Chessbase/Fritz Blunder Check and Contempt Settings

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Hamster
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Chessbase/Fritz Blunder Check and Contempt Settings

Post by Hamster »

I quite like the Blunder Check function in Chessbase/Fritz but I noticed that contempt is handled in a strange way.
It seems that contempt is always applied, no matter what the analysis contempt parameter is (even if it is Off).
When calculating a score for White then the Contempt value is subtracted (!) not added; probably because the
evaluation is calculated after the White move from the game has been made - this leads to a whipsaw in valuations.

Does anyone have experience with this?
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Ovyron
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Re: Chessbase/Fritz Blunder Check and Contempt Settings

Post by Ovyron »

Just set Contempt to 0, not just Analysis Contempt.