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| Posted by bucklehead uskidscompute.com 1/03/2005 11:12:33 Play online chess |  Subject: Where's Judit Polgar?Message: I noticed over at ChessBase that the January 2005 ratings have come out (moving Topalov to third ahead of Kramnik!), adn they seem to have dropped Judit Polgar out of the list entirely, despite the fact that her rating would put her in ninth place overall. Her FIDE card shows no games for 2004, but I hadn't heard that she pulled a Kamsky and disappeared...Is she retired, semi-retired, or what? I sure hope she's still out there, because, man, you can take your Annika Sorenstams and go home--when my five-year-old daughter goes looking for a sports role model, I want to be able to point Judit out to her and say, "You don't have to take that two-tier mens-womens nonsense!" |
| Posted by lordoftherings uskidscompute.com 1/03/2005 11:22:57 Play online chess | Corus 2005 Message: i think she will play in Corus A.. Participants in grandmaster group A Name Country Rating Position GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2786 2 Biography GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2757 3 Biography GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2754 4 Biography GM Peter Leko HUN 2749 5 Biography GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2741 6 Biography GM Michael Adams ENG 2741 7 Biography GM Peter Svidler RUS 2735 8 Biography GM Judit Polgar HUN 2728 9 Biography GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2710 13 Biography GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2700 16 Biography GM Ivan Sokolov NED 2685 20 Biography GM Loek van Wely NED 2679 24 Biography GM Nigel Short ENG 2674 29 Biography GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2652 47 Biography here her biografy in the same site: Biography: The undisputed strongest woman in chess history hasn’t played in 2004. The semi surprise 2nd place finisher of Corus A 2003 is now a (not so) new mommy and has been quite busy enjoying motherhood. Her last event was a convincing victory at the Essent crown group at the end of 2003 (4/6 - a full point ahead of the rest of the field) proving for the umpteenth time that her 2700+ rating is no fluke. Her many fans around the world are hoping that the first lady of chess found time between nursing, kiddy literature and lullabies to also open and update her databases and keep up with current chess events! I don’t know if her comeback after a full year’s hiatus would allow her to repeat her spectacular showing from 2 years ago, but have no doubt that this tough customer will more than hold her own! www.coruschess.com/ lotr |
| Posted by soikins uskidscompute.com 1/04/2005 00:08:27 Play online chess | Judit Polgar Message: She had a baby last year. She will play at Corus, so she is back. ——— Ivanchuk and Carlsen Tie for First at Amber — Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine tied for first in the 19th Amber CHESS tournament, which ended on Thursday in Nice, France. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia was third, 1.5 points behind the leaders, and Alexander Grishuk of Russia finished fourth, a half point behind Kramnik. It was Ivanchuk’s second victory at the Amber; the first was in the inaugural tournament in 1992. Ivanchuk is the only chess player to compete every year the Amber has been held. Carlsen, the No. 1 player in the world, has now competed four times at the Amber, and it was his first win. His previous best was a tie for second in 2008. The victory ... |
| Posted by oosterbeek uskidscompute.com 1/04/2005 01:54:53 Play online chess | Message: I hope she's in a good shape and will play as agressive as possible. Just like we know her; sharpe as a knive! ——— Chess championship preparation, modern style — Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov will be out of the public eye for the next month, preparing for the April 23 start of their 12-game world chess championship match. I wonder what the master of preparation, Mikhail Botvinnik, would think of refinements in the training regimen he pioneered. Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, described a five-stage process: reviewing interesting recent games, studying everything played by his opponents, choosing an opening repertoire, testing it in secret training games, and taking a rest from chess "five days or so" before the start of the event. The computer has prompted changes. Today's chess grandmasters must ... |
| Posted by fmgaijin uskidscompute.com 1/05/2005 00:46:29 Play online chess | Tal Once Said . . . Message: . . . that fatherhood made him less aggressive because he didn't want to have to tell his kids that they were out of lunch money because he sacrificed his Q unsoundly. Of course, Tal didn't REALLY stop the craziness, so I don't expect Judit will either. ——— The f-pawn, part 6: how would you take on Kasparov? — In this world-championship game, Black has a very big decision to make. Kasparov-Anand, World Chess Championship 1995. Black to play. RB What better way to finish our survey of the f-pawn push than with a world chess championship game? A Scandinavian defence too, which we also took a look at in a recent series of columns, though I don't remember this variation. White's knight looks to have found a powerful and well-supported post, and an exchange of knights on e5 – 1…Nxe5 2 fxe5 – would leave White with a very menacing pawn wedge and the semi-open f-file for his rooks. So we won't be trying that. What else have we got? Say Black castles, which ... |
| Posted by bucklehead uskidscompute.com 1/14/2005 06:40:35 Play online chess | At least I wasn't the only one in the dark Message: Chessbase has a whole article on the subject at www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2136 So kai_sim , does this mean you will rocket into the FIDE top ten after spending a year with newborn Natasha? ——— A saving grace — The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament at Nice is proving to be one of the most entertaining in recent memory with the traditionally high standard of play complimented by fighting chess and a high proportion of decisive games. After seven of eleven rounds it is ‘Mr Amber’, Vasily Ivanchuk, the only chess player to have competed in all 19 Amber tournaments, in the lead. Ivanchuk was neck and neck with world number one Magnus Carlsen until the latter surprisingly lost to Vugar Gashimov in the blindfold and then was fortunate to avoid defeat in the Rapid game after throwing away a big advantage. See main image for Carlsen’s save in the endgame. ... |