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| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/18/2003 12:02:18 Play online chess |  Subject: Linares 2003Message: One of the highlights of the year! www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=185 Best wishes Cairo PS! You can predict your own winner at the link above! |
| Posted by clemens uskidscompute.com 2/18/2003 12:09:49 Play online chess | Message: Hey, they'll have live coverage! (www.todoajedrez.tv/) I'm looking forward to that... |
| Posted by vietnamese_girl_18 uskidscompute.com 2/18/2003 23:38:39 Play online chess | Message: The fantasy chess league for Linares is at www.chessville.com/fantasychess/index.htm It's always fun trying to predict the winners and losers -- and to find your predictions ranked with hundreds of other chess fans. And when your predictions don't go well, you can always print out the pictures of the players to blame and put big fat red X's across their faces! Sarah Tran ——— Anand v Topalov: who will win this year's world chess championship? — Age... playing style... even gamesmanship. There are many vital factors in the upcoming clash. Vishy Anand defends his world title against Veselin Topalov in Sofia in a 12-game match starting on 23 April. Most pundits reckon Anand is the better chess player, but the stats tell us that in their classical chess encounters Topalov has one more win than Anand. It's only in games with a faster time control that Anand has a big plus score. If the match ends 6-6, Anand will be a clear favourite in the tie-break rapid games. Age could be a factor. Anand has turned 40. Among top chess players that practically qualifies for a free bus pass. Topalov is five years younger and ... |
| Posted by paolo uskidscompute.com 2/19/2003 00:27:28 Play online chess | Sarah Message: have you ever considered to use darts? It works for me, it always makes me feel way better :) ——— A tribute to Vassily Smyslov — Vassily Smyslov, the seventh world chess champion, died of heart failure in Moscow on March 27, three days after his 89th birthday. He was one of the greatest stars when the Soviet Union dominated chess. Smyslov enjoyed a long chess career, stretching from his days as a teenage master to occasional appearances in his late 70s. But he will be remembered most for his successes in the 1950s. He won two Candidates tournaments, in 1953 (probably his greatest tournament performance) and 1956, to earn the right to challenge world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Their 1954 match ended in a 12-12 tie. Smyslov defeated Botvinnik ... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/19/2003 00:48:04 Play online chess | Sarah Message: I remember that you took the lead in the fantasy predictions at the last big tournament. Did you hold on to first place...or did your "horses" stumble at the last hurdle ? If you are entering the next fantasy predictions competition then I fear the rest of us will just be playing for second place....!! There will be lots of variables at Linares How tired is Gary after his exertions against the computer Has Kramnik played enough classical chess to have got his touch back Will Vishy continue where he left off at Wijk an Zee Can Ponomariov play his normal game free of distractions about the forthcoming World Championship cycle. Can Radjubov shock a few of the more senior GM's So many questions...but who knows the answers !! Kind regards, Cal ——— American Grandmaster Makes a Stand in Philadelphia — Most of the top chess players are European, and most of the top chess tournaments are in Europe. So it is not surprising that there are few spots in those competitions for non-Europeans. For many years, if an American chess player was included in an elite event, the invitation went to Gata Kamsky. But Kamsky’s world ranking has slipped to No. 34, while Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning United States chess champion, has risen to No. 17. Nakamura, at age 22, is 13 years younger than Kamsky, and he plays an exciting chess that is popular with fans. So Nakamura now seems to be claiming most of the choice tournament spots. Nakamura competed in ... |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/23/2003 02:13:09 Play online chess | They have started! Message: Linares Super GM 2003 Round 1 (Saturday, February 22, 2003) Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan Kramnik, Vladimir ˝-˝ Kasparov, Garry Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 Leko, Peter Paco Vallejo had the bye. Best wishes Cairo ——— Sochi 2010 looking to overcome lack of recognition for chess in Russia — Russia stages the world's strongest national team chess championship, yet it receives little publicity. This is partly due to a slow website, and also because most of the team names are non‑geographical. For several years, however, Tomsk were the team to beat. The Siberians, though, were out of contention at halfway in this week's 2010 contest in Sochi, where Moscow and St Petersburg squads vied for the lead. Both front-runners fielded six-player 2700-rated teams, a level which would outclass the best sextet from the UK. The Russian nucleus was boosted by grandmasters from the old USSR, China, and even the odd Westerner. Thus Scotland's Keti Arakhamia-Grant, a former ... |
