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| Posted by spyros_gr uskidscompute.com 11/08/2005 13:17:05 play online chess |  Subject: novelty?!Message: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qh5 !? |
| Posted by loreta uskidscompute.com 11/08/2005 22:17:02 play online chess | Hm... Message: |
| Posted by atrifix uskidscompute.com 11/08/2005 23:05:16 play online chess | I don't see the point Message: For example: 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 d5 14. 0-0-0 Qb6 15. f3 0-0-0 and taking the f-pawn gets White into all kinds of trouble. Black has at least an equal position. |
| Posted by anaxagoras uskidscompute.com 11/09/2005 12:17:19 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by spyros_gr uskidscompute.com 11/19/2005 13:45:30 play online chess | Message: |
Chess news: Chess Notes -- The US Chess League offers ample opportunities to examine games between highly rated chess players. Here is one in which Patrick Wolff annotates for himself, played on first board for the San Francisco Mechanics v. the Miami Sharks. In this game Wolff crosses up Julio Becerra, the 2006 Most Valuable Player in the league, by choosing as White a Two Knights Opening instead of a Ruy Lopez. The result is a closed game in which Black loses considerable time reconnoitering his Knights. White’s 27th move breaks what looks like a granite center and Black’s Queen Bishop Pawn becomes a target. In the end, Black has to choose between loss of a Rook or a King and so ... English and Bulgarian grandmasters continue feud during European Team Championship -- There is history between English and Bulgarian chess grandmasters. Four years ago when Nigel Short was a commentator at the world chess championship in San Luis, Argentina, some players told him of suspicions that Veselin Topalov, who won the title after a fast start, was receiving outside help. Short later called for an inquiry, though he did not join the cheating claim. Nothing was ever proved, but Topalov and his manager blamed Short for damaging the current world No1's reputation. So last year at Corus Wijk aan Zee Topalov's aide, Ivan Cheparinov, refused Short the traditional pre-game handshake, and was forfeited. After an appeal the game was rescheduled ... Another Norwegian Teenager Emerges as a Threat -- A 19-year-old Norwegian turned in an impressive performance at the 17th European Team Chess Championships in Serbia, which ended on Saturday. A Norwegian teenager had been expected to do well at the chess tournament, but the surprise was that he turned out to be Jon Ludvig Hammer and not Magnus Carlsen, who does not turn 19 until the end of November. Carlsen, a chess prodigy who will be No. 2 in the world on the next list, was supposed to play for Norway, but he withdrew to spend more time preparing for the Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow, which begins on Nov. 5. Carlsen’s father, Henrik, explained that his son wanted to play in ... | |