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| Posted by disaster uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 12:02:52 |  Subject: my new problemMessage: My friend gave me this mate in three I saved it in that one area the Chess problems and puzzles in the Options part... I just wanna see how gk people fare against others with this problem... Its a mate in three! I hear it took a gm 2 hours to see it ... dun dun dun |
| Posted by absolutegenius uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 12:49:24 | chessmaster Message: it found it. very hard though. |
| Posted by absolutegenius uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 12:49:47 | chessmaster Message: it found it. very hard though. ——— New Year's resolution: more chess — It is 2012, and everyone has a resolution or two. I recommend playing more chess! Improving your chess game is a great resolution because it is beneficial for your mind, and it can be a lot of fun as well. Here are a few steps to help you along your path to chess success in 2012: 1. Play, play, play! The best way to improve your game is to play chess more often. You can play friends, relatives, online, or at the chess club! The Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a tournament for beginners and unrated players once a month, usually the last Sunday. There also are a number of great classes at the club each week including adult beginner classes on Tuesdays, classes for kids on Sundays and ladies' beginner classes on ... |
| Posted by acne uskidscompute.com 8/23/2002 19:53:21 | Message: not a difficult one. the black king can't move at all if you don't check it. so you just need a waiting move. so Bg2 or Bh1. but Bh1 is better since you've to make a second waiting move because of the possibility of stalemate. So 1.Bh1 d6 2.Rg2 Kxe4 3.Rd2# ——— The great escape — In the final instalment of Ronan Bennett and Daniel King's chess masterclass, can you work out how Black extricates himself from this hopeless-looking position? RB: Some years ago I suggested that the Guardian approach Nigel Short, who had just parted company with the Sunday Telegraph. The Guardian, I pointed out, was the only national broadsheet without a daily chess column. Short started to write in G2, not daily, but, with Leonard Barden and a new column from Stephen Moss, chess started to appear three times a week instead of just once. After the Short and Moss contributions finished, I wrote to the then-new editor of G2 to suggest a different and – as far as I am aware – unique kind of chess column ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 8/26/2002 09:28:35 | Well Message: I couldn't solve it in my head, only succeeded with mate in four. If a GM has problems with it it can't be that easy. It's interesting because I set up the position for my fritz and it, immediatly, put out a mate in 4. When I wanted it to serach for mating branches it still couldn't see the mate in 3 which must have something to do with the value of pieces when the program ends? Please Acne, I don't want to see the solvation of it- it is already listed in the quiz section. ——— Shaking Things Up by Tweaking the Rules — The holiday season is always a busy one in the chess world. This year, two chess tournaments stood out by using new rules to make the competitions more exciting. The more unusual of the two ideas was incorporated into the Donestia-San Sebastian Chess Festival in Spain, where José Raúl Capablanca, a Cuban who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927, earned his first big international triumph 100 years ago. The chess festival, which ended on Thursday, held elimination matches in which the competitors played two simultaneous games against one another. If a match ended in a tie because each player won a game or both were drawn, it was followed by a playoff of two simultaneous rapid games and ... |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 8/26/2002 12:45:38 | Well Message: GMs learn how to actually play chess, not solve problems (such as these). If a GM ran into a position like this on the board, he'd probably play the first winning continuation he saw, which might end up in mate in 6 or 8 or worse. Good chess problemists will almost instantly recognize the theme of blocking a piece for discovered or double check, though. So in actuality, an 1800 player might have an easier time solving this than a GM... ——— On Chess: Stars’ games built upon idiosyncrasies — One of my favorite chess quotes is the Indian proverb “Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.” Each great player of the game thrives according to his predilections. Bobby Fischer, more than anyone of his time, was obsessed with certainty. He combed libraries, documents and books to uncover the hidden truths of his beloved game, in addition to crunching more hours of original analysis than anyone could imagine. His great knowledge of chess typically helped him take control of the board with crushing effect. He hated the unknown and tended to falter in unclear chessboard situations, particularly in his early encounters with Boris Spassky. Spassky, on the other hand, was often ... |