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| Posted by absolutegenius uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 08:18:03 |  Subject: bishop ending!!!Message: i can now do a 2 bishop and king Vs king ending everytime!!! i rule!!! |
| Posted by brobishkin uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 08:32:29 | Good show... Message: Keep up the good work... Endgame practice a very important comcept to understand... It saves time when you reach the end... You would be surprised the time wasted in amatuer games (during the endgame), but I shouldn't complain, they are just learning... But it gets to me at times while watching... Bro... |
| Posted by absolutegenius uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 08:38:07 | only problem is Message: i never end up with two bishops in my endgames...i usually end up on the wrong side... ——— The Catalan Chess Opening, part 2: the g2 bishop — How can White best exploit the potential of his fianchettoed kingside bishop? RB I'm a Catalan virgin, but I'm beginning to see some themes, in particular the power of the bishop on g2. Unfortunately the bishop's dominance of the h1-a8 diagonal is contested by the black bishop on b7. If I could somehow block its scope, my own bishop's potential would be enhanced. That's why I'm fixating on the c6 square. Ideally, I'd like to land a knight on c6, and maintain it there or force Black to swap off his bishop. The trouble is that ... |
| Posted by cuthbert uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 10:35:23 | don't care Message: While practicing endgames you learn a lot about chess - you will get better day by day. But - as I mentioned in our game - you shouldn't play so many games at once - just play 3-5 games and try to get into the positions - setup the position on a board and do some moves. Greetings cuthbert ——— New Way to Crown Winners in Chess Games That End in Ties — Tournaments that end in ties are a problem in chess, and how to break them — or whether to even try — is a thorny topic. Some chess tournaments use complicated scoring systems to determine a winner. But what fan understands that a new chess champion is the player with the higher Sonneborn-Berger score? People want the winner to be decided in a competition, not by a calculator. Tie-breaker games have their own problems. If they keep ending in draws, it may be days or even weeks before one player wins. And White always has an advantage, so each player needs a turn at that color. So-called Armageddon games emerged a few years ago. These are one-game playoffs ... |
| Posted by triangulator uskidscompute.com 9/17/2002 11:49:02 | endgames are good to study,but... Message: you have to be able to reach a good endgame to be able to play an endgame- middle/opening are also important ——— Ukrainian Ex-Pat, in His Homeland, Wins World Rapid Chess Cup — Displaying amazing resiliency, and not a little good fortune, Sergey Karjakin captured the Fourth World Rapid Chess Cup over the weekend. The chess tournament was held in Odessa, Ukraine, organized by the Association of Chess Professionals and sponsored by Pivdennyi Bank. Karjakin is originally from Ukraine, but last year he changed federations, moving to Russia. At the time, he said that “he didn’t have enough support inside the country, in Ukraine,” adding, “I also need to train with good coaches and there are a few good coaches in Russia.” The very best chess players — Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion; Magnus Carlsen of Norway; Veselin Topalov ... |
| Posted by absolutegenius uskidscompute.com 9/19/2002 09:09:33 | i did that at first Message: but then i joined the league. so i was up to 10 games. and then i asked for challenges above 1500, so that was another few etc... ——— Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to battle Karpov and Kasparov for Fide presidency — Fide, the International Chess Federation, holds its five-yearly presidential election in September and it is turning nasty. The incumbent since 1995 is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, controversial ruler of Russia's semi-autonomous Caucasian state Kalmykia. In his early years as Fide president Ilyumzhinov built a 'chess city', made the game mandatory in Kalmyk schools, and financed grandmaster chess so generously that his dubious human rights record and eccentric claim to have met "humanoid aliens" were shrugged off. But recently Fide's excessive reliance on ex-Soviet tournament venues and an autocratic rule change where a chess player loses if not seated at the board at the start have ... |
| Posted by cuthbert uskidscompute.com 9/20/2002 00:28:30 | triangulator Message: I agree, but nevertheless my advice would be to study endgames first, and when you think you can handle them start with the middlegame - so you have a better feeling for positions you would like to achieve. And at last prepare some openings to avoid traps. cuthbert ——— Gata Kamsky wins U.S. Chess Championship — Gata Kamsky of New York won the U.S. Chess Championship on Tuesday in St. Louis. In an odd finish to the 24-player event, Kamsky drew to break a tie with Yury Shulman of Chicago. The chess tournament began with seven conventional rounds. Then top scorers Kamsky, Shulman, Alexander Onischuk (Baltimore) and 2009 chess champion Hikaru Nakamura (St. Louis) qualified for a round robin to determine the top four places. Kamsky and Shulman scored 2-1, while Nakamura and Onischuk tied for third at 1-2. In the game that decided the title of chess champion and the $30,000 first prize, Kamsky chose to play Black with draw odds and 25 minutes against Shulman's 60 minutes. Shulman gained ... |
| Posted by triangulator uskidscompute.com 9/20/2002 09:03:22 | ok.. Message: listen to him, he is better than me- good advice |