using the steps above but only clicking once on a square.
Printing a Game:
First adjust your 'Page Setup' preferences:
The 'Diagrams directly' checkbox on the 'Print games' tab seems to cause the diagrams you've inserted into the
game notation to be printed where they actually appear in the game notation, rather than where the prettiest
formatting would put them. I haven't yet fully confirmed this.
The 'Flipped' checkbox on the 'Print Diagram' tab causes the diagrams you've inserted into the game notation
to be printed from Black's perspective instead of White's perspective (it flips the board).
To get a print preview, just print the game and you'll be taken to the 'Print Preview' tab from which you can
send the preview to the printer, or close the preview.
Playing a Game Against Fritz:
From the 'Home' tab, you can play games where Fritz plays at full strength and the only things you can change
are your and its time controls, and the depth to which Fritz calculates.
From the 'Training' tab, you can play games where you can granularly adjust the strength at which Fritz plays
and the types of weaknesses it will have.
'Rated Game' – use this if you want Fritz to estimate your chess strength rating
'Sparring' – you can set Fritz from Very Easy to Really Hard, and make it point out wins or not
'Friend mode' – you set your own handicap in centipawns, and Fritz will adjust its strength
automatically and give you a new centipawn handicap at the end of the game
'Handicap and Fun' – you can granularly set the strengths, weaknesses, and rating of Fritz
'Handicap Position' – you set your handicap in terms of free moves and pieces
I've read that in handicap mode, the openings book is switched off, but I haven't confirmed this.
Training Under Fritz:
Fritz has training videos which are accessible from the 'Chess course' option of its startup screen.
Fritz also has training features which are accessible from the 'Training' tab.
Making Fritz Compete Against Itself:
The Shootout is a tool for players who want to see how a particular position might be handled using best play
by both sides (deep position analysis is also a tool for this).
Openings Book:
The Fritz DVD has the Fritz 12 Openings book (Fritz12.ctg) on it. If you start Fritz with its DVD in your optical
drive, then the openings book will be available to Fritz. Running the openings book from your optical drive is
slow, noisy, takes a lot of power, and generates a lot of heat. As such, it's better to copy the openings book to
your hard disk. Do this by left clicking 'Copy tree to hard disk' from the 'Analysis' tab, and then accept the
If you copy the Fritz 12 Openings book to your hard disk, Fritz will learn from its wins and losses and modify
the openings book by assigning weights to moves. You can reset those weights back to their original settings by
choosing 'Reset Weights' in the 'Openings Book' pull down menu on the Analysis tab. Note that resetting the
weights does not change the color of any manually altered moves back to their original colors (this will be
explained later in this section).
If you copy the Fritz 12 Openings book to your hard disk, you can manually customize the Fritz 12 Openings
The 'Openings Book' tab in the Notation window:
DFritz12.ctg – the name of the Openings book being used
Green moves are commonly played by Fritz
Black moves are occasionally played by Fritz
Blue moves are seldom played by Fritz
Red moves are never played by Fritz (provided that the Book options are set to tournament -- Book options
are described later in this section)
N – the number of times this move was used in the games contained in the Openings book
% – the success of the move expressed as a percentage
Av – the average ELO rating of the players who used this move
Perf – the ELO performance that would be reached if one were to play this move all the time
Fact – the weight Fritz has assigned to this move by actually playing it, or the weight manually assigned to
this move by you
Prob – the probability that Fritz will play this move, without taking the 'Fact' into consideration
[%] – the probability that Fritz will play this move, with taking the 'Fact' into consideration
Green bar – the number of wins after this move was played
Grey bar – the number of draws after this move was played
Red bar – the number of losses after this move was played
Customizing the Openings Book:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=17792
To make a green or blue move red, right click on it and select 'Don't play in tournament'. Red moves will
never be played while the openings book options are set to 'Tournament book'. Note that resetting the
weights will not change the color back to its original.
To make a red move green, right click on it and select 'Main Move'. Note that resetting the weights will not
change the color back to its original.
To change the 'Fact' (i.e. the probability weight) of a move, right click it and choose 'Change weight', and
set it between -125 (very unlikely to be played) and +125 (very likely to be played). This is what Fritz's
automatic book learning does (based on whether games are won or lost) but this is how you do it manually.