| Posted by peppe_l uskidscompute.com 2/23/2003 05:42:08 Play online chess | Bravo Message: Leko! ——— Smyslov style — I continue my appreciation of the 7th World Chess Champion Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (1921-2010) who passed away on Saturday in Moscow, with a personal reminiscence. I attended the Candidates semi final in 1983 staged at the Great Eastern Hotel which then adjoined Liverpool Street Station in London. This was Smyslov’s last virtuoso performance as he easily overcame the Hungarian Zoltan Ribli, an excellent chess opening theoretician and very difficult to beat. In the following game Smyslov embarked on a long sacrificial sequence which in the days before chess computers was hard to comprehend. I recall vividly the moment I noticed – belatedly – that 28,Rxe6+!! was arriving. Smyslov was ... |
| Posted by clemens uskidscompute.com 2/23/2003 10:31:19 Play online chess | AAAH! Message: That Radjabov boy has just beat Kasparov. Incredible. |
| Posted by nwadvana uskidscompute.com 2/23/2003 13:34:51 Play online chess | Message: A remarkable game by Rajdabov. I'd like to know the basis behind the knight sacrifice at move 21... in the game between Kasparov - Rajdabov. I dont see no immediate plus for black... Thanks |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 2/23/2003 23:28:12 Play online chess | Message: It didn't seem like much of a sacrifice to me, just a total blunder--how Kasparov could have missed 27... Nb3+ and 28... Qg6 amazes me. Unfortunately, I didn't find the game so remarkable, just a collapse by Kasparov. |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/24/2003 03:56:38 Play online chess | Maybe... Message: Radjabov was playing psychological tricks on Gary, making Gary think "I wonder if Radjabov has seen something in the position that I can't see" At the very least it will have made him stop to think long and hard, and maybe eat well into his time allowance. Just to be safe and to prevent himself playing into prepared analysis he therefore decided to decline the sacrifice, wrongly, as it would now appear. Kind regards, Cal |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 2/24/2003 06:20:58 Play online chess | The basis for the sacrifice Message: After 22. dxe5 d4, or 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 d4, things get very complicated. I've yet to see a detailed analysis of the resulting position, but presumably Kasparov didn't like the looks of it. |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/24/2003 09:24:00 Play online chess | According to the Russians Message: Deep Fritz analysed it as 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qc7 24.Qe3 Rh6 25.Bg4 Bc5 26.Qg5 d4 27.Bf3 Rf8 as +- |
| Posted by peet69 uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 03:01:34 Play online chess | I think Message: the 15-year old boy Radjabov will be the surprise of the tournament. And maybe it's a bit early to say, but Kasparov is disappointing. What's wrong with the guy ??? |
| Posted by peet69 uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 03:05:24 Play online chess | BTW, Message: Everyday there's live radio coverage on www.chess.fm Greetings, Peter. |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 03:43:44 Play online chess | Computers may be the problem Message: Maybe these high profile man v machine matches, which have recently featured both Kramnik and Kasparov, are to blame. Both men prepared extensively for the computer matches and in the immediate aftermath of the matches, both mens classical chess appears to have suffered badly. Kramnik was not his usual self at Wijk an Zee and the "real" Kasparov has yet to make an appearance at Linares. Only now, with one major classical event under his belt, has Kramnik returned to the sort of form we expect of him. Perhaps the top GM's should just concentrate on classical chess and give up chasing the obscene money offered by computer chess. Cal |
| Posted by peet69 uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 03:49:41 Play online chess | Maybe, maybe not... Message: Looks to me Kasparov's tired. He made blunder after blunder against Peter Leko yesterday. |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 04:02:29 Play online chess | Round 3 results and standings Message: Results: Radjabov - Ponomariov 1/2 Leko - Kasparov 1/2 Kramnik - Vallejo 1/2 Anand had bye. Standings: 1 ANAND 1,5 2 KRAMNIK 1,5 3 LEKO 1(-1) 4 RADJABOV 1 5 VALLEJO 0,5(-1) 6 KASPAROV 0,5 7 PONOMARIOV 0 Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 05:29:02 Play online chess | Correction of standings Message: sorry the standings was after round two here it is: Standigs after round 3: 1 KRAMNIK 2,0 2 Anand 1,5(-1) 3 LEKO 1,5(-1) 4 RADJABOV 1,5 5 VALLEJO 0,5(-1) 6 KASPAROV 1,0 7 PONOMARIOV 0,5 Best wishes Cairo PS! Thx florinserban for your noticed :-)) |
