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| Posted by victord uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 08:07:34 |  Subject: ...---...Message: Stupid question #3732...Is it possible to mate with King and Rook vs lone King? |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 08:24:17 | K & R Message: errr.....I think so. To be honest I have always found that to be the easiest checkmate, there is little chance of a stalemate when in time pressure. You just drive the King onto the last rank, leave your rook on the last but one rank, move your King (on 6th rank) towards the enemy king and wait for the Kings to face each other, then hey presto ! move your Rook onto the last rank and it is mate. Kind regards, Cal |
| Posted by victord uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 08:26:43 | ...---... Message: Thanks...Hey..I'm checking that mailbox daily...thanks again ——— On Chess: Fischer figured he could draw with God — Bobby Fischer was renowned for his objectivity in regard to matters of chess. When confronted with the question of whether he could defeat God at chess, he immediately rejected the notion. Nevertheless, he insisted, “With White, I should be able to draw against him. I play e4 and, if we have a Ruy (Lopez opening), the position would be balanced, and I would never lose.” It might be relevant that religion was a lifelong passion for Fischer. His biographer, Frank Brady, noted that Fischer carried a Bible with him during his early years. It is, therefore, likely that he was familiar with the biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God before his fearful reunion with his brother Esau — whose birthright he had stolen — at ... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 08:36:23 | ...---... Message: Hey, you might even find one or two extra little surprises when the parcel eventually arrives..... :) ——— Vlad Kramnik holds his hoodoo over Judit Polgar — The phenomenon of the difficult opponent against whom you have poor results which create a psychological mountain is well known to many chess players. At top level, it can change careers and decide world-class chess events. Bobby Fischer often did badly against Ewfim Geller, which helped spark the American's failure in the 1962 candidates. Garry Kasparov found Vlad Kramnik tough, and eventually lost his world title to the younger Russian. The all-time best woman Judit Polgar has proved herself the equal or superior of dozens of the top men. But she struggled against Kasparov, including in an infamous game where he retracted a knight move, and she also has a large minus total against ... |
| Posted by acne uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 19:55:21 | Message: 100% you can win if you've king & rook vs king ——— Iranian, Refusing to Play Israeli, Expelled From Chess Tournament — One of Iran’s top chess grandmasters was expelled from an international chess tournament on Tuesday after he refused to play a match against an Israeli opponent, the director of the tournament said. The Iranian, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, was scheduled to play Ehud Shachar in the fourth round of the Corsica Masters, a pairing determined by computer. The director, Léo Battesti, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Maghami had asked him to change the pairing, but was told that doing so would violate chess tournament rules. Mr. Maghami then failed to appear at the scheduled time to play Mr. Shachar. Mr. Battesti said Mr. Maghami should have told him beforehand that he would object to ... |
| Posted by pbarts89 uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 20:01:52 | Victor Message: I highly recomend you learn to mate a lone King as quickly as possible with ALL piece combinations. Also I would suggest learning simple strategies regarding pawn endings and the concept of opposition. Most endgame books will have these items in the first chapter. You will be amazed how quickly you will be able to begin formulating plans in the middle game designed to place you in a winning endgame. Also combinations will start to come easier to you because you will see mating patterns you learned in those simple endgames take shape within a middlegame pawn structure. Good Luck to you ——— Mastering Chess: Talent Or Practice? — Why do some people, chess players or musicians, practice less but attain more? The common belief is that practice is necessary to achieve mastery in chess, but it's not enough. There has to be something else that sets apart people who get really good at chess, just like in music. A study published in Psychological Science last year found that musicians need a lot of practice, but researchers identified one additional factor: musicians who are better at sight-reading have better working memory, the ability to keep relevant pieces of information active in your mind. For chess, that additional factor has not yet been pinned down. One possibility is intelligence. A lot of studies have found that children who play chess have ... |
| Posted by victord uskidscompute.com 8/24/2002 02:23:55 | pbart89...---... Message: Thanks for the tip. I know you are right. I've been lazy in this area for a long...long time. ——— Chess: A horrible way to lose — Losing by oversight is particularly painful; here's an example of failing to appreciate the power of a lateral defence. Charbonneau-Hussein, Dresden Chess Olympiad 2008. White has just sacrificed the bishop on h7. Is this sound? DK: Sometimes we lose games because we are simply outplayed and it's painful but fair. We might even learn something from this kind of defeat. But sometimes we lose because of a blind spot – a simple idea is overlooked and doesn't even cross our mind. Out of all the maddening ways to lose, this is the most infuriating – there's no consolation, all we know is that our brain short-circuited at a crucial moment. Why are some moves so hard for us to see? How is it that chess computers are ... |