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| Posted by buddy2 uskidscompute.com 12/11/2003 19:46:48 Play online chess |  Subject: chess materialMessage: Where do people at GK get their books, cd's, boards, etc? So far I've used Amazon (quite efficient) and Chess Cafe (quick and knowledgable). I haven't tried Gameknot. I've tried USCF and have been disappointed in the past. I order three books from catalogue and they come back on three different dates, some weeks later. Maybe they've gotten better. You people in Europe might go to different vendors. I don't know. Just curious. |
| Posted by brobishkin uskidscompute.com 12/11/2003 23:14:46 Play online chess | My purchase on books... Message: I get my books from local book stores... When ever I visit other busy mertopolitan areas I visit any major book stores or chess shops that might be in town... This way you can pre-read and see if the book has the material you are looking for... When your library collection on chess books grow, you will find it's harder to find new material or info on the game that you don't already posess... Though web sites do offer info on its books offered, it's still doesn't beat the book in hand before the purchase is made... Bro... |
| Posted by daveamour uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 00:20:31 Play online chess | Online Resource Message: Books are great but this is free and really cool: www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer Dave ——— Another Dose of Chess Nostalgia — Tis the season, or perhaps the year, for nostalgia. In September, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, the former chess champions and rivals, played a 12-game exhibition match in Valencia, Spain, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their first championship match. On Friday, another match between chess legends began in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, a region in southern Russia next to Kazakhstan. The match is between Boris Spassky, 72, the former world chess champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, 78, the two-time (or three-time, depending on whether the candidates final in 1974 is included) challenger for the world title. Like Kasparov and Karpov, Korchnoi and Spassky are old rivals, though ... |
| Posted by blindio uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 01:36:38 Play online chess | Working in London . . . Message: . . . I have the choice of two good quality chess shops within reasonably easy reach, and some of the larger bookshops have a wide stock as well. I don't therefore use mailorder - if I were living farther away from town I'd probably use the London Chess Centre website to order anything I wanted. ——— Veteran Has Staying Power, but 19-Year-Old Will Be No. 1 — Two of the biggest chess events of the year ended last week with champions who are at very different stages of their chess careers. In Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Boris Gelfand of Israel captured the World Cup, outlasting a field of 128 players. Though he is No. 7 in the world, and will be No. 6 when the new chess rankings come out on Jan. 1, Gelfand, 41, is not likely to be an elite player for many more years, particularly when chess is increasingly a young man’s game. His staying power — he has been among the world’s best chess players for two decades — is unusual. With the victory in the World Cup, Gelfand has qualified for the candidates’ matches to select a challenger for ... |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 06:07:45 Play online chess | USCF & Chess Express Message: I got a nice wooden travel set from Chess Express ... delivered on time and all in one piece (also had the best price on this set among many competitors). I got a tourney set (roll up board and large dbl-weighted pieces) from USCF. It was cheap (c. $25 incl. shipping). Took about 10 days to arrive ... a little slower than a typical Amazon shipment, but not bad. I have gotten all my chess books from the local bookstore or from Amazon (Xmas sure makes me appreciate Amazon!). ——— Magnus Carlsen wins without distinction — Magnus Carlsen won the London Classic and confirmed his world No1 status, yet paradoxically the Norwegian seemed, compared with the chess legends Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov in their pomp, far from his personal zenith. Carlsen impressed in his opening win against Vlad Kramnik, which ultimately settled first prize, and in the later stages of his next win from Luke McShane. But in the remaining five rounds he stuttered his way to victory. He could have lost to Michael Adams, had two or three other dubious positions and missed a simple win in the puzzle below. Still the 19-year-old's No 1 spot in the January world chess rankings will fulfil the target set by his coach Kasparov. Kramnik ... |
| Posted by irish-pete uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 06:21:40 Play online chess | One thing I do . . . Message: to see and read the book first is go to my local library and request the book interlibrary loan. That way I can get a book to evaluate from somewhere around the country before I make the decision. Most of the time I buy through Amazon nowadays. Ebay has a collection of chess boards, tables and pieces, though there caveat emptor is in order. ——— Chess Notes — Here is a product of the World Chess Cup, a game of maneuver from the fourth round in which Peter Svidler, a chess veteran and winner of the Soviet Championship five times, subdues Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany. Games that start quietly inevitably result in noisy clashes. In this game Svidler as Black develops his pieces to the third rank, depending on ultimate counter play. It is interesting that he allows Bh6 against his King side, and simply ignores the cleric. White gets no advantage from this Bishop, which is later eliminated. The critical confrontation occurs after Svidler turns to the attack with 23 f5. Naiditsch responds passively by reconnoitering his Knight. He gives up ... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 12/12/2003 15:59:06 Play online chess | eBay Message: The last dozen chess books I have acquired have all arrived via eBay.co.uk. I normally pick up brand new chess classics for a couple of pounds each. A cheap and convenient way to add to my Chess Library....... At this time of the year the London Chess Centre normally send me a list of their bargain books, £5 each or 5 for £20. Some good titles amongst the list, but not as cheap as Ebay. Kind regards, Cal ——— 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 ... |