Something you need to know about Fritz is that it hardly belongs in the games category. Think of it less as a fancy chess game and more of an analysis tool for chess enthusiasts.

Every single bad review you'll see for this program is due, not to some defect or bug, but because this is a bloody complex application and it's rather hard to intuit what it is you want to do. Reading through the manual, especially if something doesn't seem to make sense, is highly, *highly* recommended. If you just want to play chess, and nothing else, you'd be better served by the pack-in games that come with your operating system. The Fritz engine that comes with this software has a low end rating in the 1400s and is absolutely /not/ for beginners!

So what can you use this for? The killer feature for me is the ability to load up PGN-formatted games (I usually annotate them on my phone) and have the engine go through your game and note where and how you messed up. What you could have done better, and so on, using plain english.

This is starting to sound like a sales pitch, but in short, I recommend this whole-heartedly if you have more than a passing interest in chess.

Qué se puede decir de este programa?, simplemente es excelente tanto en jugabilidad como en precio, amén de que te da 6 meses de suscripción Premium en Playchess.com el costo de la suscripción Premium en Chessbase es de 25 euros ( unos 525 pesos mexicanos.), para el ajedrecista es una grata noticia qué Steam ponga a la venta productos de la compañía alemana Chessbase a una fracción del costo qué ofrece esta tienda , un ejemplo más es el Fritz 15 cuyo costo en Steam es de 555 pesos mexicanos ( aproximadamente 27 euros), que va del precio en Chessbase en donde vale 1470 pesos mexicanos ( 70 euros), lo mismo sucede con el excelente Chessbase 13 que ofrece Steam, y si no lo compro es porqué en unos días sale a la venta el Chessbase 14, y esperando que Steam lo ofrezca a la venta. Es bueno entonces el Fritz 14?Pero por supuesto se compra a ojos cerrados y más si se encuentra de oferta

Es un programa que me sirve para reproducir y analizar mis partdas. Es muy práctico me siento a gusto. Felicitaciones para los que elaboraron dicho programa.

Excelente juego como debe ser

Desinstale este juego y volvi a instalarlo,pero ahora desde Steam el juego no me responde,no se ejecuta.Por favor necesito ayuda

Sin duda uno de los mejores motores de ajedrez que he visto. Y muy bueno para aprender aperturas y tácticas. Quizás sea algo confuso al principio la interfaz, pero con un poco de paciencia se aprende rápido a manejarlo.

Malísimo, aplicaciones gratis del celu tienen mejores gráficas y mejor jugabilidad. ventana desordenada, no vale la pena el precio es un timo!!!

pesimo juego no lo recomiendo no desperdicien su dinero lo peor no lo mando al juego sino a cualquier lugar menos a la base del juego

For context, Fritz Chess 14 is my first foray into a chess application with such a rich feature set.

Fritz Chess is a tremendously deep chess program capable of world class play whose creation dates back to the early 1990's and whose lineage includes computer chess wins over IBM's Deep Blue prototype. The engine itself is separated from the interface which allows for custom engines including cloud based engines[www.engine-cloud.com] (accessible from within the program). The included engines are Fritz 11 SE and Fritz 14 (default). The programs capabilities are wide ranging and far too numerous to completely enumerate here and depending on your expertise you may not exercise many of the features accessible through the interface which brings us to the question, is Fritz Chess worth the price tag?

The Steam version of Fritz Chess, "Fritz 14", is a single core application as opposed to "Deep Fritz 14" which is multi-core and more expensive. Therefore, for the price Fritz Chess 14 provides a welcome nominal discount as most non-advanced users will not require nor miss the multi-core support. The Steam version has single core support but leverages 64 bit Windows natively and thereby provides an optimal experience.

Opening Fritz Chess for the first time, especially if you have not been exposed to such a chess program before and no Chessmaster does not count, can be overwhelming. As soon as the interface is displayed the player can instantly derive that Fritz Chess is a feature rich, high value chess application. I'll enumerate the features available just on the "Home" tab. The other tabs being File, Insert, Board, Training, Analysis, Engine , View and of course everyone's favourite; "Help", which you'll be in dire need of if you ratchet the difficulty too high.

"Home" consists of: Paste Game, Paste Position, Copy Game, Copy Position, New Game, Cancel Move, Replay Move, Move Now, Resign, Offer Draw, Stop Clocks, Infinite Analysis, Blitz Game, Long Game, Levels, Hint, Suggestion, Threat, Coach is Watching, Database, Edit Game Data, Load Next Game, Load Previous Game. The feature set can be overwhelming to new users though a help file is just a click away, however there is no manual available via the Steam download nor on the store page. An oversight which should be fast tracked and corrected.

Casual players are in for a real treat as Fritz Chess will no doubt help you improve your game. Under the Training tab there are a wealth of training options such as but not limited to Opening and Endgame Training though I would like to elaborate on two additional modes. The first, Handicap and Fun which is essentially as the name implies, a handicap mode. This mode consists of many sliders such as Playing Strength but more importantly Fritz Chess comes equipped with a multitude of pre-sets ranging from Careless and Moron to the upper tier opponent skills known in the program as Steam Roller and Assassin (misspelled in the program's interface as Assasin). These pre-sets can be individually fine tuned allowing the player enormous flexibility.

The second option, Friend Mode is more of an adaptive artificial intelligence that consistently always plays just somewhat better than the player. Combine these modes (or just plain old New Game) with the ability to turn on the program's help system allowing for the display of recommended moves (and moves not to make) plus a comprehensive database of more than 1.5 million games and you have an extraordinary learning tool.

To answer my opening question, yes, Fritz Chess is a good value and Fritz Chess is not only a tool that you can learn from but given it's engine customization features it is a tool that will grow with you as well.

Edit: Sept 22, 2014 - The multiprocessor engine is now available as dlc.

No le entiendo al juego y no encuentro ningún instructivo.