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What have you learned recently? — This thread is to ask other players "What have you learned recently, about Chess"? It would help if respondents would indicate their rating range, and I'll tell you why in a moment. We might then throw in also ... What do you Not Know but think you should? I had this GREAT IDEA , play online chess ...

A chess saying... — "White plays to win, black plays to draw." I don't remember who said it, but it's an interesting thing to talk about. What do you think? I seems to have been the approach taken by many chess masters, but certainly not all. Judging by the recent World Championship match, Vishy Anand ha, play online chess ...

ratings — Does anyone know how to approximate a 1700 GN rating to USCF rating? Ron You may approximate it to a USCF CC rating but not OTB. Can someone explain what GN, USCF, OTB stands for ? CC is correspondence chess, right ? Thanks in advance :) GN = GameKnot (should be GK) USCF = US Chess Federati, play online chess ...

chess playing poets — Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kost, play online chess ...

Unrated Consultation Match — Inspired by similar matches here in the forums, I am seeking players for a consultation match (unrated of course). I need a partner and two opponents. Old friends get preference, and I would prefer players rated 1600+. This is strictly a learning exercise, as I expect honest, shared human analysis. , play online chess ...

Experiences with the 4 Queen Game — gameknot.com I lost this amazing match--and hats off to my opponent who played it well. The main purpose of this thread is to discuss the strategy and tactics behind games involving 4 queens. I know that this doesn't happen very often. In this game, my opponent had the distinct advantage in , play online chess ...

Scrap the stalemate rule! — I have never felt that the stalemate rule is fair. my reason for this is that before the word checkmate came into the game of chess people would have to physically capture the king before that. Saying checkmate was just saying to your opponent that there is no possible move that they can make to av, play online chess ...

Simplification — 'Simplification' this is something I do a lot these days, the process of trying to win, even by the smallest of margins because I know what I need to secure the mate. OK, so I basically do not allow my opponent any counter play and simplifying whittles the position down to terms that prov, play online chess ...

Sicilian Defence is busted !! — OK that's it, the Sicilian Defence is completely busted. 1. e4 c5 .....and Black is completely lost !! Short 1 Cheparinov 0 Having spent 20 minutes trying to find an effective counter to Nigel Short's inspirational choice of e4 Cheparinov plays c5, which appears to be such an obvious, play online chess ...

Are quick draws ever a good thing? — I don't think so. However I did agree to a very quick draw two weekends ago in a situation where I didn't feel comfortable. Looking back on the game and the position, I still don't know whether I made a good decision or not. But I think my position could not have been much worse if it was any , play online chess ...

Chess Library - a second thread — Recently, apastpawn started a thread with a very specific question about what books influenced one. I posted in that thread, but it got me thinking about my chess library in general. I've been a compulsive book, record and CD collector for many years and chess books are one area where I'm hopeless, play online chess ...

Books on Openings — Can anyone recommend a good book on openings that you've used and has genuinely improved your game? A quick search on Amazon produces far too many and very similar looking results, so I don't really know where to begin :). Basically I'd like one or two books that demonstrate the pros and cons of all, play online chess ...

Chess jokes — How about some jokes related to chess? I found one that made me laugh outloud: "So I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov - Problem was, we had a checkered tablecloth and it took him two hours to pass the salt!" A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were, play online chess ...

Paul Morphy ... — Apparently there has been differing info out there about Morphy. I recall dimly reading a CHESS LIFE article a couple decades ago, and a hodge-podge of articles or book sections/mentions over time (probably before that, mostly). I do recall seeing one somewhere after that where it showed his g, play online chess ...

Unusual openings — Anyone care to post weird openings like the Talon? Please explain them, as this forum is meant to help the average player. Contact numis with questions. Tranvestite Attack anybody :o) 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ke7 3.Nc3 Qe8 4.Nf3 Kd8 How about the Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening) (A00), play online chess ...

Name the Opening — Okay, I am starting a thread in which you can give opening moves that you have played and are unfamiliar with and gain help on learning more about them. I tried this opening recently and was wondering what it was called and if it is effective. definite benefits I saw: control of center weakn, play online chess ...

Quotes — Maybe starting a topic where we all can type some chess-quotes from famous players ? In particular, I'm searcing a quote about some guy who was talking about playing against God.. He would win with white, but draw with black, or something like that ? I thought it was Fischer who said something like, play online chess ...

Controversy in U.S. Women's Championship — main.uschess.org Be sure to view the Armageddon game in question. Irina has a point (although I agree she should have said something right then and there....) The USCF, sad to say, is a joke. But at least it's better than FIDE. www.youtube.com It all sounds so nice and good, so long as it's tru, play online chess ...