| Posted by tulkos uskidscompute.com 2/25/2003 16:56:24 Play online chess | hehe, Message: ponomariovs at the bottom. |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 2/26/2003 00:41:04 Play online chess | l..o..n..g draws Message: After yet another marathon draw lasting several hours I wonder if someone has super-glued Peter Leko to his chair !!! Wasn't this the guy who used to be criticised for accepting short draws.......I wonder what his New Year resolution was ? !! ;0) Cal |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/26/2003 01:52:43 Play online chess | Round 4 results and standings Message: Results: Vallejo - Radjabov 1/2 Anand - Kramnik 1/2 Ponomariov - Leko 1/2 Kasparov had bye is this round. Standings after 4 rounds: 1 KRAMNIK 2,5 2-4 ANAND 2,0(-1) LEKO 2,0(-1) RADJABOV 2,0 5 VALLEJO 1,5(-1) 6-7 KASPAROV 1,0(-1) PONOMARIOV 1,0 Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 08:40:07 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 5 Message: Results: Radjabov - Anand (1/2-1/2) Leko - Vallejo (1-0) Kasparov - Ponomariov (1-0) Kramnik had bye in this round. Standings after round 5: 1 Peter Leko (HUN) 3 (-1) 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2,5 (-1) 3 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2,5 (-) 4 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2,5 5 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 2 (-1) 6 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 1,5 (-1) 7 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by mettlesome uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 10:47:48 Play online chess | Hey Cairo... Message: You know people don't tell you enough, but we are really glad that someone's doing this for us.... Warm fuzzy feeling things Mettlesome |
| Posted by urosub uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 11:05:06 Play online chess | ... Message: whats wrong with ponomariov? after prague he is in really bad shape. |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 11:06:26 Play online chess | My Message: pleasure to share mettlesome :-)) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 11:09:00 Play online chess | Looks Message: like Kramnik picking up the speed, he beat Ponomariov today and so far Kasparov and Vallejo played a draw. A very exciting game is going right now btw Anand and Leko! Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 12:12:20 Play online chess | That's Message: Radjabov that Kramnik crushed. Ponomariov had a bye. |
| Posted by moriarty uskidscompute.com 2/28/2003 13:40:50 Play online chess | Anand Message: has just beaten Leko in round 6. |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/01/2003 02:13:20 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 6 Message: Results: Vallejo - Kasparov (1/2-1/2) Anand - Leko (1-0) Kramnik - Radjabov (1-0) Standings after round 6: 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 3,5 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 3,5 3 Peter Leko (HUN) 3,0 4 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 2,5 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2,5 (-1) 6 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 2,0 7 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 1,0 Best wishes Cairo NB! Thanks for the correction atrifix :-)) |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 02:47:58 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 7 Message: Results: Leko - Kramnik (1/2-1/2) Kasparov - Anand (1-0) Ponomariov - Vallejo (1-0) Radjabov had the bye in this round. Standings after round 7: 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 4 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 3,5 3 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 3,5 4 Peter Leko (HUN) 3,5 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2,5 6 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 2 7 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 2 Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 09:03:04 Play online chess | Battling Message: 3 tough matches is going on right now at Linares!! Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by parrvert uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 09:25:35 Play online chess | Thanks Cairo Message: I forgot! I got so caught up in Liverpool beating Man Utd that I forgot about Kasparov v Kramnik. I hope Kasparov wins, it would give him a great chance to win the tournament. I think if he draws he still has a good chance but lets hope he goes for the win! |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 12:36:17 Play online chess | Kasparov - Kramnik Message: Kasparov had the worst of it, piece down he obtained a draw by perpetual check. Leko seems to be the "dark horse", he is playing very well and some sources are describing him as being the "new Fischer" ! Another win for him today. Kind regards, Cal |
| Posted by ordinary_man uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 13:05:11 Play online chess | Peter Leko Message: played amazingly...I couldn't even understand some of his moves...they were inviting extremely complex lines of play, the kid just seemed to crumble under peter's aggressive play...A nice draw by Kasparov-Kramnik, typically Kasparov's goes for the kingside attack with white, Kramnik easily defends as black and Kasparov's attack fizled into a draw by repitition...still, at least Kasparov got an attack going...Kramnik utterly embarassed him with the black pieces during their world championship match...Kasparov never really even got any advantage with white against Kramnik's awesome play with black. ANd of course lost his title to the young vladimir, |
| Posted by a_professional_idiot uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 16:25:03 Play online chess | Question Message: Why is Kasparov listed as a Russian player when he is from Baku, Azerbaijan? Am I missing something? |
