Fritz Chess
| Alexander Fritz | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1857 Kirchlotheim, Vöhl |
| Died | April 22, 1932 (aged 75) Alsfeld |
Alexander Fritz (15 January 1857 – 22 April 1932) was a German chess master.
Every chess player should have studied games of the past in order learn basics of strategy. This DVD is a good start! King’s Indian Powerbase 2021 King’s Indian Powerbase 2021 is a database and contains a total of 11092 games from Mega 2021 or the Correspondence Database 2020, of which 839 are annotated. Start a game against the chess program Fritz. With hints and assisted analysis. Fritz plays like a human and makes subtle tactical mistakes. Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition. At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The 'most popular chess program' offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast.
He tied for fifth/sixth with Wilfried Paulsen at Frankfurt 1878 (the 12th WDSB-Congress, Louis Paulsen won),[1] took 9th at Braunschweig 1880 (the 13th WDSB-Congress, L. Paulsen won), took 13th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne, Adolf Schwarz, and Berthold Englisch won).
He participated in the DSB Congress five times and took 16th at Nuremberg 1883 (the third DSB-Congress, Szymon Winawer won), took 20th place at Frankfurt 1887 (the fifth DSB-Congress, George Henry Mackenzie won), tied for 13-14th at Breslau 1889 (the sixth DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won), took 15th at Cologne 1898 (the 11th DSB-Congress, Amos Burn won),[2] and took 16th at Düsseldorf 1908 (the 16th DSB-Congress, Frank James Marshall won).[3]
He often put on blindfold exhibitions. In one he scored eight wins, two draws and two losses including this game:G. Deurer – Alexander Fritz 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.gxf3 Qc8 10.Kh1 g5!? 11.d3 g4! 12.f4 g3!! 13.fxg3 Qh3 14.Rf3 Rxg3!! 0-1[4]
His name is attached to the Fritz Variation in the Two Knights Defense or Prussian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4).
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- ^Frankfurt
- ^I tornei dal 1880 al 1899
- ^duesseldorf
- ^Toronto Globe, July 3, 1880, copied from the Cincinnati Commercial.
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Anyone who knows how to play chess has almost certainly heard of Fritz. In its early years Fritz was small enough to install on your PC from a 'floppy disk' (something today’s youngest players have probably never even heard of!). In 1995, Fritz won the Computer Chess World Championship, and soon made its way around the world on CD ROMs. The latest version, Fritz 15, is among the strongest multi-core engines in the world. But until now you always needed Windows to play it.
FRITZ GOES ONLINE
Fritz is the world’s first chess program to run in a browser, so no installation required! Fancy a game against our silicon monster? Just open your web browser – one click is all it takes to set the board up and you can start playing or analyzing right away.
FUN WITH FRITZ
Chess is meant to be fun – and that’s why the Fritz Web App has several different playing modes. On the 'Amateur' level, you can beat him comfortably. On level 'Club Player', you get realistic games where Fritz will actively allow tactic combinations. Switch him to 'Master' and it will become tough. Fritz will know every opening variation ever played in master games. But you still have your chances: The innovative 'Assisted Play' function will give you subtle hints and protect you from simple blunders.
TRAINING WITH FRITZ
Fritz has a fantastic training feature: 'Assisted Calculation'. During the game, you can calculate lines in any position by moving pieces 'blindly' on the board. Fritz will assist you with several graphical hints to ensure that your variations are legal and tactically sound. You 'only' have to do the visualization work. This boosts your calculation skills and also improves your chances against the chess program in the game. Fritz plays his openings from the LiveBook. That means it always knows the most recent theory and all relevant games every played.
PLAY OUT THE POSITION!
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Practice makes perfect! You can play a position of your choice against Fritz - for example, from one of your favourite openings, and test how well you understand the position. Naturally, you can also save or download your game against Fritz.