Why Technology Has Broken My Heart

 Yeah, I know... this is the ultimate self-contradicting blog post.  But, I wish computer and internet technology never came to be.  Things were so much simpler a few decades ago.  Computer and internet technology leads to faster and larger data consumption which ultimately means things will have to get done faster.  Information overload.  ADHD, anyone?  Back in the day, when we needed knowledge, we read books... and I promise you will learn more through books than any Google search!  People get themselves in trouble through web-publishing, mostly via social media.  I did away with the majority of my social media accounts over the past couple of years.  And always remember, whatever we upload to the web is up there forever in some form or another.

Chess... computers are literally solving the game of chess.  I don't even know if there will be professional chess 50 or 100 years from now.  There's too many draws at the top level as opening theory keeps improving thanks to computers.  The first 15 - 25 moves are memorization.  There's no more mistakes in openings which means more draws, obviously.  The creativity of the game is nearly extinguished.  

Smart technology... I don't trust it.  My smartphone spies on me.  I've been talking to friends/family about someone (a celebrity), and then I get home and see an ad for that person pops up on my suggested videos... creepy.  What's next?  ...technology that can read our thoughts? 

God Help Us!

- Lizzi 

"Foggydew (c)" Game 2 of 5 (FICS)

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "foggydew"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[ECO "A48"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 (last book move) 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 (was this move pointless?  White's next move seals in the light-squared bishop!) 10. d5 Nh5 (I want to put my d7 Night on e5 so that when I push e6 the d-pawn is protected by the Queen) 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. e4 e6 15. Rfe1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Bb5 (for a second here, I thought I lost my Queen!) Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Be2 b5 20. Qe3 Ng7 21. Bg4 Ra8 (The first mistake of the game, Fritz suggests 21 ...f5 22. exf5 Nxf5) 22. Qd2 b4 23. Ne2 a5 24. f4 Bd4+ (Fritz shows there 24 ...f5 would still keep me in the game) 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Ba6 27. f5 Rfe8 28. Rc1 (Much stronger is 28. Bf6!) Qb7 29. Bh6 Re5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bf4 and white will win the d6 pawn after the rook retreats to e8 giving white a clearly winning position{cterlizzi resigns} 1-0

Original PGN: 

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d5 Nh5 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. e4 e6 15.
Rfe1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Be2 b5 20. Qe3 Ng7 21.
Bg4 Ra8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Ne2 a5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Ba6 27. f5
Rfe8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bh6 Re5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bf4

Match vs "Foggydew (c)" (FICS), Game 1 of 5. (Alekhine's Defense with Black")

 [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "foggydew"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[ECO "B05"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 (last book move) 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Bb2 Bxd4 (I saw 13.Bxh7+ but was not afraid of it.  Fritz however shows that this was an error giving white a 1.81 point advantage.  Fritz suggests 12 ...d5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Re1 Na6) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh2 Rg6? (Now my position has collapsed, Fritz shows I possibly could still hang on with 18 ...N8d7 19. Nxd6 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nxb7 Rg6 22. Rad1 Rf6 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 Kg6 25. Rg1+ Kf6 26. Ne4+ Ke6 27. Rg7 Rh8 28. Kg3 Nc8 29. h4) 19. Nxf6+ Kh6 20. Bc1+ Kg7 21. Ne8+ and white wins the a8 Rook after Nc7 {cterlizzi resigns} 1-0  

Original PGN:   

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Bb2 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4
Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh2 Rg6 19. Nxf6+ Kh6 20.
Bc1+ Kg7 21. Ne8+

Draw Against "Foggydew" 8.05.2020 (French Defense: Exchange Variation)

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lizzi"]
[Black "foggydew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "C01"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nf6 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Rab1 b6 17. a4 c5 18. a5 c4 19. Qh3 bxa5 20. Rb7
Qc6 21. Rxf7 a4 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Ne5 Re6 26. Ra1
Qh6 27. Qf5+ Qf6 28. Qg4 Qh6 29. g3 a3 30. f4 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Qa5
33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. e6 Rf8 35. Qe5 Re8 36. e7 Qc5 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39.
Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

