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| Posted by wschmidt uskidscompute.com 3/10/2006 12:14:55 play online chess |  Subject: Novice Nook #8Message: -> www.chesscafe.com |
| Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 3/10/2006 12:52:11 play online chess | Very instructive... Message: Cheers, Ion |
| Posted by alberlie uskidscompute.com 3/10/2006 14:59:05 play online chess | the funny thing is... Message: |
| Posted by wolstoncroft1 uskidscompute.com 3/10/2006 19:53:48 play online chess | Message: |
| Posted by cascadejames uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 00:23:48 play online chess | Yes Message: soporific, but notice the title of the Heisman's column. His article was written for novices. For me this article paid immediate dividends. I am exactly the sort of player that did not recognize the importance of "removal of the guard." Of course I had a general understanding of how it worked, but I was not consciously looking for the opportunity as an offensive tactic, nor was I sufficiently aware of the need to pay attention to it defensively. I realize now that the lack of attention to this theme has been one of the primary reasons for my weakness as a tactical player when playing against stronger opponents. The article is not a cure all for me, but more attention to this idea has already led to a win in a game that I was concerned that I had lost. |
| Posted by cascadejames uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 00:32:28 play online chess | Alberlie- Google Message: I googled it too and in addition to the article that one might guess, I also found this short, fun game with a queen sacrifice. -> www.chessgames.com |
| Posted by alberlie uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 01:14:34 play online chess | yeah, Message: |
Chess news: Viktor Korchnoi shows age is no barrier to skill -- At age 78, Viktor Korchnoi remains awesome. The chess legend who fought two world title matches was the star of the chess tournament played alongside the England v Netherlands match, finished third, beat the winner Jan Timman, and averaged over 60 moves per game. Other greats like Emanuel Lasker and Vassily Smyslov have been strong in old age, but none has remained so competitive as the man who, as a child, survived the siege of Leningrad by using ration books of dead relatives. The game below was Korchnoi's fastest win at Simpsons in the Strand, and is interesting from several aspects. His opponent Terence Chapman backed the chess event as well as playing in it. As ... Drunk grandmaster loses the game -- A leading French chess player turned up drunk and dozed off after just 11 moves in an international chess tournament in Kolkata, losing the round on technical grounds, domestic media reported on Friday. Chess Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev arrived for Thursday's match against India's Praveen Kumar in such an inebriated state that he could hardly sit in his chair and soon fell asleep, resting his head on the table, Hindustan Times newspaper reported. Indian papers carried pictures of the world number 58 sleeping and the organisers' futile attempts to wake his up. The game was awarded to the Indian on the technical ground of Tkachiev being ... Bennett and King on chess: the Scandanavian, part 5 -- The Scandinavian Defence does not enjoy a high reputation in top-level chess, but below that it is worth a shot. There are good reasons for trying it: after 1 e4 d5 there's no avoiding the opening, and you will invariably find yourself with a familiar pawn structure – like the one above. And if all goes according to plan, you could reach an endgame as good is this. There are no weaknesses in Black's pawn structure, the knights are menacing, and the rooks aim like cannons at the d-pawn. How should Black, to play, proceed? RB The more I look at the chess position, the less convinced I am that c4 was a good move for White. Obviously he wants to shift the knight from its dominating central ... | |