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| Posted by nottop nikto.net 4/15/2006 13:39:59 Play online chess |  Subject: Yuri SakkharovMessage: Is a "Yuri Sakharov memorial" tournament a major tournament? I knew a politician/writer named Sakharov - but never a chessplayer. Anybody know anything? | ||||||||
| Posted by thunker nikto.net 4/15/2006 14:00:13 Play online chess | Chessbase Message: Google turned up this also... -> www.chessgames.com | ||||||||
| Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 4/15/2006 17:17:54 Play online chess | Interesting ... Message: ——— Magnus Carlsen back at No1 but Sergey Karjakin shines in Romania — Magnus Carlsen won this week's Bazna Kings in Romania unbeaten and regained the No1 spot on the live rankings from the world chess champion, Vishy Anand, yet his performance was eclipsed by a rival. Sergey Karjakin, at 21 only a few months older than Carlsen, also scored 6.5/10 without loss, was fractionally second to the Norwegian on tie-break and, most importantly, jumped to No4 in the rankings to highlight his own world title credentials. Karjakin at 12 was the youngest grandmaster in history before Carlsen outstripped him as a teenager. Then two years ago Karjakin changed nationality from Ukraine to Russia and moved to Moscow in search of harder competition. He chose ... Posted by fmgaijin | nikto.net 4/16/2006 00:15:20 Play online chess 9th World CCCMessage: ——— Young Leads U.S. Junior Chess Championship — The 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Closed Championship is being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from June 15-26. As we hit the halfway mark of the chess tournament, appropriately enough, the leader is Young. That would be Gregory Young, a 16 year old from San Francisco who has started at a blistering pace, winning his first four rounds (4/4). His accomplishments thus far are especially noteworthy because he entered the tournament ranked seventh out of the 10 players by rating. Three competitors are on his heels with three points out of four games (3/4), including pre-tournament favorite and 2011 U.S. Chess Championship participant Daniel Naroditsky, as well as ... Posted by thunker | nikto.net 4/16/2006 14:39:36 Play online chess CraigMessage: Don't know if his dad ever played chess or not, but he wouldn't have played under the name "Kasparian" as neither it or "Kasparov" was his surname. -> en.wikipedia.org ——— Chess: Empty threat of a pawn storm — It might look menacing, but this pawn attack is comfortably repelled. RB: Sheer terror at the impending rush of kingside pawns would make me think about getting my king to safety pretty fast. But with the queen and queen's bishop still on their starting squares, castling long will take some time and 1…0-0 looks like playing into White's hands by castling into the attack. I don't think I should let the advance of White's pawns go unchallenged. I should strike back and try to undermine him. I can see two possibilities: 1…h5 and 1…f5. The first looks safer. White won't take as 1…h5 2 gxh5 Rxh5 is obviously very bad. Instead 2 g5 is more likely, when Black can castle in ... Posted by ccmcacollister | nikto.net 4/16/2006 16:29:14 Play online chess Thanks Thunker! Message: ——— On Chess: Game's best can skip some preparation — Which demands more thinking or planning: football or chess? The answer doesn't seem obvious after discussing the matter with a young football coach who spends many hours watching and analyzing video. Even Sunday morning - when defensive coordinator Casey Goff is in his office at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., studying the previous day's play - offers no respite from a grueling schedule. He rarely gets home before 8 on a weeknight. Team sports require substantial strategizing before each game. On the other hand, grandmasters of chess can afford to wing it. Former world chess champion Boris Spassky used to speak of the importance of a clear mind. He often chose a leisurely session of tennis over chess analysis. Chess phenom ... Posted by arichallan | nikto.net 4/19/2006 21:54:50 Play online chess KasparianMessage: ——— In Vegas, Dutchman Stumbles to Victory — The top chess players who compete in the big European tournaments are accustomed to certain comforts, like not having to bring their own chess set and clock — the organizers supply them. But when Europeans play in American chess tournaments for the first time, they are often surprised that they have to bring their own equipment and that the conditions are relatively austere with few perks. It would not be surprising if they did not make the effort, given the travel involved to compete in the United States. Yet quite a few do, and there are European regulars on the American circuit, like the Dutch grandmaster Loek Van Wely. He has been among the world’s best chess players for more than a decade, and ... |