My Anti-Computer Play Against a Long-Time Rival - SlowBo

[Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.06.03"] [Round "?"] [White "SlowBo"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "1641"] [BlackElo "1463"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [TimeControl "1500%2B10"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 Qa5 ({1.13 Fritz 15:} 5... Qxd1%2B 6. Kxd1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Nd7 9. Nf3 c3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 a5 14. Nc4 Bf5 15. cxb4 axb4 16. a5 Nh6 17. h3 Be6 18. a6 Nf5 19. Bb6 c5 {0.27/18}) 6. Qh5 ({-0.23 Fritz 15:} 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bxb5 Bb4 8. Ba4 Bxc3%2B 9. bxc3 Qxc3%2B 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qc3 17. Rb1 Na6 {1.13/18}) 6... Be6 7. Bf4 b5 8. Qd1 Bb4 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 ({-1.72 Fritz 15:} 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bg3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Na2 c3 18. Nxe6 Rxd1%2B 19. Qxd1 fxe6 20. Qd4 {-0.73/17}) 10... Nc5 11. Qe3 ({-4.76 Fritz 15:} 11. Nd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxd2%2B 13. Bxd2 Qc7 14. Nd6%2B Kf8 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. a4 f6 18. f4 Nd5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bf3 Qb6 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rd8 23. Be4 b4 24. Rab1 {-1.72/18}) 11... Nd3%2B 12. Kd2 Bxc3%2B ({-3.88 Fritz 15:} 12... Bc5 13. Qg3 Qb4 14. Rb1 Nxf2 15. a3 Rd8%2B 16. Ke1 Qa5 17. Qxf2 Bxf2%2B 18. Kxf2 Ne7 19. g3 Ng6 20. Ng1 Qc7 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. a4 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Nxe5%2B 24. Kg2 a6 25. Be2 O-O 26. Rbe1 b4 27. Nd1 {-5.12/17}) 13. Nxc3 Rd8 14. Kc2 Ne7 ({-2.33 Fritz 15:} 14... b4 15. Bxd3 cxd3%2B 16. Kd2 bxc3%2B 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Rhb1 h6 19. Rb7 Ng6 20. Bg3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qh5 23. h3 O-O 24. a4 a5 25. Rab1 Bc4 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qc5 { -3.88/18}) 15. Bxd3 cxd3%2B 16. Kb1 ({-2.99 Fritz 15:} 16. Kc1 d2%2B 17. Kc2 b4 18. f3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb5 20. Bxd2 c5 21. Rhe1 Nc6 22. Be3 Nd4%2B 23. Kb1 O-O 24. b3 a5 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. g4 {-2.21/16}) 16... b4 17. Nd1 c5 ({-1.80 Fritz 15:} 17... d2 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qd4 21. Qd1 Nxe5 22. b3 Qxe4%2B 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Nf1 g6 27. Rxd2 Bf5 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 {-3.07/17}) 18. Qg3 ({-3.35 Fritz 15:} 18. b3 d2 19. Qe2 c4 20. bxc4 Rd4 21. Nb2 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Rxd2 O-O 26. h3 Nh4 27. Kc2 Nxg2 28. Bg3 Qc8 29. Kb3 Qxh3 30. Rad1 a5 31. Rd7 {-1.80/16}) 18... Rg8 ({-2.04 Fritz 15:} 18... c4 19. Bd2 c3 20. bxc3 Qa4 21. Ne3 bxc3 {-3.35/16}) 19. Qh4 ({-5.65 Fritz 15:} 19. b3 c4 20. Nb2 g5 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bd2 Be6 23. Rc1 Rg6 24. Qe3 Qxe5 25. Bxb4 Qd4 26. Bd2 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bxa7 Bd5 30. Re1%2B {-2.04/14 }) 19... c4 20. Qxh7 ({-34.27 Fritz 15:} 20. Bd2 c3 21. a4 c2%2B 22. Kc1 cxd1=Q%2B 23. Kxd1 Qxe5 24. Qf4 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qe3 Rxc1%2B 27. Bxc1 Qc2%2B 28. Ke1 Bb3 29. Qd2 Bxa4 30. h4 a5 31. Rh3 Bb5 32. Rf3 Kf8 {-5.15/13}) 20... c3 21. Ne3 ({ -#8 Fritz 15:} 21. Qh3 Bxh3 22. a4 Bxg2 23. b3 Bxh1 24. Ne3 d2 25. Ka2 Bxe4 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. Be3 c2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Rc1 Qxf2 30. Nd6%2B Rxd6 31. exd6 Qf4 32. Kb2 Qe5%2B 33. Ka2 Qxd6 34. h3 {-19.93/14}) 21... cxb2 22. Kxb2 Qa3%2B 23. Kb1 b3 24. Nd5 b2 25. Bd2 Bxd5 26. exd5 bxa1=Q%2B 27. Kxa1 Rxd5 ({-5.11 Fritz 15:} 27... Rc8 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Rb8%2B Kd7 30. e6%2B fxe6 31. dxe6%2B Kc7 32. Bf4%2B Kc6 33. Qe4%2B Nd5 34. Qc4%2B Rxc4 35. Rb2 Nxf4 36. Kb1 Rb8 37. Rb6%2B axb6 38. g3 Qc1# {-#12/17}) 28. Rb1 Rd8 ({-4.41 Fritz 15:} 28... Qa4 29. Rb8%2B Kd7 30. Qh3%2B Kc7 31. Rb3 Qd4%2B 32. Rc3%2B Kb8 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rc8 35. Rb3%2B Kc7 36. e4 Rd4 37. e6 fxe6 38. Kb2 Kd6 39. Bb4%2B {-5.62/13}) 29. Rb3 Qa6 30. g4 ({-6.17 Fritz 15:} 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Qh3 Rc2 32. a3 f6 33. Qxd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 fxe5 35. Kb1 Rc4 36. Rb3 Kd7 37. Rb7%2B Ke6 38. h3 Rd8 39. Bg5 Rd7 40. Rb5 Nf5 41. Rb8 Nd4 42. Bd2 {-4.44/15}) 30... Rf8 ({-4.79 Fritz 15:} 30... Qc4 31. Qh4 Qd4%2B 32. Kb1 Qxe5 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. fxg3 g5 35. Rb2 Nc6 36. a4 Rb8 37. Rxb8%2B Nxb8 38. Kb2 Rh8 39. Bxg5 Rxh2%2B 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kxd3 Ra2 42. Bf4 Rxa4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. g5 a5 45. Kf3 Ra3%2B { -6.17/17}) 31. Qxg7 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Nxg6 33. Rb7 ({-7.35 Fritz 15:} 33. Rb1 Rh8 34. h4 Rxh4 35. Bg5 Rxg4 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37. Kb2 Nxe5 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. f4 Ng6 40. f5 Ne5 41. Kc3 Rc4%2B 42. Kb2 Rc2%2B 43. Kb3 Kf6 44. a3 Nc4 45. Rf4 Nd2%2B {-5.73/18} ) 33... Rh8 34. e6 fxe6 35. h3 ({-8.82 Fritz 15:} 35. Rb1 Rxh2 36. Rf1 Ne5 37. Bf4 d2 38. Bxh2 Nxg4 39. Kb2 Nxf2 40. Kc3 d1=Q 41. Rxd1 Rxd1 42. Bb8 a5 43. Bf4 Kd7 44. Kc4 Ne4 45. Be5 Rd5 46. Bf4 Nd6%2B 47. Kc3 e5 48. Be3 e4 49. Bd4 a4 50. Bf2 {-7.11/19}) 35... Rxh3 36. Rxa7 ({-10.66 Fritz 15:} 36. Rg7 Ne7 37. Kb2 Kf8 38. Rg5 Rf3 39. Kc1 Rxf2 40. Rc5 Rc8 41. Rxc8%2B Nxc8 42. a3 Rg2 43. Bb4%2B Kf7 44. Kd1 Kg6 45. Bc5 e5 46. a4 Ra2 47. Be3 e4 48. a5 Rxa5 {-8.49/17}) 36... Rf3 37. Rg7 Ne7 38. Bg5 ({-#18 Fritz 15:} 38. Kb2 Rxf2 39. Kc3 Nd5%2B 40. Kxd3 Nf6%2B 41. Kc2 Rdxd2%2B 42. Kc3 Kf8 43. Ra7 Rxa2 44. Rb7 Nxg4 45. Rb8%2B Ke7 46. Rb1 Kd6 47. Kc4 Ne5%2B 48. Kb4 Rfb2%2B 49. Rxb2 Rxb2%2B 50. Kc3 Ra2 51. Kb3 Rh2 {-10.66/17}) 38... Rd7 39. a4 d2 40. Rxe7%2B Rxe7 41. Bxd2 Rxf2 42. Bc3 Rd7 43. Bb2 Rd1%2B 44. Ka2 Rdd2 45. g5 Rxb2%2B 46. Ka3 Rbe2 47. Kb4 Rg2 48. g6 Rxg6 49. Kc5 Ra2 50. Kc6 e5%2B 51. Kd5 e4 52. Kxe4 Rxa4%2B 53. Kf5 Rb6 54. Ke5 Ra5%2B 55. Ke4 Rb4%2B 56. Kd3 Ra3%2B 57. Kc2 Rh4 58. Kb2 Rg3 59. Kb1 Rh2 60. Kc1 Rg1# {White checkmated} 0-1 '/>