Note that resetting the weights will change the weight back to its original value.
'Book options':
'Tournament book' – don't use red moves
'Variety of play' – high variety means Fritz will choose blue and green moves, not just the strong green
'Influence of learn value' – how strongly does the weight (the 'Fact') influence the move choice
'Learning strength' – how quickly will Fritz change the weights based on its wins and losses
'Optimize' – set Variety, Influence, and Learning to original, optimal values
'Normal' – set Variety, Influence, and Learning to normal values
'Handicap' – set Variety, Influence, and Learning to handicap values
For training I recommend turning off 'Tournament book' and setting 'Variety of play to maximum'. This will
cause Fritz to throw all sorts of opening moves at you, not just the ones you'll see from strong tournament
players.
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Home » How to Become a Truck Driver
We're often asked, "How does somebody become a truck driver?" which is usually followed by questions about a truck driver's salary, lifestyle, job requirements, job availability, how to get licensed, etc. Below you'll find the answers to the most commonly asked questions about being a truck driver.
What are the job requirements for becoming a truck driver?
To become a professional truck driver you'll need to:
Be 18 years old to drive within one state or 21 years old to drive in multiple states. Because the vast majority of Halvor Lines jobs take drivers across state lines, we recruit drivers 21 and older.
Obtain a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL). This is done either through military service or going to school for a CDL. You can also get one through Halvor's paid CDL Training Program.
Complete an over-the-road training program, like Halvor's paid 5-week Finishing Program, available to CDL graduates.
Pass a DOT physical and obtain a medical card.
Pass a federally-mandated drug screening.
Are trucking jobs in demand?
Yes! Professional truck drivers are currently in high demand across the United States. Because of this, truckers can earn good salaries, especially considering the job requirements for becoming a truck driver. It is one of the few professions where you have the potential to earn a middle-class salary without a college degree. In fact, drivers who are also willing to work as trainers or drive as part of a team can often earn more than $100,000 a year.
What are the best trucking jobs?
One of the best things about trucking is that you get to define what's "best." For example:
Some truck drivers want to make the most money possible, which can sometimes be $100K or more annually. Some ways to do this include team driving or becoming a driver trainer. Both of these options are available at Halvor Lines.
Other truck drivers focus on home time. They want to be home every week, every few days, or even daily. Halvor Lines offers dozens of regional routes with consistent, predictable home time.
Some drivers value passenger and pet programs, and Halvor Lines has one of the best in the country. If you are an experienced driver, pets and passengers are welcome in your truck from day one, and requirements are easy to meet. Recent trainees can have pets from day one and passengers after 90 days.
Many drivers want to be treated as people, not numbers – they want to work with the best trucking company out there. Halvor Lines has been named a Best Fleet to Drive For nine years in a row, thanks in large part to nominations and survey feedback from our drivers.
What trucking jobs make the most money?
There isn't one straight answer to this question, because there are many ways to make great money in trucking – and a lot of the choices are up to you. Choices include:
The freight you choose to haul. At Halvor Lines, pay varies based on your division – van, deck van, refrigerated or flatbed. This is common for most trucking companies.
Miles you drive per month. Much of your pay will be based on your miles on the road. The more you drive, the more you earn.
Team driving. Drivers who chose to drive in a two-person team at Halvor Lines can expect to earn more than they would drive solo.
Becoming a trainer. At Halvor Lines, sharing your time and expertise with new drivers can boost your income, depending on the number of trainees you work with each year.
Opting into company bonus programs. Many trucking companies, including Halvor Lines, offer bonus pay for criteria ranging from fuel efficiency and safety to holiday driving. If you're interested, contact one of our Halvor Lines recruiters, they would be happy to tell you more.
Becoming an owner-operator. Drivers who opt to become their own boss often make more money – but they have the added responsibility of running their own business as well.
Can truck drivers make six figures ($100k or more) a year?
Yes. You can earn $100,000 or more a year as a truck driver. It generally takes a few years, and usually means that you have become a trainer or work as a team driver. Drivers who transition from company drivers to owner-operators often earn more than six figures annually.
