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Paul Morphy ... — Apparently there has been differing info out there about Morphy. I recall dimly reading a CHESS LIFE article a couple decades ago, and a hodge-podge of articles or book sections/mentions over time (probably before that, mostly). I do recall seeing one somewhere after that where it showed his g, play online chess ...

Controversy in U.S. Women's Championship — main.uschess.org Be sure to view the Armageddon game in question. Irina has a point (although I agree she should have said something right then and there....) The USCF, sad to say, is a joke. But at least it's better than FIDE. www.youtube.com It all sounds so nice and good, so long as it's tru, play online chess ...

ratings — Does anyone know how to approximate a 1700 GN rating to USCF rating? Ron You may approximate it to a USCF CC rating but not OTB. Can someone explain what GN, USCF, OTB stands for ? CC is correspondence chess, right ? Thanks in advance :) GN = GameKnot (should be GK) USCF = US Chess Federati, play online chess ...

Unrated Consultation Match — Inspired by similar matches here in the forums, I am seeking players for a consultation match (unrated of course). I need a partner and two opponents. Old friends get preference, and I would prefer players rated 1600+. This is strictly a learning exercise, as I expect honest, shared human analysis. , play online chess ...

Around Dutch defence — a) Dutch defence (1. d4 f5) isn't very popular in top rated ames, is it? How do you think - why? b) Anyway, there're Dutch players - and in Gameknot as well. It is interesting, which variation they play? Dutch defence players, - your word! Which schema does White ussually plays against you? c) , play online chess ...

Knight Forks? — Does anyone have a good example of a killer knight fork here on GameKnot? I'm trying to find a couple of short games (15-30 moves) with forks I can use as illustrations for some starting players. Thanks I have seen a knight fork of Queen and piece that delivered Mate at the same stroke ...unfortun, play online chess ...

Are quick draws ever a good thing? — I don't think so. However I did agree to a very quick draw two weekends ago in a situation where I didn't feel comfortable. Looking back on the game and the position, I still don't know whether I made a good decision or not. But I think my position could not have been much worse if it was any , play online chess ...

Bobby Fischer Dies Jan 18, 2008 — Despite many rumors of his untimely end in years past, this time his death seems to be real. news.aol.com despite all the things he may have done wrong he was one of the greatest, arguably the greatest, chess player ever. Cheers Charlie I agree that he was one of the greatest chess playe, play online chess ...

Plans — What do you do to create a sucessfull plan? That's the million dollar question. The only planning technique I know is that of Silman, but I find it difficult to actually put into practice, especially because I tend to think that individual positions are sharper than they actually are, and I rarely t, play online chess ...

Interesting Positions: — Mine is a Bind the like of which i have not seen before. From a GK blitz game, an essentially correct rememberance of it. (Meaning I think I got it right, or no more and one move out of order anyway) I am black in this one. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qxd4 5. Qxd4 exd4 6., play online chess ...

Gambits and Sacrifices — I recently have been messing around with a new opening--e5, d5, then d4. This I believe is called the queen's gambit but I could be wrong. I don't know much about gambits--I haven't had time to read many books--but I would be interested in learning more about them. I don't know the whole sequence, play online chess ...

A chess saying... — "White plays to win, black plays to draw." I don't remember who said it, but it's an interesting thing to talk about. What do you think? I seems to have been the approach taken by many chess masters, but certainly not all. Judging by the recent World Championship match, Vishy Anand ha, play online chess ...

Help ! (with openings) — I’m trying to learn something about opening theory. The idea being that with a bit more knowledge, I might have some idea about where the game is going rather than being bounced around by circumstances as I seem to do now. So, I bought a book and started reading it but I’m stuck on chapter 1 verse 1, play online chess ...

Interesting. — Playing OTB. Opening comes as 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 at this point white accidentally touches his king, forcing Ke2 giving black a mate on e4. Quite shattering if you ask me! That is pretty stupid. Accidental brush with the back of the hand happens often, is always ignored and can't be cons, play online chess ...

Unusual openings — Anyone care to post weird openings like the Talon? Please explain them, as this forum is meant to help the average player. Contact numis with questions. Tranvestite Attack anybody :o) 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ke7 3.Nc3 Qe8 4.Nf3 Kd8 How about the Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening) (A00), play online chess ...

am i right? — i've had a bit of good luck recently and my rating's improved to the point where i'm now regularly playing 1500+ rated players (who are all way better than me in my opinion, but that's another matter)... i've noticed that higher rated players don't seem to play pawn moves such as a3 to prevent Nb4, play online chess ...

Short Draws — Should players be banned from making draw offers in an attempt to make chess more marketable? Absolutely not in general. Draw is a natural result of a chess game, besides noone has the right to interfere with the players' free will (except captains in team play). So: In a tournament where , play online chess ...

