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Posted by chessbaker uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 04:00:24 Play online chess	Subject: WCC Message: Tomorrow the match between Anand and Kramnik starts for the world tittle. Seems that on GK nobody is busy with it.... or am I wrong? Say something about it; who do you think will win and why,prognoses and etc. I think Anand will win,but with only one point ahead.In my opinion Kramnik is not so good as Anand.Also physical he looks not so fit. As you see him I found he looks always very tired.But that's my opinion ,so common and let us know what yours is
Posted by heinzkat uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 07:48:26 Play online chess	Message: "Seems that on GK nobody is busy with it... or am I wrong?" There is not so much "chess talking" in the forums here, which does not mean there is no interest in chess ...! Of course we will follow the match. Here is a link: www.uep-chess.com
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 11:32:59 Play online chess	Message: I'm picking Kramnik to win. Just a gut feeling. I'm downloading the foidos thing now. Hopefully I'll be able to watch it live FOR FREE! I'm not paying for it!! Being that I'm on dial-up I'm cautiosly optimistic. ——— World still trying to peg Fischer — Bobby Fischer is a phenomenon whom we see through a glass darkly. Yasser Seirawan, a former U.S. chess champion, said in his book "No Regrets" that, after spending a day and a half with Fischer in 1992, he was convinced that 60 percent of what had been written about him was incorrect. Two meritorious — even brilliant — accounts of Fischer’s life were recently released: the book "Endgame" by Frank Brady and the HBO documentary "Bobby Fischer Against the World" by Liz Garbus. Both deservingly generated praise. But, according to some readers and viewers, neither biography provides a gut understanding of his complex behavior. Garbus seems to attribute Fischer’s difficulties in later life to ...
Posted by chessbaker uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 12:09:24 Play online chess	wcc Message: I can not open that foidos thing.I try it from yesterday morning without success ——— Topalov Takes on the Irish National Team — When elite chess competitors take on a number of weaker opponents in simultaneous exhibitions, the stronger chess player has to move from board to board and has little time to formulate strategies. Rarely are the weaker players even on the master level. But in the 1980s, Garry Kasparov, who was then world chess champion, began giving exhibitions in which he took on groups of top-level chess players. They were timed, so Kasparov had to move faster than his opponents. After losing the first of the so-called simuls against a strong club team from Germany in 1985, Kasparov won every other one he played. Between 1987, when he won a return match against the Germans, and 2001, when he beat ...
Posted by heinzkat uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 14:37:58 Play online chess	If I understand correctly... Message: They want you to pay some 90 euros for the software (and you can just follow the WCC then): www.foidoschess.tv ——— Vasily Ivanchuk seizes on rivals' blunders to lead Grand Slam final — In a rare form upset both the world chess champion, Vishy Anand, and the world No1, Magnus Carlsen, were beaten on the same day at the Grand Slam final which has just switched from São Paulo, Brazil, to Bilbao, Spain, for its last five rounds. Anand got his queen trapped while Carlsen made a mega-blunder which is featured in this week's puzzle. The major beneficiary was Vasily Ivanchuk, 42, who beat both Anand and the world No3, Levon Aronian, and since the chess event is using football-style three points for a win he was briefly six points clear until losing to Carlsen in the final São Paulo round. It seemed that Ivanchuk would have fond memories of São Paulo but next day, as ...
Posted by heinzkat uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 15:21:43 Play online chess	... Message: Tip: try ChessVibes. So far it has always delivered pretty good covering of events (games, analysis, videos, interviews...); I'm sure in Bonn the coverage will excel again: www.chessvibes.com (for example, a video of the opening press conference is available there, and all for free) ——— The Most Treacherous Defense in Chess — Named after the Austrian chess master Ernst Grunfeld, the defense has been around for nearly 90 years. At first, it was looked upon with suspicion: giving white a strong pawn center that could only be tickled by black's dark bishop and other chess pieces didn't seem to be a fair deal. Those who played the Grunfeld defense knew that it could turn into a nightmare in an instant. But the defense also brought them bright moments, tempted them again and again, and they could not live without it. Bobby Fischer created the "game of the century" in 1956 against Donald Byrne and he almost beat the world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the 1962 olympiad in Varna, Bulgaria, with the Grunfeld ...
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/13/2008 16:13:29 Play online chess	Message: chess.ca ——— Chess piece value — When I teach a class of beginning players, it is customary to explain the “value” of the chess pieces. If both sides exchange pieces, knowing their approximate value will help explain who gets the better deal. Some things are pretty obvious, like if I capture a queen and my opponent captures a bishop, we both know who is doing better. But some things are not so clear. I try to make analogies when I teach. Some hit the mark, and some confuse the student even more! But before I try to confuse my readers, let us look at standard values: Queen = 9, Rook = 5, Bishop = 3, Knight = 3, Pawn = 1. The king does not have a capture value, since we do not capture the king. (You can’t say, “I captured his knight and two pawns for...
