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| Posted by awingman uskidscompute.com 1/08/2006 10:21:01 Play online chess |  Subject: Openings softwareMessage: What is the best way for me to learn chess openings, is there any chess software someone can recommend that I can download and train with? I dont really want to buy more books... | ||||
| Posted by chuckventimiglia uskidscompute.com 1/08/2006 11:51:18 Play online chess | Yes!! Message: There you can navigate the website to find just about anything you may want. I recommend the CDs on specific openings. They are very comprehensive, easy to study and they cover all the variants of that opening plus they have a database with high quality games specific to that opening. | ||||
| Posted by parker02 uskidscompute.com 1/08/2006 18:07:53 Play online chess | I like Message: Helps me a lot as a beginner and trying to figure out opening moves. ——— Anand v Topalov: who will win this year's world chess championship? — Age... playing style... even gamesmanship. There are many vital factors in the upcoming clash. Vishy Anand defends his world title against Veselin Topalov in Sofia in a 12-game match starting on 23 April. Most pundits reckon Anand is the better chess player, but the stats tell us that in their classical chess encounters Topalov has one more win than Anand. It's only in games with a faster time control that Anand has a big plus score. If the match ends 6-6, Anand will be a clear favourite in the tie-break rapid games. Age could be a factor. Anand has turned 40. Among top chess players that practically qualifies for a free bus pass. Topalov is five years younger and ... Posted by awingman | uskidscompute.com 1/09/2006 18:39:02 Play online chess GreatMessage: ——— A tribute to Vassily Smyslov — Vassily Smyslov, the seventh world chess champion, died of heart failure in Moscow on March 27, three days after his 89th birthday. He was one of the greatest stars when the Soviet Union dominated chess. Smyslov enjoyed a long chess career, stretching from his days as a teenage master to occasional appearances in his late 70s. But he will be remembered most for his successes in the 1950s. He won two Candidates tournaments, in 1953 (probably his greatest tournament performance) and 1956, to earn the right to challenge world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Their 1954 match ended in a 12-12 tie. Smyslov defeated Botvinnik ... Posted by basbos | uskidscompute.com 1/09/2006 23:44:21 Play online chess just opinion!Message: 1. Develop your chess pieces! Beginning chess players need to see their knights, bishops, rooks, and queen as soldiers sleeping in the chess "barracks" on the back rank. Not until they are moved off of the back row (or rank) will they be able to fight the enemy. 2. Attack the center four squares of the chessboard! As you learn how each of your chess pieces and pawns captures, you need to be sure and attack e4, e5, d4, & d5 at least as many times as your opponent does. Don't rush your chess pieces to the outside files (a,b,g, & h) until the center of the chess board is sufficiently threatened. The most frequent and most violent attacks in chess will either come through the center of the chess board or will come as a result of a center that wasn't attacked enough times. 3. Protect your king! Always remember that despite all of the many, many chess components that will demand your attention during a game of chess, all of them are secondary to checking your king's safety before every move. Normally, the king needs to be removed from the center of the chessboard, where the action is most furious, by a special move called "castling". When castling in chess, the king moves two squares toward either rook, and that rook "leap frogs" over the king landing on the square next to him. This is the only time in chess when the king can move two spaces in one turn on the chessboard. ------------------------------------- also I found: 1. Do not make more than two or three Pawn moves (first develop your central Pawns). 2. As soon as possible develop your Bishops and Knights. 3. Your pieces should occupy or attack the central squares. 4. Do not move with the same piece twice if it does not give you any direct profits. 5. Do not go for opponent's Pawns if it does not help the development of your forces'. 6. Do not hurry to bring out your Queen until your King has castled. 7. Develop your pieces in such a way that they prevent the development of your opponent. ----------------------------------- and a good point presented by IM Josh: Prevent your opponent from applying these rules Here is also a quot after GM Capablanca : "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." ——— American Grandmaster Makes a Stand in Philadelphia — Most of the top chess players are European, and most of the top chess tournaments are in Europe. So it is not surprising that there are few spots in those competitions for non-Europeans. For many years, if an American chess player was included in an elite event, the invitation went to Gata Kamsky. But Kamsky’s world ranking has slipped to No. 34, while Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning United States chess champion, has risen to No. 17. Nakamura, at age 22, is 13 years younger than Kamsky, and he plays an exciting chess that is popular with fans. So Nakamura now seems to be claiming most of the choice tournament spots. Nakamura competed in ... |