Fritz 12

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Fritz 12

Today, I finally broke down and purchased Fritz 12.

I have been playing a game on Gameknot.com and worked my way into a pretty even endgame but one that I thought I could win and in the end I had a draw. At one point I could have pressed the issue and both I and my opponent could have promoted a pawn each but I held on to the possiblity that my opponent would have placed his king on the 8th rank and allowed me to queen with check and some advantage.

He didn't put his king on the eight rank until it was too late and I had to settle for a draw. The moral of the story, I would like to know if I had better moves to make in the endgame to see if I could do better. I couldn't find any but it just feels like there should be something. So, I purchased Fritz so I can get a better look into the game.

I guess it is only fair to show the game as well. So, it is below. Nothing really interesting happened in it so I don't have any annotations but who knows maybe there was something there after the exchange of the last rooks from the board.

Fast Ladder
alfredalfred (1375) vs. madik (1700)


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(white to move)

1.	e4	e6
2.	d3	d5
3.	exd5	exd5
4.	d4	Nf6
5.	Nf3	Bd6
6.	Nc3	c6
7.	Be2	Bb4
8.	Bd2	Bxc3
9.	Bxc3	Ne4
10.	Ne5	Qg5
11.	O-O	Bh3
12.	Bg4	Bxg4
13.	Qxg4	Qxg4
14.	Nxg4	Nxc3
15.	bxc3	Nd7
16.	Rfe1+	Kd8
17.	Ne5	Rf8
18.	Nxd7	Kxd7
19.	Re5	f6
20.	Re3	Rae8
21.	Rxe8	Rxe8
22.	Kf1	Kd6
23.	Re1	Rxe1+
24.	Kxe1	c5
25.	Kd2	c4
26.	Kc1	a5
27.	a4	Ke6
28.	Kd2	Kf5
29.	Ke3	g5
30.	h3	h5
31.	Kf3	g4+
32.	hxg4+	hxg4+
33.	Kg3	Kg5
34.	f3	f5
35.	f4+	Kh5
36.	Kh2	Kh4
37.	g3+	Kh5
38.	Kg2	Kg6
39.	Kf2	Kf6
40.	Ke2	Ke6
41.	Kd1	Kd6