What is the average truck driver salary?
Truck driving salaries vary widely in the United States, from just over $32,000 for a new company driver to more than $130,000 for owner-operators.*
At Halvor Lines, salaries range based on experience and type of freight hauled. Drivers who work as trainers or drive in teams also earn more. The best way to estimate your earnings is to talk with a recruiter.
*Source: Indeed.com
How much do drivers make if they own their own truck?
Annual income for owner-operators – drivers who own their own trucks – varies widely, based on a number of factors, including the type of freight hauled and the number of miles driven each year.
As a rule, owner-operators often earn more than $100,000 a year. But they are also functioning like a small business, which means being responsible for everything from workers' compensation insurance to truck repairs and other operating costs.
Is being a truck driver hard? Is being a truck driver worth it?
Just about any truck driver will tell you they work hard. And career truck drivers will tell you it's worth it because they aren't the type of people who want a 9-to-5 office job.
Truckers are generally independent people who enjoy their own company. They want to earn a good income, even without a high school diploma or college degree (though many truck drivers have both).
Turnover is high in this industry because trucking isn't for everyone. But for the people who really enjoy it, and who like the company they work for, it becomes a lucrative, life-long career.
What hours does a truck driver work?
At Halvor Lines, you can expect to be driving seven (7) to nine (9) hours a day and be on the road five to five-and-a-half days each week. These are averages since we can't always control for factors like weather, road construction, and traffic which can add time to a driver's day.
There are also federal laws that regulate the number of hours truck drivers work in a day and over the course of a week. By law drivers must:
Work no more than 14 hours in one 24-hour period.
Drive no more than 11 hours in one 24-hour period.
Work no more than 70 hours in one 168-hour period (one week).
These are the maximum hours a driver can work. Exact hours per day and per week can be less than this, varying based on routes driven, part-time vs. full-time work, and other factors.
Can truck drivers have passengers and/or pets?
Yes – it's just a matter of finding a trucking company that allows one or both on the road. At Halvor Lines, pets and passengers are welcome in experienced drivers' trucks from day one, and requirements are easy to meet. Recent trainees can have pets from day one and passengers after 90 days.
Who is the best trucking company to work for?
Many of our drivers say that Halvor Lines is the best trucking company to work for – and it shows in our driver turnover, which falls well below industry averages. We're also proud that driver survey feedback has made Halvor Lines a Best Fleet to Drive For year after year.
Each year, the annual Truckload Carrier's Association (TCA) awards its Best Fleet To Drive For designation to 20 carriers who go the extra mile to provide drivers with living wages, solid benefits, safe equipment, and more. The TCA takes a close look at all aspects of operations, and they survey company drivers to get their thoughts on how well the company meets driver needs.
Halvor Lines is proud to be a Best Fleet to Drive For recipient nine years in a row. If you are interested in a job with us, fill out our Truck Driver Jobs Inquiry form to talk to our recruiter.
Where can I get truck driver training?
Truck driver training is a two-step process:
First, you need to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), either through the military or with the help of a school or trucking affiliated training program, like Halvor's paid CDL Training Program.
Second, you need to complete an over-the-road (OTR) training program, like the paid 5-week Finishing Program offered through Halvor Lines.
Have more questions? Contact a recruiter. Want to feel prepared? Review the list of questions to ask a trucking recruiter at hand and have your own.
Contact Our Recruiters


Anyone here need a 3megapixel digital camera? - One person's lack of compassion does not equal another's comfort.
Anyone here need a 3megapixel digital camera?
I've recently offered to help a friend upgrade her camera which will mean selling the old one. Hers is in very good condition, well cared for and includes a cable to connect it to a PC but no memory cards just the internal memory. The camera takes SD variety cards.
If you think this fits your needs, and would like to find a competitive price with which to "bid against" please comment here. It appears to be possible to buy similar cameras used or refurbished for about $75 so she would not be expecting to get all that much for it.
here is a link to its specs.
