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Fritz 15 Help

2.15.5 Engine window
This program provides you a wealth of information on the engine thought processes
during the course of a game. This is the “search information” and reflects what the
computer has found while calculating its next move.
See also Extended Engine Information ...
Let`s Check ...

Note: Clicking on a line in the engine window enters this move on the chess board
immediately. This works the same way as clicking on a move in the openings book.
On the top left you can see which chess engine is currently calculating the moves
(the actual name will be displayed). Right-clicking the engine name will allow you to
switch engines.
The move it is calculating is 24...Rb8, and this is the first of 48 legal moves.
The “Stop/Go” button allows you to stop and then restart the calculation, or force
a move.
With the “+” and “–” buttons you can increase or decrease the number of lines
that are calculated in parallel (these buttons disappear during a regular game and are
only available in analysis mode).
In the second line there is a lamp which 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 number to the right of the lamp gives the position value, above –0.87. The
evaluation is expressed in pawn units, always from the point of view of White (i.e. –
0.87 is good for Black). A value of 3.00 pawns would mean that White is a piece up –

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