Monthly Archives: May 2007

Better explanation of Fritz 9 training modes

By Steve | Published: May 24, 2007
Today I came across this Steven Lopez column about the attack, check, and defense training modes in Fritz 9. It’s a much better explanation of this feature than what’s in the product documentation, but unfortunately it still doesn’t really explain what the score means.
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Attack and Check Training in Fritz

By Steve | Published: May 23, 2007
In a comment posted here earlier this week, Blue Devil Knight mentioned that he uses “attack training” and “check training” in Fritz as a warm-up before his Team 4545 League games. I tried this for a few minutes last night. In attack training, positions from a game database are presented to you, and you are supposed [...]
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How many chess players at a software company?

By Steve | Published: May 22, 2007
Ever since I became a volunteer TD at the Metrowest Chess Club, I’ve been tempted to try to organize a rated tournament at The MathWorks where I work. There are several groups where you can find chess players competing over lunch. But I didn’t know if there would be enough interest in an OTB tournament [...]
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Concentrating on easier tactics problems

By Steve | Published: May 19, 2007
Early last month I had almost finished a pass through the level 30 problems of CT-ART. But I didn’t have a sense that I was getting that much out of it. Also, my recent games continue to be won and lost on easier tactics, like my recent Team 4545 League game that I lost on [...]
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