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| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/10/2004 06:14:57 Play online chess |  Subject: [-|-] Brothers in Arms [-|-] 10Message: Welcome to the new thread. The old one is: gameknot.com/fmsg/chess5/1688.shtml Omarza's puzzle, my awful analysis of it, and his excellent explanation are on the very end of the old thread. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/10/2004 06:16:28 Play online chess | BIA vs. "The Club" Message: ciclope (1560) vs. calchas (1535) achillesheel (1419) vs. denneboom (1398) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/10/2004 06:17:31 Play online chess | Omarza Message: That was a great help to me. As you could see, I was so certain that promotion spelled doom for black that I assumed the puzzle was wrong! So clearly I would never have seen the potential in what struck me as a clearly "losing" position. Post another! ——— Vlad Kramnik holds his hoodoo over Judit Polgar — The phenomenon of the difficult opponent against whom you have poor results which create a psychological mountain is well known to many chess players. At top level, it can change careers and decide world-class chess events. Bobby Fischer often did badly against Ewfim Geller, which helped spark the American's failure in the 1962 candidates. Garry Kasparov found Vlad Kramnik tough, and eventually lost his world title to the younger Russian. The all-time best woman Judit Polgar has proved herself the equal or superior of dozens of the top men. But she struggled against Kasparov, including in an infamous game where he retracted a knight move, and she also has a large minus total against ... |
| Posted by omarza uskidscompute.com 8/11/2004 07:59:26 Play online chess | OK - Another one Message: This is just an interesting game I found and thought it interesting enough to discuss it as it shows that some major players also makes mistakes and sometimes we can learn from their mistakes. Berger - Frohlich (Graz - 1888) 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 d6 4 Bb5 Bg4 5 Nd5 Ne7 6 c3 a6 7 Ba4 b5 8 Bb3 Na5 Looking at the board it seems as if all things are roughly even. Then... 9 Nxe5 Bxd1 A mistake was made... by whom and how serious is it? ——— Iranian, Refusing to Play Israeli, Expelled From Chess Tournament — One of Iran’s top chess grandmasters was expelled from an international chess tournament on Tuesday after he refused to play a match against an Israeli opponent, the director of the tournament said. The Iranian, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, was scheduled to play Ehud Shachar in the fourth round of the Corsica Masters, a pairing determined by computer. The director, Léo Battesti, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Maghami had asked him to change the pairing, but was told that doing so would violate chess tournament rules. Mr. Maghami then failed to appear at the scheduled time to play Mr. Shachar. Mr. Battesti said Mr. Maghami should have told him beforehand that he would object to ... |
| Posted by patagusto uskidscompute.com 8/11/2004 09:38:19 Play online chess | Thanks Omarza Message: for your great work and for your great explanations! It s a big help! Black has done a fatal mistake eating the queen I think but the white' s trap is very ingenious... ——— Mastering Chess: Talent Or Practice? — Why do some people, chess players or musicians, practice less but attain more? The common belief is that practice is necessary to achieve mastery in chess, but it's not enough. There has to be something else that sets apart people who get really good at chess, just like in music. A study published in Psychological Science last year found that musicians need a lot of practice, but researchers identified one additional factor: musicians who are better at sight-reading have better working memory, the ability to keep relevant pieces of information active in your mind. For chess, that additional factor has not yet been pinned down. One possibility is intelligence. A lot of studies have found that children who play chess have ... |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/12/2004 06:25:09 Play online chess | BIA vs. Team Cupwinkcook Message: demandred21 (1606) vs. rationalred (1606) achillesheel (1429) vs. jbrakele (1411) monq (1232) vs. feckstar (1263) achillestendonitis (1106) vs. cupwinkcooker (1051) ——— Chess: A horrible way to lose — Losing by oversight is particularly painful; here's an example of failing to appreciate the power of a lateral defence. Charbonneau-Hussein, Dresden Chess Olympiad 2008. White has just sacrificed the bishop on h7. Is this sound? DK: Sometimes we lose games because we are simply outplayed and it's painful but fair. We might even learn something from this kind of defeat. But sometimes we lose because of a blind spot – a simple idea is overlooked and doesn't even cross our mind. Out of all the maddening ways to lose, this is the most infuriating – there's no consolation, all we know is that our brain short-circuited at a crucial moment. Why are some moves so hard for us to see? How is it that chess computers are ... |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/12/2004 06:42:00 Play online chess | BIA vs. Team Canada Message: achillesheel (1429) vs. ptitnorm (1424) achillestendonitis (1106) vs. fisherboy2 (1097) ——— On Chess: Kasparov resurfaces occasionally for win — After two decades of dominating the chess world, Garry Kasparov astonished his contemporaries when he abruptly retired in 2005. On four occasions since, he has reappeared in blitz chess events — all of which he has won. His most recent foray was an eight-game match against Nigel Short, whom he had earlier defeated in a world title match in 1993. Although Short is still an active chess player, Kasparov was able to prevail, albeit by a narrow 41/2-to-31/2 score. It was a close call for Kasparov, who trailed Short by a point with two rounds to go. But the 47-year-old ex-world chess champion exhibited characteristic grit and determination in winning the last two games. Although Kasparov maintains some ... |
| Posted by omarza uskidscompute.com 8/12/2004 12:58:06 Play online chess | Answer Message: Yes, you are right patagusto. Eating the queen has just lost black the game. The moves that followed in the game was as follow: 10 Nf6+ gxf6 11 Bxf7 and black is mated The reason why I posted this is that sometimes the centre hasnt opened up yet (still closed)... that doesnt mean that a person cant be placed in checkmate. The other reason is to show that before you evaluate your position and/or intended move you should give attention to all possible checks and captures first, no matter what the situation. Black failed to apply this golden rule. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/16/2004 04:55:05 Play online chess | BIA vs. The Red, White & Blue Chess Team Message: omarza (1915) vs. 1yankee (1816) demandred21 (1610) vs. d123 (1611) This one is 7 days per move per request of the other team captain. Good luck. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/16/2004 08:10:43 Play online chess | BIA vs. The Belgian Lions Message: icalway (1767) vs. silhouet2003 (1745) achillestendonitis (1114) vs. zwoep (1135) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/16/2004 11:14:49 Play online chess | BIA vs. Yeshua's Army Message: sleepwell (1449) vs. dunc (1431) lewisham (1417) vs. jchatterton (1401) achillestendonitis (1114) vs. docrob57 (1099) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/17/2004 05:28:12 Play online chess | Team News Message: Our rating is looking up (1326) despite our recent spate of timeouts. We are #44 out of 186 teams by elo rating (top 25%) and are #12 out of 186 teams by points (top 10%). Congrats to everyone on their recent wins. Again, if you are inclined to increase your game load, please do so and I will find matches for you. Also, if you know of anyone interested in team play, please let me know. I would like to find four or five new members. Not just chess friends, though. We look for people with an avg opponent rating near the player's elo rating, a history of not timing out, a fair number of games (more than 25) so their rating is well-established, and even premium membership, which means unlimited team games if they wish. If you know anyone please send me a message. By the end of today (5:00 GMT-6) I will tally the votes regarding our member milton, who timed out 10 games last week. He has not been back to GK. I hope he is OK. As a practical matter we must make a decision, however. If you have not voted and wish to do so, please send me your vote to 1. Keep him, 2. Eject him, or 3. Abstain from voting. Thanks and good luck on your games. Matt |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/17/2004 05:55:26 Play online chess | BIA vs. Romania Message: skeeterss0 (1407) vs. pletosu233 (1412) ajme (1209) vs. dehlar (1223) |
| Posted by skipwallace555 uskidscompute.com 8/17/2004 14:15:26 Play online chess | Regarding Milton, Message: I checked and he has no active games and the last 20 or so games have timed out. So, if he is not responding to your e-mails, something must have happened to him and I hope it is nothing serious. However, rules are rules and I think you must enforce them evenly otherwise they cease to be effective. I want to suggest however, that a probation period be used before you allow a player a full membership in order to test the sincerity of that player. It seems we have had more than a normal share of this problem. You could make the "candidate" play some games with team members in order to guage strength and commitment. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/17/2004 16:57:21 Play online chess | Milton Message: That is not an altogether bad idea, skip, but in my experience players who have timed out often have done so even after they have a fair number of team matches under their belts. I too am worried that something happened to milton because he has never timed out before. But as you say I must take care of team business in the meantime. In cruising other team's pages (and seeing our wins by timeout), I am not sure we have a worse problem than any other team our size. Of course 10 timeouts is tough to handle for any team, but the only option there is to feed players very few games, which means very few team points. I am open to all suggestions on how to handle timeouts. Wendell thought there should be an automatic expulsion rule and left the team because he thought I was soft on timeouts. I disagree with "zero tolerance" policies of every sort, but I am open to any ideas and discussion on the matter. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/18/2004 05:11:24 Play online chess | Team News Message: Out of 186 teams, today we are #28 by ELO with a rating of 1364 (top 15%) and #11 by points (nearly top 5%). Keep up the good work everyone! Matt |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/18/2004 06:46:52 Play online chess | BIA vs. The Pawn Stars Message: achillesheel (1422) vs. jenpoj (1382) monq (1220) vs. msidhu (1237) achillestendonitis (1129) vs. thedollarstore (1100) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/19/2004 06:37:14 Play online chess | BIA vs. ▄▀▄▀ 64Squares ▀▄▀▄ Message: icalway (1787) vs. dragonballz (1797) achillesheel (1422) vs. plasmafire44 (1354) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/19/2004 15:06:10 Play online chess | BIA vs. Peacekeeping Force Message: caimig (1589) vs. hamburgerpommes (1595) sleepwell (1452) vs. jfaulkner (1403) monq (1213) vs. jdogj22 (1165) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/21/2004 20:32:36 Play online chess | New Member! Message: I'd like to welcome shawnmc (1733) to the team. Good luck on your games. Matt |
| Posted by shawnmc uskidscompute.com 8/22/2004 10:07:31 Play online chess | Hi all Message: Just wanted to say hi. This should be interesting. :) Shawn |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/23/2004 05:54:38 Play online chess | Matches/Puzzles Message: I hope to have some matches worked out today or tomorrow morning, including your first match or matches shawnmc. Again, welcome aboard. Hey omarza, how 'bout another puzzle? |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/23/2004 17:14:49 Play online chess | BIA vs. Southern Chess Message: icalway (1804) vs. longinus (1775) shawnmc (1733) vs. webb31620 (1716) Good luck guys. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/24/2004 20:08:32 Play online chess | BIA vs. The White Knights Message: stuwill (1761) vs. tontonzolamokouko (1737) shawnmc (1733) vs. ooitwinnik (1682) ciclope (1542) vs. avor (1600) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/24/2004 20:24:06 Play online chess | Why NOT to Move Fast Message: Check out my (now postponed) game with tonyjot. I had a mate at move 27 with Qa8#. I had planned this mating sequence. Yet when I went for the move, knowing the game was won, I moved Qa7+ without thinking about it ... moving on to my next game. When the "white won" did not come up I was shocked. Lo and behold ... a mate missed because I moved too fast. Take time with your games. It makes all the difference!! |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/24/2004 20:25:10 Play online chess | BIA vs. Skwells Raiders Message: monq (1242) vs. jodoma (1177) achillestendonitis (1131) vs. taconite (1124) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/24/2004 20:38:34 Play online chess | BIA vs. Riders on the Storm Message: demandred21 (1604) vs. bricubor (1629) ciclope (1542) saful13 (1559) preserver3 (1537) vs. federicos (1479) ajme (1246) vs. jidjid (1279) achillestendonitis (1131) vs. andrew2004 (1132) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/25/2004 04:06:48 Play online chess | BIA vs. The Black Knights Message: skipwallace555 (1832) ramblin_man (1853) achillestendonitis (1131) vs. tootsie (1018) |
| Posted by ciclope uskidscompute.com 8/25/2004 07:02:20 Play online chess | Nice matches! Message: Nice job achillesheel, the best one has been the last one against night fever. Will be a pleasure look my opponent picture everyday. transdromeda. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/26/2004 14:34:20 Play online chess | Ha Ha Message: I too saw that when I was comparing your strengths for the matches. Judging by the picture on your profile ciclope, I'd say you guys will get along wonderfully ;-) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/26/2004 14:35:45 Play online chess | BIA vs. The Fast Players Message: skipwallace555 (1832) vs. fretless (1789) ciclope (1569) vs. jeb123 (1560) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/26/2004 19:42:18 Play online chess | BIA vs. Beeman's Bombers Message: sleepwell (1469) florence (1481) lewisham (1402) vs. irish1993 (1361) achillestendonitis (1076) vs. andy1900 (1176) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/28/2004 14:06:06 Play online chess | BIA vs. Timeco Message: ciclope (1581) vs. auro (1534) achillesheel (1416) vs. limberger (1433) lewisham (1402) vs. marisson (1262) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 8/30/2004 10:59:54 Play online chess | BIA vs. Team Finland - Just for Fun Message: achillesheel (1432) chap (1305) ajme (1243) mick_philelson (1267) achillestendonitis (1066) mattir (1091) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/01/2004 06:10:34 Play online chess | BIA (1279) vs. Riders on the Storm (1311) Message: ciclope (1580) vs. almafuerte (1581) preserver3 (1515) vs. chessahoy (1496) sosgambit (1282) vs. eduardosantiago (1315) A good match for us all the way around. Best of luck. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/01/2004 08:40:13 Play online chess | BIA (1279) vs. The Club (1313) Message: achillesheel (1432) vs. davidjohncameron (1445) skeeterss0 (1399) vs. denneboom (1402) |
| Posted by shawnmc uskidscompute.com 9/02/2004 11:24:39 Play online chess | Pawn structures Message: Hi all, If anyone wants to see how NOT to set up your pawns in the opening, check out my two games vs. Web31620. Here's a hint, e3 and g3 (e6 and g6) don't really mix well. :) Shawn PS. Wanted to Buy: More opponents with no opening manuals. ;) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/02/2004 17:34:20 Play online chess | BIA (1283) vs. GK Warriors (1303) Message: monq (1255) vs. samba_idol (1303) ajme (1238) vs. snowy20 (1250) achillestendonitis (1086) vs. dladuke (1063) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/02/2004 17:59:14 Play online chess | BIA (1283) vs. Super Friends (1253) Message: lewisham (1393) vs. jasquet (1391) achillestendonitis (1086) vs. puppy_king (1068) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/03/2004 03:58:13 Play online chess | Shawnmc Message: Looks like one of my games ;-) Pawns are undoubtedly the weakest part of my game. I never know what the hell to do with them, esp. in an endgame. |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/03/2004 12:08:32 Play online chess | BIA (1286) vs. Krali Marko (1282) Message: ciclope (1576) vs. the_undertaker (1437) skeeterss0 (1371) vs. borimort (1414) We could easily go 4 for 4 on this one guys! |
| Posted by shawnmc uskidscompute.com 9/03/2004 19:11:16 Play online chess | Re: Pawn Structures Message: My advice on pawns: When in doubt, don't move them. I believe Steinitz said something along the lines of, "Carefully consider any pawn moves, as they are the only moves you can not take back" Of course, you can look at my game against Ennrrico8 to see how well I follow THAT rule... ;) Shawn |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/08/2004 10:59:41 Play online chess | BIA (1317) vs. Lord of the Rings (1380) Message: skipwallace555 (1829) vs. sranderson (1865) justnd (1469) vs. catwings (1419) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/09/2004 07:24:02 Play online chess | BIA (1330) vs. The Black Knights (1309) Message: preserver3 (1551) vs. gibus (1498) achillesheel (1400) vs. jdh71 (1402) achillestendonitis (1075) vs. tootsie (1059) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/09/2004 11:42:00 Play online chess | BIA (1330) vs. The White Knights (1354) Message: chessstarter (1480) vs. dhatf (1442) achillesheel (1379) vs. briggsy (1379) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/09/2004 13:26:50 Play online chess | BIA (1330) vs. Team Canada (1319) Message: preserver3 (1551) vs. fryd (1559) achillesheel (1379) vs. elementa (1365) monq (1286) vs. yourhumbleservant (1297) achillestendonitis (1075) vs. natattack (1065) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/10/2004 06:04:48 Play online chess | BIA (1362) vs. Peacekeeping Force (1320) Message: skipwallace555 (1843) vs. zeusdeus870 (1873) skeeterss0 (1387) vs. wesley (1374) achillestendonitis (1095) vs. owl72 (1104) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/13/2004 05:43:17 Play online chess | BIA (1368) vs. The RW & B Chess Team (1467) Message: shawnmc (1798) vs. madram (1720) sleepwell (1510) vs. lonescope (1541) ajme (1238) vs. thepodofthei (1198) achillestendonitis (1091) vs. ba63 (1181) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/22/2004 13:17:57 Play online chess | BIA (1379) vs. Only On A Sunday (1369) Message: preserver3 (1553) vs. oldhamer (1390) achillestendonitis (1061) vs. marshal (1103) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/23/2004 05:38:29 Play online chess | BIA (1394) vs. The Pawn Stars (1412) Message: omarza (1910) vs. apastpawn (1877) sosgambit (1437) vs. jasogold (1446) |
| Posted by achillesheel uskidscompute.com 9/23/2004 05:40:05 Play online chess | Good Work Everyone Message: Today we are #19 out of 188 (top 10%) by rating and #11 out of 188 (nearly top 5%) by team points. Keep up the good work!! Matt |
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