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| Posted by codebender uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 16:21:32 |  Subject: Lost cause?Message: I think everyone would agree that white is in a dominant position here: board #351669, but do you agree with the resignation? I was surprised... |
| Posted by poisonedpawn78 uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:20:33 | why ... Message: would you be suprised ... this is a hopeless game for black ! |
| Posted by poisonedpawn78 uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:20:54 | why ... Message: would you be suprised ... this is a hopeless game for black ! ——— At Title Event, Asian Women Pursue World Domination — The Women’s World Chess Championship has provided more evidence of a shift in the balance of power in the women’s game to Asia from Eastern Europe. When the chess tournament began early this month in southern Turkey, 24 of the 64 players in the field were from Eastern Europe, which has long dominated women’s chess. By the quarterfinals, only one of the Eastern Europeans, Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine, was left in the competition. Four of the quarterfinalists were from China, and two were from India. The last quarterfinalist, Almira Skripchenko, is French, although she was born in Moldova. Lahno and Skripchenko were eliminated in the quarterfinals, and the semifinalists were ... |
| Posted by poisonedpawn78 uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:21:27 | doh ! Message: sorry for the double post .. gameknots messing with me ——— Record Set for World's Youngest Chess Champion — Hou Yifan, a 16-year-old chess player from China, became the youngest world chess champion on Friday, toppling a record held since 1978. Ms. Hou defeated another Chinese player, Ruan Lufei, in the final of the Women’s World Chess Championship, which was held in Antakya, Turkey. In a telephone interview after the competition, Ms. Hou was excited, but also critical of her play against Ms. Ruan, a lower-ranked opponent. The final was decided in playoff games after the four-game regulation match ended in a tie. “I think before the final, my play was very good,” Ms. Hou said. “The final match, I am not very satisfied with that.” Maia Chiburdanidze of the Republic of Georgia had previously ... |
| Posted by honololou uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:22:01 | cause is lost Message: Let's seewhite is up two pieces and three pawns with passed pawns on the "c" and "d" files. King is safe and sound. I'm surprised black waited this long. ——— Playoff Will Decide Women's World Chess Championship — History will have to wait one more day. Ruan Lufei won the last regulation game of the Women’s World Chess Championship final to force the match into overtime. Ruan had trailed the best-of-four match against Hou Yifan by one point and needed to win to stay alive. She did just that in a tension-filled game in which both chess players, unsurprisingly given the stakes, made some mistakes. Ruan won all her previous matches in the championship in tie-breakers, so she feels right at home in the format. But Hou is the higher-ranked chess player, so she has the edge, at least on paper. Of course that was true in the regulation portion of the match also, and she was unable to win. The tie-breaker will ... |
| Posted by chuckventimiglia uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:25:01 | Re: Lost Cause Message: Not surprised at all!! One of the "chess courtesies" is to resign when it becomes obvious that the cause is lost. I have played many an opponent that would keep playing till checkmate. I guess in the hopes of me "blundering". At quick glance Black's position is indefenseable. ——— Nepomniachtchi Wins Russian Chess Championship — The Russian Chess Championship came down to a battle of 20-year-old players and the less celebrated one won. Ian Nepomniachtchi edged Sergey Karjakin in a playoff on Wednesday after Karjakin lost in the last round of regulation, allowing Nepomniachtchi to overtake him. In the playoff, the first two games were drawn, so an Armageddon game was used to break the tie. In an Armageddon game, one player, in this case Karjakin, has White and one more minute of time on his clock, but he must win the game to clinch the title. The game ended in a draw (a video of the game is below), so Nepomniachtchi became chess champion. Karjakin is the better-known of the two chess players. He holds ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 17:43:49 | ... Message: Players that won't resign in given losses really takes much joy out of the game- I can't see it any other way no matter how hard I try. When I'm in a too bad position I resign- I got outplayed, fine! I would never let anyone checkmate me unless a, I missed a one move mate or b, a sacrifice, leading to mate, deserved being played out. ——— A Chess Set Fit for a King or an Emperor — Chess pieces depicting Napoleon Bonaparte and two of his marshalls, Louis Nicolas Davout and Michel Ney. The Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg, Russia, is displaying a remarkable chess set as part of an exhibition of the Jewelry House Anna Nova. Called “The Chess. 1812,” the set depicts military leaders of the Russian and French armies from the French invasion of Russia in 1812. The White king is Napoleon Bonaparte. The Web site of the museum identifies the Black king as Alexander II, but that is probably a typo and should be Alexander I, the tsar at the time. Alexander II was not born until 1818. The chess pieces are made of white and black jade with gold and ... |
| Posted by codebender uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 18:02:16 | Thanks! Message: I understand that it is a matter of courtesy, but I think I would have waited a bit longer. Thanks for your input, everyone. |
| Posted by acne uskidscompute.com 9/12/2002 21:01:13 | Message: resignation is right |