1700 Rating for jstevens1 — Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705. Have a nice evening everyone. Cheers and bye for now. Joanne Well done, Joanne! :) Congrats! :-) congratulations, but beware , play online chess ...

Mate with only knight and bisschop?? — The endgame is me with only a knight and bishop. My opponent offers a draw, saying I cant mate her. But is it really impossible to mate someone with bishop, knight and king? We can't really talk about ongoing, active games. Right, we can't offer help in these situations, but printe, play online chess ...

Checkmate or not — Hello, I recently played with black this game game with pianofred. In this Position I generated the conditional move 20 Rf2 Re1+ ... with threefold repetition to save the draw because I h, play online chess ...

Chess Library - a second thread — Recently, apastpawn started a thread with a very specific question about what books influenced one. I posted in that thread, but it got me thinking about my chess library in general. I've been a compulsive book, record and CD collector for many years and chess books are one area where I'm hopeless, play online chess ...

evans gambit — i have been learning how to play the evans gambit . have not done very good with it so far . lost about six games in a row . playing evans gambit from the white side of the board . not ready to give up on it yet though . if any one who knows how to play the evans gambit or wants to learn how to p, play online chess ...

Chess and Alcohol — Does anybody find their alcohol intake increase when playing out a tight game which could go either way? For example, if you were playing me as white against Yakky in "In Old Matey's Shadow Part 2" or a game very much like this, would you feel like unwinding with a glass of wine or two af, play online chess ...

Bobby Fisher Dead — He died in Iceland at the age of 64 the BBC is reporting. I believe Bobby Fischer died on Thursday but the news is only being released today. He will leave a lasting legacy of brilliancies behind him and can be rightly proud that millions of new players were attracted into Chess due to his expl, play online chess ...

Scrap the stalemate rule! — I have never felt that the stalemate rule is fair. my reason for this is that before the word checkmate came into the game of chess people would have to physically capture the king before that. Saying checkmate was just saying to your opponent that there is no possible move that they can make to av, play online chess ...

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Chess news:

Top Player Withdraws From World Chess Championship Competition — Magnus Carlsen, the No. 2 chess player in the world (No. 1 if the results of the Pearl Spring tournament in China that ended last week are included in the rankings), has withdrawn from the competition to select the next challenger for the world chess championship. A series of elimination matches involving eight top players is supposed to take place sometime early next year in Kazan, Russia, though exact dates have not been announced. The winner of the matches will qualify to play a title match against Viswanathan Anand of India, the current chess champion. Carlsen, a 19-year-old Norwegian, was among the eight competitors and, based on his ranking and his results over the last year, was considered ...

Elite Moscow Chess Tournament Off to a Fast Start — Mikhail Tal, the former world chess champion, would probably have appreciated how the tournament named for him began on Friday. Four of the five games were decisive, though none came close to matching the swash buckling style for which he was famous. The Tal Memorial, which is held in Moscow, is one of the top tournaments on the chess calendar and it usually includes a world-class field. Last year, the tournament was one of the strongest of all time as it included Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Magnus Carlsen of Norway who became the youngest chess player in history to become No. 1 when the competition ended. Anand and Carlsen are not competing this ...

World Chess Federation Rankings Reflect a Youth Movement — Every two months, the World Chess Federation ranks the top players. In addition to the main list, there is one for the best chess players under age 21. Increasingly, the lists hold many of the same names. On the latest main list, which was released on Monday, two of the top 10 and five of the top 36 are also on the junior list. And 11 of the top 36 have not celebrated their 24th birthday. The reasons that chess players reach the top at a younger age more quickly include advances in computer programs that are used for training and the availability of historic game databases. Plus, the Internet makes it possible to find sparring partners day or night. If chess players have not become grandmasters by the age of ...

Aronian Grabs Early Lead at Tal Memorial — Levon Aronian of Armenia is justifying his lofty new ranking. Aronian, who rose to No. 3 in the world in the rankings released last week, has taken the early lead at the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow by beating two of the toughest players in the field in the first three rounds. In Round 1 on Friday, he beat Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Sunday, in Round 3, he overcame the stout resistance of Boris Gelfand of Israel. After three rounds, Aronian has 2.5 points (1 point for each win and a half point for each draw). There is a logjam of five chess players tied for second place with 2 points each, including Sergey Karjakin of Russia; Hikaru Nakamura of the United States; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of ...

Chess: Magnus Carlsen repeats success in China — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the third Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, China, with an undefeated score of 7-3. The double round robin was the first ever to feature three players with ratings above 2800. A year ago, Carlsen won the second Pearl Spring tournament with a fantastic 8-2 score, probably his career peak. He did not appear quite as invincible this time, yet he clinched the first prize of 80,000 Euros (about $112,000) before the last round. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand finished second with 6-4, a fine performance marred only by a fluky loss to Etienne Bacrot of France. Although Anand enhanced his world's best rating of 2804 by four points, the new ...





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