1.e4= Best by test. — 1.e4 is the most used first-move in chess. But someone (like me) plays other openings like 1.c4 or 1.d4 or even 1.e3. But if they say e4 is the best move, why so much people uses other openings? Maybe 'cause a player feels better with c4 or d4....(like for me), but I'd like to compare me with you, G, play online chess ...

f5 as a response to e4 — I wondered if there is a response to f5 as an opening.Do you know an opening like that?Someone plays 1...f5 against 1.d4 but is it playable against e4? Maybe someone thinks i ask a stupid question but it is enough to look at my rating to predict how much chess knowladge i have:D Regards, O, play online chess ...

am i right? — i've had a bit of good luck recently and my rating's improved to the point where i'm now regularly playing 1500+ rated players (who are all way better than me in my opinion, but that's another matter)... i've noticed that higher rated players don't seem to play pawn moves such as a3 to prevent Nb4, play online chess ...

Quadrachess! — Has anyone other than me ever heard of this game? Has anyone ever played? Does anyone own a Quadrachess set? I have one. I played it with Knightmare chess cards with a few friends of mine. It turned out to be a several-hour-long brain melter, and strategy was becoming more social with alliances , play online chess ...

Against e6 Sicilian — 1.e4 c5 2.Af3 e6 are the first two moves of any game. How must white play against this less common sicilian? If you mean with A the Q: well.....Gameknot database says the most common move after that Sicilian is Bc4, but my suggestion is to develop every piece quickly, so you can play not only B, play online chess ...

Chess and Alcohol — Does anybody find their alcohol intake increase when playing out a tight game which could go either way? For example, if you were playing me as white against Yakky in "In Old Matey's Shadow Part 2" or a game very much like this, would you feel like unwinding with a glass of wine or two af, play online chess ...

WCC — 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, play online chess ...

grandmasters and sport — grandmasters can see a large number of moves ahead and large numbers of possible combinations. In Australia there was recently a game of football - a Grand final - where Manly won 40-0 against Melbourne. Melbourne was tipped to win. It set me thinking as to whether any sports required the sam, play online chess ...

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Chess news:

Magnus Carlsen plays the maverick but Michael Adams plays it canny — England experienced highs and lows in successive rounds at the Chess Olympiad this week and will do well to reach a top-15 finish in Sunday's final round. In round six Norway's boards 2-4 looked outgunned, so British chess champion Michael Adams v world No1 Magnus Carlsen seemed a critical pairing. Carlsen's opening three moves shocked the chess world: 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Nf6?! 3 e5 Nh5?! It appears a novice choice but is the North Sea Defence, has been tried by a few maverick chess grandmasters, and offers a pawn for active play by 4 Be2 d6 5 Bxh5 gxh5 6 Qxh5 dxe5 7 dxe5 Rg8. Adams preferred a slight risk-free edge but Carlsen's position was solid until his fresh provocations 18...g5? ...

Ukraine Leads Chess Olympiad; Russia Has Clinched Women's Title — With one round to go in the biennial Chess Olympiad, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, the team from Ukraine leads the open section with Russia 1 (the top Russian team) in second and Israel in third. In the women’s division, Russia’s top team has already locked up the gold medal by winning all its matches. China is in second and four teams are tied for third. The final round is Sunday. Since Ukraine and Russia have already played, Ukraine will face Israel, while Russia 1 takes on Spain, which is among a group of five teams tied for fourth. Led by Vassily Ivanchuk, who won his first six games, Ukraine, the No. 2 seed, took the lead in Round 7 and has managed to hold it by drawing with Russia 1, the top seed, in ...

Ukraine Wins Gold Medal at Chess Olympiad — A draw in its final match on Sunday was enough to secure Ukraine the team gold medal in the open section of the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It was the first team medal for Ukraine in the competition, which is held every two years, since 2004, when Ukraine also won the gold. Russia’s top team had a chance to catch Ukraine in the last round, but only managed to draw against Spain, despite a win by Vladimir Kramnik over Alexei Shirov, Spain’s top chess player. Russia wound up with the silver — its first medal since 2004, when it also finished with the silver behind Ukraine. Israel, Ukraine’s final-round opponent, tied for third with Hungary, which beat Poland. On tie-breakers, Israel won ...

Vassily Ivanchuk Dominates the Chess Olympiad — Every chess game is between just two people, but players can be organized into teams in which individual results are added up in a combined score. But just as in sports, not every chess player is a good teammate. In chess, a bad teammate is one who does not try hard enough when the team needs a win, or who loses a game by pressing too hard for a win when the team needs only a draw. A good teammate will adapt to minimize risks. Vassily Ivanchuk has a reputation as a good teammate, particularly in the biennial World Chess Olympiads that are the game’s pre-eminent team competitions. Before this year, Ivanchuk, 41, of Ukraine, had competed in 11 Chess Olympiads and had been on ...

Ukraine Wins Chess Olympiad — To win gold medals at any chess olympiad, you need exceptional performances of at least two chess players who know how to take risks and collect points. But you also need a few others who can steady the team -- solid players hard to defeat. If that is not enough, you need some luck. The team of Ukraine had it all at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, that finished Sunday. Led by the amazing GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukraine clinched the gold undefeated, winning eight matches, tying three and collecting 19 points. Russia's top chess team finished with the silver medal with 18 points. Israel tied for third place with Hungary with 17 points, but won the bronze on a better tiebreak. ...





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