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| From | Message | Posted by masros
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11/25/2004
08:34:55
Play online chess |  Subject: Is it true or not?
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Is it true or not?.A strong blitz player is also a strong player in longer time control and vice versa.
| Posted by jjw109
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11/25/2004
11:14:47
Play online chess | Probably true for some but not for others.
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Look at ICC for example--you'll see GMs with relatively low ratings, and non-GMs with really high ratings.
| Posted by jollylolly
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11/25/2004
15:24:29
Play online chess | Probably !
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Probably !
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Carlsen Takes Early Lead in Pearl Spring Tournament — Though it has only been around for a few years, the Pearl Spring chess tournament in Nanjing has become one of the premier stops on the calendar for the world’s top chess players. This year’s event, which began on Wednesday, features Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion; Magnus Carlsen of Norway, No. 1 in the world in the official rankings; Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, No. 2; Wang Yue of China, No. 16; Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, No. 26; and Etienne Bacrot of France, No. 28. The competitors will play each of their rivals twice, once with each color. In Round 1, Carlsen, Topalov, and Anand, had White against Bacrot, Gashimov and Wang, respectively. Only Carlsen managed to ...
| Posted by bonsai
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11/26/2004
02:42:29
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Certainly not entirely wrong, you have to know something about chess to do well at both long and blitz time controls, but different playing styles and attitudes (e.g. towards playing unsound moves) have different impacts at different time controls. And of course there's just some people that do not cope with time management in blitz games very well.
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Chess Puzzles: Prokes's Windmills — In the magical world of chess composition, he was called "the player's composer" since his gems resembled positions from practical play. He spread the pieces, usually not too many, around the board naturally and the solutions were very logical. Ladislav Prokes (1884-1966) was a strong chess player who represented Czechoslovakia in three chess olympiads (1927, 1928 and 1930). He was also a prolific writer and columnist, but his main contribution to chess was composing nearly 1,200 wonderful chess studies. His creations were clear, witty, instructive and easy to understand. I am presenting Prokes's two works, in which the white queen acts like a windmill. In the first study, Prokes teamed up with ...
| Posted by gunnarsamuelsson
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11/26/2004
08:30:14
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Id say that 95% of all players could at least play good chess in both categories if they really made an effort to do so. If theyre not really old and actually function slower.
Then some players may play thousands and thousands of blitz games while others seldom blitz at all.
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Come-From-Behind Victory in a Game Riddled With Errors — The chess world has so many colorful characters and interesting back stories, it is possible to forget that the biggest dramas occur at the board. The final round at the Continental Class Championships in Arlington, Va., which ended on Monday, provided that reminder. Going into their match in the last round, Alexander Shabalov, a former United States chess champion, was leading with 6.5 points, and Giorgi Kacheishvili was in second place with 6 points. Kacheishvili, who had White, needed a win to clinch the title. It is not uncommon for chess players in that situation to agree to an early draw, guaranteeing each a large share of the tournament’s prize money. But Shabalov and Kacheishvili are uncompromising chess ...
| Posted by gunnarsamuelsson
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11/26/2004
08:38:45
Play online chess | not to be mistaken
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to games on this site or corr games at all that is a totally different thing then otb games.
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Kramnik Wins Bilbao Final Masters — With a draw in the final round, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the third Bilbao Final Masters on Friday. Kramnik finished with 10 points (two wins for 3 points each and four draws for 1 point each), followed by Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, who had 8 points (one win, five draws), Magnus Carlsen of Norway, 6 points (one win, three draws and two losses), and Alexei Shirov Spain, 4 points (four draws and two losses). The last round game between Shirov and Kramnik was rather anti-climatic. Shirov was White and failed to gain any advantage out of the opening. Kramnik was able to force almost all the pieces off the board, after which the players agreed to a draw in ...
| Posted by honololou
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11/27/2004
13:52:45
Play online chess | I would guess…
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that there would be little correlation between one's ability at blitz vs. correspondence chess. Blitz
play rewards sharp lines and novel positions—things that most decent correspondence players can
refute with a little time and analysis. Really they are two totally different games.
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Magnus Carlsen should follow the example of Bobby Fischer in a crisis — Magnus Carlsen's aura of invincibility has cracked. The Norwegian became, at 19, the youngest ever world No1 with an all-time rating second only to Garry Kasparov. But a run of five defeats in nine games at the Olympiad and now in Bilbao has cost him the top chess ranking and made him look vulnerable. Carlsen's three losses at the Olympiad, including one to the England No1 Michael Adams, sparked rumours that he had been pressured into playing to aid Norway's successful bid to host the 140-nation event in 2014. His opening-round defeats at Bilbao by Vlad Kramnik and Vishy Anand meant that India's world chess champion became No1 in the daily rankings. Carlsen denied there was ...
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