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Karpov recently made a controversial statement that Anand was playing like a computer and he was not as strong as he was a decade ago! You can read about it here here , here and here . Nine Reasons why Fritz is my Friend, Trainer, and Guide. Karpov, can you please stand up? 1) The Botvinnik School was too far away and inaccessible. 2) As a rule, I pay my respects to anyone who's stronger than me. My Engine is, and I believe at least around 400 ELO stronger than the legend. 3) I can even place a bet and my comp takes me seriously (and not consider me a sissy) 4) Even when I lose in 22 moves, Fritz patiently tells me where I went wrong and suggests alternatives. 5) It does not charge $ 80 per hour to teach me. All you want free lessons! 6) I can set up a Rated Game and make my coffee and Fritzie's ego is not hurt.(Try doing that even to an FM!, let alone Karpov). I can even wink, reset the time to make up for the coffee making. 7) When I'm Kibitzing, I can try out thousands...

In my attempt to better understand chess openings and to practice correct principles, I found a nice way to train. It is good only if you can bear the pain of defeat. I cannot win a single game in my life. It is almost assured. The reason is however much I may improve I will run into a chess program which is a monster. It is strong enough to beat Kramnik and Anand combined ! For example, look at this game I recently played. It was against Fritz playing at the unleashed strength of 3062 :). The one positive point in this game is that I think I was plus around the 20th move when I replayed the game with the Infinite analysis engine on ! A note is in order here. Black is Fritz at 3062 and White is me. So it is 0-1 in favor of the engine.