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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: ——— The Catalan chess opening: what would Topalov do? — The Bulgarian is an aggressive chess player. But the Catalan doesn't bring about a quick victory. RB When you see that the chess player with the move is Topalov you immediately start thinking tactics – quiet, careful improvement is not the Bulgarian's style. So, using the player's identity as a clue, and with an additional hint provided by the absence of a knight on f6, my eye is immediately drawn to 1 Ng5, with the twin threats of 2 Qxh7 mate and 2 Bxb7. Let's have a look at how Black might counter: 1...g6 might not be as bad as it first appears. After 2 Bxb7 Rb8 both the bishop and knight are en prise. Here I would be tempted to ... Posted by wolstoncroft1 | uskidscompute.com 3/10/2006 19:53:48 Play online chess Message: ——— Chess Hustling, a Look Back — Part of the fabric of night life in New York City, particularly during the summer, are the street chess games. Dozens of chess players in places like Washington Square Park, Union Square and St. Nicholas Avenue and 141st Street are up all night, taking on all comers, for a few dollars a game. The games are fast and gritty and often peppered with non-stop and colorful banter. Chess hustling has been around for many years, but how and when did it begin? In 2007, a hustler named Kenny, who went by the name Little Daddy, and who had been hustling on the street for decades, said that the guy who started it all was a man named Bobby Haywood. He said that Haywood appeared one day in ... Posted by cascadejames | uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 00:23:48 Play online chess YesMessage: 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. ——— Carlsen Express Rolls on — The King’s Chess Tournament in Romania is turning into an exhibition. Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the world’s No. 1 player, beat Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan on Monday, to run his winning streak in the chess event to four games. He leads the tournament with 5.5 points after seven rounds. Boris Gelfand of Israel, the only player not to lose to Carlsen so far, is in second place with 4.5 points, after beating Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania on Monday. Carlsen and Gelfand play Tuesday. Though Carlsen has won the last three chess tournaments he has played (Amber, Corus and the London Classic), the last time he was on a roll like he is now was ... Posted by cascadejames | uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 00:32:28 Play online chess Alberlie- GoogleMessage: 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 ——— Carlsen Sprints Ahead at King's Tournament — With a little good fortune, Magnus Carlsen is on a tear. Carlsen, the top seed, won his third game in a row at the King’s Chess Tournament in Romania on Sunday. This time, his victim was Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, who was winning for most of the game. But then he blundered (23 Rf2? instead of 23 Kh1) allowing Carlsen to turn the tables. He was also a bit fortunate in Round 5, on Saturday, when he beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania. In that game, Nisipeanu had a small advantage, but Carlsen employed a nice feint and Nisipeanu took the bait (17 Qd5, he should have played 17 Nd5), after which his position was very difficult. Carlsen, a Norwegian, now has 4.5 points and ... Posted by alberlie | uskidscompute.com 3/12/2006 01:14:34 Play online chess yeah,Message: ——— A Player Steps Up His Game and Wins the National Open — Chess players often talk of the creative aspect of chess — the role of imagination in conceiving strategies. Sometimes the desire to execute an original plan can overwhelm even the desire to win. Mikhail Tal, a former world chess champion, wrote in his autobiography that he had lost more than a few games because he had chosen a “beautiful” combination, only to discover that he had miscalculated. To borrow a baseball metaphor, a grand slam for a chess player would be to play brilliantly, win the game and defeat a strong opponent when there is a lot riding on the outcome. That is what Timur Gareev of Uzbekistan did in the final round of the National Open in Las Vegas last Sunday. He trailed ... |