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| Posted by wschmidt uskidscompute.com 7/28/2006 13:33:57 Play online chess |  Subject: Novice Nook # 28 Message: This week we're looking at a tactics quiz and some reader's questions. I'll be interested in my own results on this quiz - I've been studying both a tactics book and an endgame book pretty rigorously for several weeks (my own adaptation of the De la Maza approach). Hopefully, I won't embarrass myself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 01:22:58 Play online chess | H'mmm... Message: I got them all, but was pretty slow on some. Tac rating c.2000. How about you? ——— Indian chess champ braves volcano chaos — World chess champion Viswanathan Anand will square off against his Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov in Sofia Saturday in a marathon final starting a day late due to Europe's volcano crisis. Anand will take his seat for the first of 12 games after having had to travel by road from Frankfurt airport after being stranded there by the shutdown of Europe's airspace because of volcanic ash from Iceland. The 40-year old chess grandmaster finally made it to the Bulgarian capital by bus on Tuesday, four days later than planned. The international chess federation FIDE agreed to a one-day delay to the match, less than the three days Anand had sought but hopefully ... Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 04:46:30 Play online chess Message: ——— Fide world chess championship: is this Topalov's last chance? — On Friday, in Sofia, Veselin Topalov will begin his challenge to Vishy Anand for the unified Fide/classical chess world championship title. The high point of Topalov's career to date was in 2005 when he won the Fide world chess championship tournament at San Luis ahead of Anand, Svidler, Leko and other super grandmasters. It may have been that the format suited Topalov – he has always been considered a stronger tournament than match player. The following year, at Elista, he lost his bid to unseat Anand's predecessor Vladimir Kramnik as classical chess world champion in a match marred by gamesmanship and (unproven) allegations of cheating. Topalov, now 35, will be aware that ... Posted by wschmidt | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 10:38:05 Play online chess Well, Ion established the ceiling, Message: ——— Anand's appeal to postpone World Chess Championship match turned down — Viswanathan Anand's appeal to postpone his World chess championship match against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in view of the volcanic eruption has been turned down by the organising committee. Anand was stranded in Frankfurt on Friday on his way to Sofia, the venue of the chess match, which is scheduled to start next Friday with an opening ceremony on Wednesday. The organising committee confirmed it got an e-mailed request for a three day postponement from Anand and also a word from FIDE about the situation. However, the organisers stuck to their guns and insisted that the opening ceremony should be held as scheduled on Wednesday as it involved ... Posted by ganstaman | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 11:14:13 Play online chess At least you're not aloneMessage: That said, it's probably true. I could have gotten all of them if I had taken a lot more time. That's why I'm playing chess here, where I can think for days. 5 minute blitz kills me. ——— A Showdown in Bulgaria for the World Championship — A World Chess Championship match that begins on Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria, between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, a former chess champion, should be a treat for fans. Anand and Topalov are dynamic, and each can land a knockout blow if an opponent slips up. Both are excellent at preparing openings, so the match could come down to which of them has the fresher ideas. Since September 2008, Anand, 40, has slipped from No. 1 in the world to No. 4. That slide can be blamed on his inactivity — including preparations for this match — rather than a decline in his skills. He has been among the world’s top five chess players for ... Posted by mattdw | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 14:20:13 Play online chess About the same...Message: I wouldn't read too much into the scores though as there will be more variables than just simply our motif recognition skills, especially on such a small number of problems. Also, our thought process habits could play a huge part in skewing our scores (I know mine is pretty rubbish and I often get transfixed with some slightly dubious line before the real solution jumps out at me when I finally start looking at the whole board again!) but even so, for me this is still a kick up the backside to do even more tactical work! ——— Previewing the world chess championship match — The world chess championship match between champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria begins Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The schedule calls for a rest day after every two days of play except that there will be an additional rest day May 9, between the 11th and 12th games. If the score reaches 6-6, the players will break the tie with a series of faster games May 12. Topalov, ranked second in the world at 2805, deserves to be considered a slight favorite over Anand, fourth at 2787. However, one can imagine almost any outcome. Anand has more experience in chess matches and he plays more soundly, with better judgment, but Topalov is more ... Posted by rallyvincent | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 16:54:41 Play online chess RecognitionMessage: Just looking at a given situation does not reveal your full strength in tactics. If the last two or three moves would have been given, these puzzles were easier to solve, since the moves are made with an intention. Just by thinking which the intention was, a potential threat/win-situation often appears much clearer. And by this, one would learn how to create these win-situation, not just recognizing them. And that is what we want - creating threats, not stumbling over them by chance. Greetings, Rally V. Posted by ccmcacollister | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 17:40:57 Play online chess Sigh of discontent ... Message: Another thing tho. It has always been twice as easy to see what can be Done to the other player, as to see what might be Done unto me. If this had been a Black to play and Defend test ... I dont even want to think about THAT. Is anyone else a good counterattacker but a lousy defender? Posted by ganstaman | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 17:55:29 Play online chess ccmcacollisterMessage: I'm the opposite, much better at defense than offense. This is why I'm working on playing openings that have clear attacking plans with thematic sacrifices and the like. That way, I don't have to figure out my attack in every game since I've already seen it before. You should play like I think I've read Tal played -- he'd make the sacrifice unless he saw that it would lose. That is, don't convince yourself that the attack wins, just be sure it doesn't lose. It's almost the same thing, but should save you some time and allow you play what your intuition tells you (you've already proven that your intuition is often right, so why doubt it at the board?). Posted by ccmcacollister | uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 17:57:29 Play online chess More depressing thoughts ... Message: All this has got me thinking it would be interesting to look up some ratings for the blitz Chess federation of Walter Brownes. Something like World Blitz Chess C !? See who is really up there. From my day, Browne, Dimitry Gurevich, & Tal were big time. Maybe Seirawan. Fischer was great. Ive heard Anand and Kasparov are fantastic nowadays? Wonder how Velimirovic would stack up for blitz. Posted by ionadowman | uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 01:09:15 Play online chess rallyvincent is right...Message: Altogether, I would have been more than happy to have solved them all in 3 minutes. Well done Craig! Cheers, Ion Posted by ccmcacollister | uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 01:34:13 Play online chess Ive seen a much harder Message: Thanks ionadowman and the same to you. I found that one took longer than the single shots too since you had to see the capture, see the backrank, then see the interposition, then verify a shot didnt follow that. Even tho I Knew there would either be that interpose there or not and specifically looked for it. I consider it a kind of IdiotSavant skill that I'd see the one shots in seconds ... then take forever to followup if it were a real game. My flag is always teetering. Posted by cjjpeterson | uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 09:27:41 Play online chess It was OkMessage: C.J.J.P. |