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a series of chess programs published by [[ChessBase]], until Fritz '''13''' the engine developed by primary author [[Frans Morsch]] and [[Mathias Feist]],
Deep Fritz '''14''' released in November 2013 by [[Gyula Horváth]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50149 New Fritz author?] by John Hartmann, [[CCC]], November 19, 2013</ref>,
Fritz '''15''' and '''16''' in November 2015 and 2017 by [[Vasik Rajlich]] <ref>[https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_15_english Fritz 15 - English Version], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]</ref>, and Fritz '''17''' and '''18''' in November 2019 and 2021 by [[Frank Schneider]], in March 2022 Fritz '''18 Neuronal''' as free update featuring [[NNUE]] [[Evaluation|evaluation]] <ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/free-fritz18-update-fritz18neuronal-engine Free Fritz update: AI engine "Fritz 18 Neuronal"], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 30, 2022</ref>. November 2023 Fritz '''19''' by Frank Schneider with player personalities by [[Matthias Wüllenweber]] was released. The personalities are implemented as a heuristic with its own rating function that works as an additional layer on top of the engine.<ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/presenting-fritz-19 Presenting: Fritz 19], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], November 14, 2023</ref>
Fritz 1-13 were based on Frans Morsch's program [[Quest]], and was first marketed by ChessBase in 1991 as [[MS-DOS]] program with its own [[GUI|Graphical User Interface]] <ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/christmas-dinner-on-a-train-meet-the-chebase-team Christmas dinner on a train – meet the ChessBase team] from [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 23, 2003</ref> . Since version 4, released in 1996, Fritz ran on [[Windows]], and is until today one the world’s most popular and successful chess programs. At the [[WCCC 1995]], Fritz became World Computer Chess Champion, winning a [[#DBlueFritz|notable game]] versus [[Deep Blue]] [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=349 prototype] <ref>[[Fabian Mäser]] ('''1995'''). ''Fritz vs. [[Deep Blue]]: Opening Book vs, Opening Book''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2]] pp. 22, [[WCCC 1995]]</ref> and the [[#Playoff|playoff]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=29&round=6&id=1 Shatin 1995, Chess, Round 6, Game 1]</ref> against [[Star Socrates]].
* [[Vasik Rajlich]]
* [[Frank Schneider]]
* [[Matthias Wüllenweber]]
=Book Authors=
* Fritz 18 Neuronal: March 2022
* Power Fritz 18: September 2022
* Fritz 19: November 2023
=Matches=
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15948 The chess games of Fritz] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
===Purchase===
* [https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_18 fritz_19 Fritz 18] - [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]* [https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_17 Fritz 17 - The giant PC chess program, now with Fat Fritz] - [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]* [https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_15_english Fritz 15 - English Version], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]* [https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/deep_fritz_14_english Deep Fritz 1419] - [[ChessBase|ChessBase Shop]]
===ChessBase News===
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/fritz-defends-to-draw-game-8-and-the-match-final-score-4-4 Fritz Defends to Draw Game 8 and the Match! Final Score: 4-4] The Brains in Bahrain Man-Machine match is over, from [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 19, 2002
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/fritz-18-evolving-genius Fritz 18: Evolving Genius], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], November 14, 2021
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/free-fritz18-update-fritz18neuronal-engine Free Fritz update: AI engine "Fritz 18 Neuronal"], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 30, 2022
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/presenting-fritz-19 Presenting: Fritz 19], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], November 14, 2023
===Chess US===
* [https://new.uschess.org/news/fat-fritz-fritz-17-review-i/ Fat Fritz and Fritz 17: A Review (Part I)] by [https://en.chessbase.com/author/john-hartmann John Hartmann], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation US Chess], November 17, 2019