I will be sure to mention your interest to her. I'd like to get her to LUMSFS with it (or you to MUMSFS with her) so you could see what you are considering. Also you should see the updated I've added to my post listing a comparative price of one of these cameras sold as new from a surplus house. Generally it is difficult to buy a decent camera for under $100, and this camera *just* qualifies as decent, so I'd like to try to get her at least $100 for it if possible.


COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Terry Bowden was coaching Auburn he saw just what he needed in graduate assistant Will Muschamp 23 years ago. So it's no surprise to when that Muschamp has excelled running a program.
He will get see firsthand how much Muschamp has learned this weekend.
Brown's Akron Zips (4-7) face Muschamp's Gamecocks (6-5) to close the regular season in a makeup game after South Carolina's contest with Marshall on Sept. 15 was canceled due to Hurricane Florence. Akron saw its season-opener at Nebraska called off because of lightning and strong storms.
Bowden brought Muschamp on at Auburn after he finished his career as a Georgia defensive back in 1994.
"I just remember what an intelligent ballplayer he was. He was savvy, tough guy, a leader," Bowden said earlier this week. "I liked the way he carried himself as a player. Then, finding out he wanted to be a coach, he's the guy I look for when I'm looking for graduate assistants. I think he's turned out everything I thought he would."
When Muschamp's time as a graduate assistant was over, he took a position outside of football. But that didn't stick for long with Bowden's encouraging words that Muschamp could be a successful teacher, mentor and football coach.
"To get reassurance from a guy who was head coach at Auburn University and was having a good run at the time, to tell you to stick with this thing," Muschamp said. "There was no doubt, I appreciate his words."
Muschamp has the Gamecocks on a positive track . He's the first South Carolina coach to start with three consecutive bowl appearances. And Muschamp's aiming higher, telling his team to treat this extra week of game practice as a rehearsal for next year in preparing for a Southeastern Conference title game.
"The guys will tell you, I like to be able to practice things," Muschamp said.
A win should enhance the Gamecocks bowl destination.
Bowden, in his seventh season at Akron, said the Zips had hopes of reaching a bowl game, too, when they agreed to a 12th game in early November. However, four consecutive losses this month ended that goal.
South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley is on a major roll. He had career highs of 510 yards passing and five touchdowns in last week's 56-35 loss at No. 2 Clemson. Over his past four games, Bentley has thrown for 1,451 yards and 13 TDs and just two interceptions. The junior was on NFL scouts radar when the year began. His recent play has revived talk of turning pro after this year. Bentley and coach Will Muschamp say the focus is solely on Akron.
Even though it's his second game as a head coach at South Carolina, Akron's Terry Bowden will mark his first time on the sideline. The other occasion, as Auburn's head coach in 1997, Bowden had to stay up in the coaching box due to a back injury. The eighth-ranked Tigers improved to 5-0 that year with a 23-6 win over the Gamecocks.
Muschamp said people should be recognized for doing something extraordinary. No one in SEC history, Muschamp said, had ever thrown for that many yards against a top Five opponent. Muschamp then said, ":We have a saying, 'It just means more.' It just means more, sometimes, depending on what your logo is. Call it like it is."
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Vanderbilt quarterback Kyle Shurmur shared the latest SEC player of the week honors.
Akron has something South Carolina does not: A victory over a championship game participant this weekend. The Zips had two pick-six touchdowns in a 39-34 victory at Northwestern this past September. The Wildcats play Ohio State for the Big Ten championship on Saturday.
South Carolina holds an 8-3 mark over teams from the Mid-American Conference. This is the first time the Gamecocks have played a MAC opponent since defeating Eastern Michigan 41-6 in 2000.


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Courtesy of Satoshi Kanazawa in Psychology Today, an illustration of the dangers of averages. The human lifespan is now pretty much what it has always been, around 70-80 years. I have heard it said many, many times that "in [insert era here] you were old when you were 40!".
It is probably true that people were more decrepit in old age, given the afflictions that were then untreatable, but in general the human lifespan has not increased with modern medicine. What has increased is the average number of years a newborn baby can expect to live in a given society in a given time. Childhood diseases used to claim nearly half of all children before modern medicine. But, if you lived past that, you could expect to live to the same age as anyone today.


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