Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 09:11:42 05/24/01
Chess computer programs are very well suited for training purposes. During the
last year I have played about 50 serious games with time controls Rapid-60' or
40'/40 besides about 200 blitz games 5' for warming up purposes. As a result of
this training I suddenly obtained much better results against human players and
so my ELO rating grew by 100 points up to ELO 2000. My aim is now to get at
2050-2100 ELO in the next 12-18 months. Therefore I have started a very hard
program: One computer game per day at time control Blitz 30 min. After the game
a short look at theory of the played opening and finally [if not already too
tired] I am studying more deeply one end game position. It is my hope that such
a regular training will contribute to improve my playing strenght.
It is clear: time control blitz 30' is too fast for me and the score obtained so
far is very low [5-10 %]. In many cases my clock fell because I was unable to
solve the problems posed by the programs. But I do not much care about the
result, more important is the experience. From time to time it is of course also
possible - even for me - to draw or even win a game. Below two examples:
[Event "Training rapid 30'"]
[Site "Wetzikon"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Utzinger, Kurt"]
[Black "Shredder 5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
{P_III 800/128, 32 MB hash} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3
Ndf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 e6 {Black last book move} 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10.
Bb3 Ne4 11. Be3 Nf6 12. d5 c5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rfd1
Rad8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 b6 19. Bg5 a5 20. Re1 h6 21. Bh4 Kf7 22. Rad1 Ke7
23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ng4 26. Rd2 Rf5 27. Kf1 Rd5 28. Ke2 Kf6 29.
Rd3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Ne5 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. Nc4 e5 33. g4 Ke6 34. Ke3 Kd5 35. f3 Ke6
36. Kd2 Kf6 37. Ke3 g6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. Kf2 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. g3
Ke6 {and Shredder5 offered draw which I accepted} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Training rapid 30'"]
[Site "Wetzikon"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Utzinger, Kurt"]
[Black "Yace 0.99"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
{P_III 800/128, 32 MB hash
} 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 c5 5. c4 Be7
6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. a4 Ng4 {
Black last book move} 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bc3 e5 15. e4 d4 16. Bb2 Nh5
17. Nh2 Nf4 18. Bg4 Nf6 19. g3 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Ne6 21. Kg2 Bg5 22. Ndf3 Bf6 23.
Rfb1 Rfd8 24. Bc1 axb5 25. axb5 Qe7 26. Bd2 Re8 27. Qc1 Qc7 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29.
Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 h6 31. Qa7 Kh8 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. Ng1 Bg5 34. Nhf3 Bxd2 35. Nxd2
f6 36. Ngf3 Kh7 37. Nh4 Bc8 38. Qa8 g6 39. f3 Qb7 40. Qxb7+ Bxb7 41. Kf2 Bc8
42. Nb3 Kg7 43. Ng2 g5 44. Nc1 Nc7 45. Ne2 Kf7 46. Ne1 Ke7 47. Kg2 Kd6 48. Ng1
Ne8 49. Nh3 Ng7 50. Nf2 Bb7 51. Nd1 Ne6 52. Nb2 Nf8 53. Na4 Kc7 54. Nc2 Nd7 55.
Na1 Bc8 56. Nb3 Nb8 57. Kf2 Be6 58. Ke2 Nd7 59. Kd2 Bf7 60. Kc2 Kd8 61. Kb2 Ke7
62. Ka3 Ke6 63. Nxb6 Nxb6 64. Nxc5+ Kd6 65. Kb4 Nc8 66. Na4 Kc7 67. c5 Ba2 68.
Nb2 Ne7 69. Ka5 Ng6 70. Ka6 Nf8 71. Ka5 Bb1 72. Ka4 Ne6 73. Kb4 Bc2 74. Kc4 Nf8
75. Kb4 Ne6 76. Kc4 Kd7 77. Kb4 Bb1 78. Kc4 Ba2+ 79. Kb4 Kc8 80. Nc4 Bb1 81.
Nb2 Kb7 82. Kc4 Ba2+ 83. Kb4 Kb8 84. Nc4 Bb1 85. Nb2 Kc8 86. Kc4 Ba2+ 87. Kb4
Bb1 88. Kc4 Kb7 89. Kb4 Bc2 90. Kc4 Kb8 91. Kb4 Kc8 92. Kc4 Kd7 93. Kb4 Bb1 94.
Kc4 Ba2+ 95. Kb4 Ng7 96. Nc4 Bxc4 97. Kxc4 h5 {
A big mistake that looses the game.} 98. gxh5 Nxh5 99. Kd5 g4 100. fxg4 Nxg3
101. b6 Kc8 102. c6 Nh1 103. Kd6 Nf2 104. b7+ Kb8 105. Kd7 1-0
Regards
Kurt
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