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| Posted by nemesis1010 uskidscompute.com 6/21/2008 14:50:18 Play online chess |  Subject: Books on OpeningsMessage: Cheers in advance Mike | ||||||||||||||
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| Posted by chessisvanity uskidscompute.com 6/21/2008 20:15:40 Play online chess | MCO no thanks. Message: I suggest "Understanding the chess openings" by Collins. ——— Anand Is World Chess Champion Again — Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion, took advantage of a major error by Veselin Topalov to win the 12th and final game of their title match on Tuesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The match had been tied at 5.5 points apiece. In addition to the title, Anand receives 1.2 million euros (about $1.5 million at current exchange rates). Topalov’s share of the prize fund is 800,000 euros, or about $1 million. Anand, an Indian grandmaster, became world chess champion by winning a tournament in Mexico City in 2007. He last defended the title in a match against Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian, in October 2008. Topalov, a Bulgarian, is a former world chess champion. He lost a bitter title match to ... Posted by bogg | uskidscompute.com 6/22/2008 00:09:33 Play online chess nemesis1010Message: CTCampbell (Bogg) ——— Title Match Is Tied With One Game to Go in Regulation — There is one more regulation game left in the World Chess Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. If neither Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, or Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, win on Tuesday, they will have to go to overtime. On Sunday, they drew Game 11. It was the seventh draw in the match, though, like some of the other draws, it was not without drama. Anand had White and opened with the English — the first time in the chess match he had done that. No doubt he switched openings to try to catch Topalov off-guard, but it did not work. The players followed well-known theory for 10 moves, and then Topalov deviated from earlier games, though it was a minor ... Posted by mathemagician_ | uskidscompute.com 6/22/2008 04:40:28 Play online chess Message: ——— Anand's missed opportunity — The chess World Championship is on a knife-edge. But Anand could have made a mark in this game. Anand and Topalov go into the 12th game of their chess match today with scores level. If drawn, tie-break rapid games will be played on Thursday. Topalov's declaration before the match that he would neither offer nor accept a draw has clearly had a liberating effect on both players, resulting in one of the most entertaining world chess championship finals we have seen in years. All the games have been long and hard-fought, so it's hardly surprising that tiredness is affecting play. Anand missed several chances to win in game 9, Topalov had a promising endgame in game 10 but ... Posted by mathemagician_ | uskidscompute.com 6/22/2008 04:52:37 Play online chess Message: ——— Playing for the World Title, Minus Any Fireworks — Before a world chess championship match, players spend months looking at their opponent’s games and studying opening systems, often with the aid of chess computers and databases. They also hire trainers, who are called seconds, to help. It is a time- and labor-intensive process. That is one of the reasons that fans look forward to the chess matches. They want to see what the players will do and what new ideas they have discovered, particularly in the openings. The current world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been as closely contested as predicted. But there have been no eye-opening innovations. Game ... Posted by doctor_knight | uskidscompute.com 6/23/2008 08:49:40 Play online chess Message: ——— With Another Draw, Chess Championship Match Remains Tied — Game 10 of the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, ended in a relatively uneventful draw on Friday. With only two games remaining in the best-of-12 series, the players are tied with 5 points apiece. If the match should remain tied after the last two games — which is a real possibility at the moment — it would go to a tie-breaker of four rapid games (each player starts with 25 minutes and has 10 seconds added to his time after each move). Such a tie-breaker was used in the 2006 world chess championship match between Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. After each player won a game, and one ended ... Posted by thunker | uskidscompute.com 6/23/2008 12:03:43 Play online chess Message: Posted by ccmcacollister | uskidscompute.com 6/25/2008 13:15:40 Play online chess Just dropping in .... Message: always right on Chess, in case you haven't noticed yet :) Great books and author. I especially liked Play The French #1. The info there was enough to boost several adherents from Iowa alone, into Sr. Master Postal Performances in the French at that time. Of course there was something of a French Conspiracy here at the time :) Very popular. Posted by nemesis1010 | uskidscompute.com 6/26/2008 04:33:02 Play online chess Cheers everyoneMessage: I will probably start doctor_knight's Yasser Seirawan recommendation and then move onto John Watson's series (I note on Amazon there's a third volume due for release in October). mathemagician_'s Mike Basman book does sounds interesting. But also appears to be a bit of a rarity - can't see it at all on Amazon or Ebay. I actually find this link useful as an encyclopaedia of all openings, although the strategy and thinking behind them is very minimal:  www.csm.astate.edu |