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| Posted by alberlie uskidscompute.com 3/26/2006 01:55:17 Play online chess |  Subject: Women World ChampionshipMessage: While one can (and should, probably) be highly sceptical about the format's adaequacy to determine a world champion, there can be little doubt that the last two were a worthy (or at least: among the worthier - I would have liked a match between Chiburdandize and Humpy) choice fighting for the title. Both of them needed only one tiebreak in the prior five rounds, Yuhua not losing a single game during the whole touney. If new ratings were calculated today, Yuhua would be rated third (or fourth, if you count Susan Polgar) woman in the world with a rating of 2517. That's ok for a WCC, I guess... more here: -> www.womenchess.com | ||||||||||
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| Posted by jstack uskidscompute.com 3/31/2006 05:04:13 Play online chess | Women world championship Message: ——— Aronian Grabs Early Lead at Tal Memorial — Levon Aronian of Armenia is justifying his lofty new ranking. Aronian, who rose to No. 3 in the world in the rankings released last week, has taken the early lead at the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow by beating two of the toughest players in the field in the first three rounds. In Round 1 on Friday, he beat Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Sunday, in Round 3, he overcame the stout resistance of Boris Gelfand of Israel. After three rounds, Aronian has 2.5 points (1 point for each win and a half point for each draw). There is a logjam of five chess players tied for second place with 2 points each, including Sergey Karjakin of Russia; Hikaru Nakamura of the United States; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of ... Posted by coyotefan | uskidscompute.com 3/31/2006 08:17:34 Play online chess I agree with jstackMessage: ——— World Chess Federation Rankings Reflect a Youth Movement — Every two months, the World Chess Federation ranks the top players. In addition to the main list, there is one for the best chess players under age 21. Increasingly, the lists hold many of the same names. On the latest main list, which was released on Monday, two of the top 10 and five of the top 36 are also on the junior list. And 11 of the top 36 have not celebrated their 24th birthday. The reasons that chess players reach the top at a younger age more quickly include advances in computer programs that are used for training and the availability of historic game databases. Plus, the Internet makes it possible to find sparring partners day or night. If chess players have not become grandmasters by the age of ... Posted by alberlie | uskidscompute.com 3/31/2006 09:10:21 Play online chess Message: Jstack, by your argument it's completely incomprehensible why anyone would be interested in the San Luis tournament last year as the highest rated player (heck, not even the highest rated playerS! Ivanchuk was missing, Aronian was missing, I think even Gelfand was rated higher than Adams/Polgar) wasn't participating. Coyotefan, similarily, no top men either anymore. Take the usual band of chess engines and they beat the top gms in any kind of format in the long run. Now, I don't necessarily follow the points of my friend here, but... ——— Elite Moscow Chess Tournament Off to a Fast Start — Mikhail Tal, the former world chess champion, would probably have appreciated how the tournament named for him began on Friday. Four of the five games were decisive, though none came close to matching the swash buckling style for which he was famous. The Tal Memorial, which is held in Moscow, is one of the top tournaments on the chess calendar and it usually includes a world-class field. Last year, the tournament was one of the strongest of all time as it included Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Magnus Carlsen of Norway who became the youngest chess player in history to become No. 1 when the competition ended. Anand and Carlsen are not competing this ... Posted by ionadowman | uskidscompute.com 3/31/2006 12:58:13 Play online chess Women...Message: I've read that 'devil's advocate' is an honourable role, but don't be surprised if people raise hell in response... Cheers, Ion ——— Top Player Withdraws From World Chess Championship Competition — Magnus Carlsen, the No. 2 chess player in the world (No. 1 if the results of the Pearl Spring tournament in China that ended last week are included in the rankings), has withdrawn from the competition to select the next challenger for the world chess championship. A series of elimination matches involving eight top players is supposed to take place sometime early next year in Kazan, Russia, though exact dates have not been announced. The winner of the matches will qualify to play a title match against Viswanathan Anand of India, the current chess champion. Carlsen, a 19-year-old Norwegian, was among the eight competitors and, based on his ranking and his results over the last year, was considered ... Posted by dena | uskidscompute.com 3/31/2006 20:05:25 Play online chess Message: ——— Magnus Carlsen hits top spot while Veselin Topalov's powers fade — Magnus Carlsen has decisively reclaimed the world No1 spot on the daily live chess ratings. Last week the Norwegian, 19, scored an unbeaten 7/10 at Pearl Spring, China, a point ahead of India's world chess champion Vishy Anand, who is ranked top on the official bi-monthly Fide rankings published a few days ago. Carlsen has recovered swiftly from his form dip at the Olympiad and Bilbao, but both he and Anand will miss Moscow's Tal Memorial which began on Thursday. This gives their chasing rivals, Vlad Kramnik and Levon Aronian, a chance to gain ground before the Carlsen-Anand-Kramnik trio all compete in the London Classic at Olympia on 8-15 December. The other significant result at ... Posted by coyotefan | uskidscompute.com 4/01/2006 10:56:34 Play online chess Many tourneys draw a little interestMessage: |