| Posted by tovmauzer uskidscompute.com 3/02/2003 17:53:27 Play online chess | APD Message: He is russian citizen, that's why. |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/03/2003 00:38:15 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 8 Message: Results: Ponomariov - Anand (1/2-1/2) Kasparov - Kramnik (1/2-1/2) Leko - Radjabov (1-0) Vallejo had the bye in this round! Standings: 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 4,5 2 Peter Leko (HUN) 4,5 3 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 4 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 4 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2,5 6 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 2,5 7 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 2 (-1) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/03/2003 00:40:15 Play online chess | Games live Message: can be followed everyday accept restdays at: www.todoajedrez.tv/ Enjoy :-)) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by zdrak uskidscompute.com 3/03/2003 00:52:19 Play online chess | Message: api: Kasparov was born in Baku, but spent most of his adult life in Moscow. When the Soviet Union broke up, he had to choose wether to become a citizen of Russia or Azerbijan. He chose the former, but I'm sure he still has a worm spot in his heart for his country of birth! |
| Posted by zdrak uskidscompute.com 3/03/2003 00:53:08 Play online chess | Message: sorry, that should be: "warm spot" ;-)) |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/03/2003 10:32:36 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 9 Message: Results: Radjabov - Kasparov (1/2-1/2) Kramnik - Ponomariov (1/2-1/2) Anand - Vallejo (1/2-1/2) Leko had bye in this round! Standings after round 9: 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 5,0 2 Peter Leko (HUN) 4,5 (-1) 3 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 4,5 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 4,5 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 3,0 6 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 3,0 7 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 2,5 (-1) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 10:47:54 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 10 Message: Results: Vallejo - Kramnik (1/2-1/2) Ponomariov - Radjabov (1/2-1/2) Kasparov - Leko (1/2-1/2) Anand had bye in this round! Standings after round 10. 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 5,5 2 Peter Leko (HUN) 5,0 (-1) 2 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 5,0 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 4,5 (-1) 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 3,5 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 3,5 7 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 3,0 (-1) I think ythey are hit by "the drawing fever" in Linares! Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by indianking uskidscompute.com 3/05/2003 15:22:46 Play online chess | Soren.. Message: Txs for putting on all results here! I hope Peter Leko will win! Mart |
| Posted by mlazar uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 08:16:56 Play online chess | Anyone Message: able to explain why a GM game such as Vallejo-Kramnik can draw after 13 moves? |
| Posted by zdrak uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 08:19:30 Play online chess | Message: Simple explanation: - Kramnik is leading, so a draw with black suits him - Vallejo is the lowest-rated of all participants, so a draw is pretty good for him as well. Given this situation, it's mighty nice of them to grant us the pleasure of seeing them playing for a full 13 moves and not draw on move 1 :-) Hope that answers the question. |
| Posted by mlazar uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 08:48:44 Play online chess | Thanks Zdrak Message: Being on his home turf I figured Vallejo would fight harder, but I see your point.. GM chess is way to complex for me to understand. Thought maybe Kramnik may have purchased a bad bottle of wine the night before and just wasn't up to playing... Mike |
| Posted by zucan uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 09:31:54 Play online chess | Cairo Message: I also want to put my thanks in for you execllent reporting of the event... it saves all kinds of time of going to the web and looking it up myself! Well, maybe I should qualify that... it saves all kinds of time going to *other* web sites and looking it up... after all, I am always on *this* web site! :) Zucan |
| Posted by moriarty uskidscompute.com 3/06/2003 12:22:49 Play online chess | Latest Results. Message: All 3 games are drawn in round 11...and it looks like all players are eagerly against war... |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 3/07/2003 02:22:30 Play online chess | Results and standings after round 11 Message: Results: Leko - Ponomariov (1/2-1/2) Radjabov - Vallejo (1/2-1/2) Kramnik - Anand (1/2-1/2) Kasparov had bye in this round! Standings after round 11. 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 6,0 2 Peter Leko (HUN) 5,5 (-1) 3 Gary Kasparov (RUS) 5,0 (-1) 3 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 5,0 (-1) 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (UCR) 4,0 5 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 4,0 7 Francisco Vallejo (ESP) 3,5 (-1) My pleasure zucan :-)) Best wishes Cairo |
| Posted by moriarty uskidscompute.com 3/07/2003 12:01:18 Play online chess | Latest... Message: Vallejo Pons has just beaten Peter Leko (1-0). |
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