Do the characters in Fritz 19 resemble the four player types?

by Arne Kaehler
12/16/2023 – Dr. Karsten Mueller and Luis Engel have generated a lot of interest with their four player type model. Now, with Fritz 19 offering different club player characters as opponents, the question arises whether there is a correlation to the player types. Surprisingly, the answer is quite positive, as Karsten Mueller explains in detail in the video. The German GM has also analysed three of the games against our ChessBase authors and friends Robert Ris, Jan Jettel, and Svitlana Demchenko.
Attacker, coward, swindler or endgame wizard: I'll show you how to win against anyone! After my World Championship victories in 2022 and 2023, I am the reigning Chess Software World Champion and am now looking forward to showing you how to become even stronger against your opponent. With my innovative training method, I simulate typical player personalities you know from tournaments and online chess: brash attackers, cautious cowards, passive players. But how do you win against them? Fritz will show you how!

Do the characters in Fritz 19 resemble the four player types?

with GM Dr. Karsten Müller

Playing styles in chess are an important and thus often discussed topic. GM Dr. Karsten Müller and GM Luis Engel take up a model by GM Lars Bo Hansen based on 4 player types - namely ‘activists’, ‘pragmatics’, ‘theoreticians’ and so-called ‘reflectors’.

Attacker, coward, swindler or endgame wizard: I'll show you how to win against anyone! After my World Championship victories in 2022 and 2023, I am the reigning Chess Software World Champion and am now looking forward to showing you how to become even stronger against your opponent. With my innovative training method, I simulate typical player personalities you know from tournaments and online chess: brash attackers, cautious cowards, passive players. But how do you win against them? Fritz will show you how!

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.Kh1 0-0 13.Rad1 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Bg5 Nd7 16.Qe1 b5 17.Qe2 f6 18.Bh4 Bd4 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Rfd1 Ra7 22.Bxb5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Qb6 24.Nxa7 Qxa7 25.Bf2? 25.Be1= 25...Nb3! Kleine Kombination Reflektorqualität 26.axb3 Bxf2 27.Ra1 Qe3 28.Qa6?! 28.Qxe3 Bxe3 29.Rd6 Kf7 29...Bxb3? 30.Rd3+- 30.Raa6 Bxb3 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Ra3 Be6 33.Rd6 Rc8 34.Rc3 28...Qxb3?! geht ins Endspiel, was objektiv hier nicht am besten ist 28...Bf7 ist besser tiefe Reflektorqualität 29.Rd3 Qc5 30.Rc3 Qd4 31.Qe2 Qb6 32.Qa6 Qxa6 33.Rxa6 Rd8 34.h4 Be8 35.b4 h5 36.Ra5 Bg3 37.Rd5 Rb8 38.b5 Bf2 39.Rd1 Kh7 40.Kh2 Bd4 41.Rc7 Rxb5-+ 29.Rd3 Qc4 30.Rc3 Qxa6 31.Rxa6 Bf7 32.Rc2?! 32.Rca3 Idee Ta8. Turmtausch muss sein Reflektorqualität 32...Rd8 33.g3 Be3! Guter Zug Reflektor 34.Rac6? 34.Rc3! Turmtausch muss sein Reflektorqualität Bd4 35.Rca3 Bxb2 36.Ra8 34...Rd1+! Spielt gegen den König. 35.Kg2 Rg1+ 36.Kh3 h5 37.Rd6 Kh7 Typisch für das Endspiel 38.Rc7 Kg6 39.b4 Rb1 40.Kg2 Rb2+ 41.Kf1 Be8 42.Rb7 Ba4 43.Rd8 Bc6 44.Rbb8 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rxf3 46.Ke2 Bxe4 47.b5 Ba7 48.Rbc8 Rb3 49.Rg8 Rb2+ 50.Kd1 Be3 51.Rc7 Kf5 Kein Aktivspieler 51...Bf3+ 52.Ke1 Rb1+ 53.Rc1 Rxc1# 52.Rgxg7 Bd3 53.Rc3 e4 54.Rd7 Rb1+ 55.Rc1 Rxb5 Sveta resigns 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sveta-Strong Club Player,E-0–12023B41Fritz 19 Easy Game
Jettel,J-Strong Club Player,S-1–02023C50Fritz 19 Easy Game
Ris,R-Sterke clubspeler,A-1–0 C45

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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