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| Posted by zoobrenok uskidscompute.com 10/17/2003 00:00:22 Play online chess |  Subject: game review neededMessage: game is still in progress, but i know that unless i ask this question now, i will forget about it. please give some time for game to finish and then once it is done (i'll try to bring this thread back to life later) comment on it starting move 25 for black (I am playing black there). board #1166906 i would appreciate if you guys would keep it to your self about all the mistakes i already made in the game prior to move 25 :) |
| Posted by youngglor uskidscompute.com 10/17/2003 16:42:51 Play online chess | Well...first of all... Message: with your moves...1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 (f6 is the worst way to defend e5 posible) white could have ended you with Nxe5 |
| Posted by premium_steve uskidscompute.com 10/17/2003 17:49:30 Play online chess | Message: i think 2...Qg5 is an even worse way to defend e5. :D ——— Children 1, Astronaut 0 — In the end, the astronaut could not outwit the children. Wednesday, Greg Chamitoff, an American astronaut, resigned a long-running correspondence chess game against a group of children from Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. They had started the game in September 2008 while Chamitoff was stationed aboard the International Space Station. The game had been the idea of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Officials at the agency had asked the United States Chess Federation about having Chamitoff play a game of chess against some of the federation’s members. Stevenson was chosen as an opponent because the school ... |
| Posted by parrvert uskidscompute.com 10/18/2003 01:44:58 Play online chess | I don't think Message: white could have "ended" black with 3.Nxe5. After 3...Qe7 4.Nf3 Qxe4 5.Be2 black isn't THAT bad. ——— London Chess Classic: Kramnik's lesson in positional play — McShane-Kramnik, London 2009. Black to play. With two rounds to go in the London Chess Classic, the Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen looks set to win the tournament. Vladimir Kramnik, his main rival, is in second place. In this game from round three, Kramnik displayed his refined positional understanding. RB I've been following this tournament online, but I missed this particular game, and more's the pity because I can't find a good continuation for Black. Clearly Kramnik has the better game – the two centralised knights look very threatening – but how to convert Black's positional superiority into a winning position? 1...Nxd2 2 Nxd2 doesn't lead anywhere and ... |
| Posted by v_glorioso12 uskidscompute.com 10/18/2003 05:56:48 Play online chess | Crafty v17.9 says.... Message: after 1.e4 e5; 2.Nf3 f6; 3.Nxe5 Qe7; 4.Nf3 Qxe4+; 5.Be2 Qf5; 6.0-0 and that white is winning with a score of +158 and that black's best move isnt 4...Qxe4+, but 4...d5; 5.d3 dxe4; 6.dxe4 Qxe4+; 7.Be2 Bf5; 8.Nd4 Nd7; 9.0-0 0-0-0 and white is winning with a score of +145 ——— Gelfand Wins World Chess Cup — Boris Gelfand of Israel is the 2009 World Cup champion. Gelfand won the title by beating Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in a playoff on Monday. The first four games of the playoff were rapid games (25 minutes per player per game) and Gelfand took the lead by winning the second game. But Ponomariov, with his back to the wall, won the last rapid game to tie the match up again. The playoff then went to blitz chess (5 minutes per player per game) and Gelfand once again took the lead by beating Ponomariov in the first game when he managed to trap Ponomariov’s queen in 21 moves. Ponomariov rallied again, winning the second game. But Gelfand won the third and Ponomariov ... |
| Posted by anaxagoras uskidscompute.com 10/18/2003 14:54:05 Play online chess | Message: I agree that 2...f6 is one of the worst defensive moves anyone could ever make after 1...e5. You may as well just give up a pawn for nothing and acheive better results. Ok kids, let's keep our mouths shut for now until his game is over, right? My one stipulation, zoobrenok, is that you have to let me talk about the moves before #25 if I say anything at all. ;-) ——— A tragic knight — The London Chess Classic, a fabulously organized eight-player elite tournament, shaped up as a confrontation between two great chess grandmasters, the top-rated Magnus Carlsen of Norway and the former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. By the luck of draw, they met in the first round, and Carlsen won. The Norwegian GM was still in a clear lead on Sunday with four points in five rounds, a full point ahead of Kramnik. U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura drew four games and lost one. The tournament concludes Tuesday. The Carlsen-Kramnik duel looked like a perfectly played game by the Norwegian, who took advantage of Kramnik's stranded knight. "If one piece is ... |
| Posted by baseline uskidscompute.com 10/19/2003 04:22:49 Play online chess | zoobrenk Message: Here is a game I annotated for my old team featuring you opening, Damiano's Defense C40 Grimsweeper - Mr Eliminator (Game 243533) GoldToken.com, 2002 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6?! The Damiano Defense, an ancient opening, is somewhat popular at GoldToken. 3. Nxe5! Qe7! This is best for black at this point. 3... fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 (4... Ke7 5. Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ Kg6 7. Qf5+ Kh6 8. h4 g6 9. d4+ Kg7 10. Qf7# Grimsweeper-Dr0wssap GoldToken 2002) 5. Qxe5+ Ne7 (5... Kf7 6. Bc4+ d5 7. Bxd5+ Be6 8. Qxe6+ Kg7 9. Qf7+ Kh6 10. d3+ Kh5 11. Qf3+ Kh4 12. Qh3# Grimsweeper-ROOKIE U C GoldToken 2002) (5... 5... Qe7 6. Qxh8 Nf6 7. d4 Kf7 8. Bc4+ d5 9. Bxd5+ Nxd5 10. Qxh7+ Bg7 11. O-O Qxe4 12. c3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. g3 Ruy Lopez-Leonardo, in the year 1560) 6. Qxh8 Ng8 7. Qxg8 Ke7 8. Qxh7+ Ke8 9. Qxg6+ Ke7 10. d4 Qe8 11. Bg5# Grimsweeper-Fuji Tape GoldToken 2002 4. Nf3! 4. Qh5+ No longer works 4... g6 5. Nxg6 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Qxg6 Black will develop his queenside quickly and castle there with advantage. 4... Qxe4+ 4... d5 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Ne5! 5. Be2 The pawn and lead in development make for a solid advantage for White. 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 Qe6 It might be better to move the queen off the e-file, perhaps ...Qb4. 7. O-O a6?! better is 7... Bb4 8. Nb5 Ba5 9. d4 Nge7 10. Bd2 and things are going well for White. 8. Re1 Nge7 9. d4 The threat is, of course, d5. 9... Qf7 10. d5 Nb4 if 10... Ne5 11. d6 cxd6 12. Bf4 11. d6 cxd6 12. a3 Nbd5 Black seeks relief by inviting an exchange. Unfortunately, this allows white a wicked pin, but Black is lost in any event. 13. Bc4 Kd8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. Rxe8+ Kxe8 18. Qe2+ Kd8 19. Be3 Be7 20. Bb6+ Ke8 21. Nf5 g6 22. Qxe7# 1-0 [Grimsweeper] ——— A Game Lasts 163 Moves, and That's Not Even a Record — Chess professionals are conditioned to games that take four to five hours and last about 50 moves, but occasionally play lasts much longer and the contest becomes a war of attrition. That is what happened between Nigel Short and Luke McShane of England in the first round of the London Chess Classic, which started on Tuesday. McShane, who had White, got a tiny advantage out of the opening, but Short defended well, and after 60 moves it seemed as if the game would end in a draw. But McShane, 25, persisted and Short, 44, was forced to continue to defend. It took McShane seven hours, and 163 moves, but he finally broke Short and forced him to resign. That ... |