Posted by pgroenborg uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 05:53:40 Play online chess	Not my hero Message: I'm with Anand all the way, but Kramnik is very, very solid, like a rock. Remember Kramnik was the one to overthrow Kasparovs 15 years reign - and I was hoping for Kasparov at the time. I am not a fan of Kramniks style, Anand plays a more lively game I think. However they have battled in more than a hundred games, the score is more than 90 draws and 19 victories for Anand and 15 for Kramnik, so it is going to be very tight, we should be lucky to get more than 2 or 3 decisive games in the match I think, it is only 12 games, a short match. I really excited about it, although I fear the cold Russian will beat the warm Indian. Cheers and have fun Peter ps spellchecking of above is funny, it doesn't recognise the players mentioned, lol
Posted by blake78613 uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 08:23:26 Play online chess	Message: Anand is certainly a talented player. I am not certain that he has the temperament for match play. Psychologically, I give Kramnik an edge.
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 09:54:29 Play online chess	Message: First game drawn in 32. Semi Slav exchange. Kramnik had white.
Posted by lighttotheright uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 11:39:32 Play online chess	Well!!! Message: That was a rather simple game. I expected something a little more complicated for a World Championship game. There wasn't a whole lot of risk taken on either side. Given that these guys have played as much as has been stated earlier, I would not expect them to need to feel each other out that much. But that was the sense I got from just observing the moves only. They seemed to be testing what each other might do.
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 12:20:14 Play online chess	Light, then I would suspect .... Message: That if the players are starting slow, they are seeking to see what can be gained on their own talents and saving the TN's and Improvements for a more critical point. Which will also give the other side less time to switch openings and study something like that. I havent actually seen the game yet. Maybe too to get comfortable with the venue and cast of characters involved. Maybe they just dont have much new ... cough, choke. Yeah, the Russian #1 and th\\Champ with most the rest of the world behind him ... I also suspect they will have a few things in store to dazzle us. ( Got to admit it, even seen a senior ccm make even a Petroff dazzle once. Ah gosh that was HARD ...oh, and of course it did Draw :))
Posted by pgroenborg uskidscompute.com 10/14/2008 12:55:00 Play online chess	Numbers Message: I read about that high number of games between them somewhere on the net, can't recall the source right now, think it was Chess Vibes, but not sure. Other bloggers use different source? i.e. wikipedia has this to say: Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik have played 51 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won six, Anand took four wins, and 41 games were drawn. In rapid games, the score is 10–2 in favour of Anand with 34 draws. In blitz the score is 2–2 with four draws. In the blindfold games the score is 4–3 in favour of Kramnik with six draws. In Advanced Chess Kramnik leads 1–0 with seven draws.
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/15/2008 10:31:51 Play online chess	Message: Game two drawn. More lively than game one imo. I think Kramnik should've tried Rd2 on move 31
Posted by lighttotheright uskidscompute.com 10/16/2008 10:28:24 Play online chess	Message: If 31, ,,, Rd2 then 32. Bb3. Kramnik didn't have an effective attack here.
Posted by lighttotheright uskidscompute.com 10/16/2008 10:52:11 Play online chess	Message: I was trying to think of something else Annand could have tried instead of the queen swap on move 19. If 19. Be7 Rde8 20. Bg5 Qc5 21, h3 h6, Black looks OK and White would probably have to look for a drawn position anyway.
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 10/17/2008 16:30:23 Play online chess	already ... Message: A win for Anand. That's a pretty quick score on K.
Posted by lighttotheright uskidscompute.com 10/17/2008 22:26:56 Play online chess	Message: Now that was a good and exciting game! That's the kind that we expect from a World Champion.
Posted by vulpecula uskidscompute.com 10/20/2008 09:05:24 Play online chess	Another win for Vishy Message: Can anyone see Kramnik recovering from this ?? Regards, Guy
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/20/2008 09:29:25 Play online chess	Message: Stick a fork in Kramnik. He's done.
Posted by ogedei uskidscompute.com 10/20/2008 11:37:46 Play online chess	oy Message: Just when Kramnik has two Blacks in a row, too... Time to come out swinging with Black for the first time in years, Vlad. Good luck with that!
Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 10/20/2008 13:56:42 Play online chess	It Message: certainly look rather overwhelming for Kramnik and I personally hope that Anand goes all the way, but don't count Kramnik out yet, he is known as a gritty competitor when it looks worse...... best wishes Cairo
Posted by ogedei uskidscompute.com 10/21/2008 11:41:31 Play online chess	Game 6 Message: Wow. It seems that Anand is working to to prove the old (and heretofore discredited) adage that, "great players never castle!" It's a great match, but let's hope Vlad can find his form quickly so that we have some competitive games. It's tough to watch won of your chess heroes going down in flames...
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 10/21/2008 12:32:32 Play online chess	ouch~! Message: Says Anand to Kramnick? www.youtube.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI&feature=PlayList&p=03E110C6C3A1931B&index=2&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 10/21/2008 12:43:58 Play online chess	btw ... Message: 1.I know Anand is just too polite to actually Say It ... 2. Thats an extended play you have never heard, I bet.
Posted by ketchuplover uskidscompute.com 10/27/2008 16:39:43 Play online chess	Message: kramnik wins game 10. Anand leads 6-4. Play resumes Wednesday.