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| From | Message | Posted by far1ey
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4/01/2006
18:06:52
Play online chess |  Subject: 2nd best "Game of the century
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We all know Bobby Fischer own's the title for "Game of the Century"
I know this is a matter of opinion, but I was wondering what other people think of being the second best "Game of the Century"
| Posted by ckytep
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4/06/2006
08:45:04
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I didn't know that.. I think Kasparov's game against Topalov in Wijk aan Zee 1999 is the best ever.
| Posted by alberlie
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4/06/2006
09:12:35
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is there a special reason to start a second thread with the same topic?
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Mission to Moscow — I am writing this column from the fabulous Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, which is about a five-minute walk from Red Square. My mission in Moscow is to help Hikaru Nakamura do well in the 2011 Tal Memorial. This chess event is the elite-of-the-elite playing in an all-play-all (round robin) format of 10 players. Nakamura is ranked No. 7 at the start, as all the top chess players in the world were invited to duke it out for first prize. Why am I in Moscow, and what can I do for Hikaru? Well, I am what as known as a "second." I help Hikaru prepare the chess games each day by looking at previous games of his opponent in an effort to figure out what each will do, mainly in the opening phase of the game. Of course, since his opponent ...
Posted by mattdw
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4/06/2006
09:27:51
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By the look of the time stamps of the two threads I would guess it was an accident, maybe pressing 'back' and submitted again thinking the first one did not submit.
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On Chess: Pleasure of pursuit keeps Gelfand going — Israeli chess grandmaster Boris Gelfand anticipates his world title match with reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand with his usual aplomb. He does so, in part, because of a rational, well-ordered approach to each game. He is superbly prepared, impossible to intimidate and unwilling to make the slightest concession each step of the way. If Gelfand maintains the form that gained him the right to play for the title, Anand will have to battle for every square and then some when they meet in May in Moscow. Gelfand is described on the website www.chessintranslation.com as “good-natured, well-mannered — . . . a pleasant man to know.” But he is also dauntlessly hardworking; ceaselessly striving; and ...
Posted by far1ey
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4/06/2006
23:09:29
Play online chess | Two threads
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As mattdw explained I did post two threads by accident. Sorry about that! ;)
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Hou Yifan, Defending Women's Champion, Is Likely to Keep Title — The match for the Women’s World Chess Championship is all but over. On Monday, after six games of the best-of-10 match, Hou Yifan, the defending chess champion, led her challenger, Humpy Koneru, 4 points to 2. Hou only needs 1.5 points in the last four games to clinch the title, making her lead almost insurmountable. The chess match, which began Nov. 14 in Tirana, Albania, is in some ways as much a competition between the two most populous countries as it is a contest between two individuals. Hou is Chinese and Koneru is Indian. The overall world chess champion is Viswanathan Anand, another Indian, and Koneru is ranked No. 2 among women, while Hou is No. 3, so Indians may ...
Posted by knightfly
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4/11/2006
18:13:43
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It was Hans Kmoch who called the Fischer v D Byrne game the "Game of the century". Not sure about that but it's certainly a remarkable game for a 13 year - old boy.
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Milestone for a Benefactor of Historic Matches — Jacqueline Piatigorsky, one of the most important figures in American chess in the 1960s, turned 100 this month. Piatigorsky, a member of the Rothschild banking family, was married to the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, and together they sponsored three significant chess events. The first was a 1961 match between Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky, the two best American chess players. It was a best-of-16 match, and after 11 games, each man had won twice and the other games were draws. And that is how it ended. Fischer quit after a fight with Mrs. Piatigorsky over the scheduling of the 12th game. (Fischer wanted an afternoon game so he could sleep in, and she wanted a morning game so she ...
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