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| Posted by nathanman22 nikto.net 1/23/2008 07:19:51 Play online chess |  Subject: Experiences with the 4 Queen GameMessage:  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 the fact that he made his 2nd queen first and had the checking momentum which he was able to use to pin me against one of his pawns and put me in checkmate. Anyone else want to share stories and games that involve 4 queens as well as how these games should be played, feel free to post here. -Nathanman22 | ||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 1/23/2008 14:01:31 Play online chess | Not a common sight... Message: Here's an amazing "might-have-been" from Kotov-Matanovic, 1952. w Kotov played 1.Rf8! and won quickly after 1...Ra7? But had Black played the better 1...Rbg7 this would have happened: 2.Rd1 a2 3.e7 (the pawn is taboo) 3...a1=Q 4.e8=Q Qaa2 5.Rd8 Qab3 6.a8 Qba2 - White is winning here, and can win in two ways. The first is carnage: [1] 7.Rxg8+ Qxg8 8.Qxg8+ Rxg8 9.Rxg8+ Qxg8 10.Qxg8+ Kxg8 11.f4 with a winning pawn ending; or (better) [2] 7.Rxg8+ Qxg8 8.Qxa2 or 7...Rxg8 8.Qe5# When multiple queens appear, it is usually a quick end for someone! Cheers, Ion | ||||||||||||||
| Posted by heinzkat nikto.net 1/23/2008 14:17:12 Play online chess | Capablanca - Alekhine, 1927 Message: Black to move after last moves 64. a7 d1=Q 65. a8=Q... ——— Ugandan girl, Phiona Mutesi leads chess revolution from the slums — Despite background the 15-year-old girl is already country's number two chess player and has competed at World Chess Olympiad. In a rickety church in a Ugandan slum, a girl's hand thrusts forward and a black bishop falls. The girl shows no emotion, though she knows the end is near. Striking quickly, silently, the black queen is toppled, and then the king. Only then does she smile. "You attacked too much," she tells the boy sitting opposite her on the wooden bench, a homemade board between them. Phiona Mutesi is 15. She has just finished primary school and is still learning to read. Her family is so poor they have been evicted from tiny, rented shacks more times than she ... Posted by ionadowman | nikto.net 1/23/2008 20:42:48 Play online chess I won't quote the moves...Message: Cheers, Ion ——— First Came the Machine That Defeated a Chess Champion — Before there was Watson, there was Deep Blue. In 1997, Deep Blue, another computer built by I.B.M., defeated the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a six-game match. At the time, it was considered a stunning achievement and a significant step forward in the field of artificial intelligence. Some people said that a new era would be ushered in, one in which computers would perform many tasks — like air traffic control — that it once seemed only humans could do. That era has not quite materialized. But almost 14 years later, chess programs running on an average desktop computer can play better than Deep Blue, making its victory no longer seem as implausible. And while the research that ... Posted by far1ey | nikto.net 1/23/2008 21:17:52 Play online chess Message: www.chessgames.com ...
Just my 2 cents... ——— Chess: How to play like a world champion — The latest study of Vishy Anand concentrates on the world chess champion's outstanding strategic judgment. We'd all like to play like a world chess champion. So what's Vishy Anand doing that's so special? Last week we highlighted his depth of calculation, this week we focus on his strategic judgment. RB: I have no idea what to do here. I have no idea if Black is better or worse and I have no idea what Black's plan might be. Is the white queen trappable? It certainly looks locked in, but without a light-squared bishop it's hard to see how to exploit this. Is there anything in 1...Nc5...? No, apart from a lost piece. Opening the a-file with 1...axb4 might be an option, but ... Posted by chessnovice | nikto.net 1/23/2008 21:32:50 Play online chess Mate in 5...Message: ——— One Coach, Many Young Chess Champions — In the last five years, two Americans have won world youth chess championships: Daniel Naroditsky, who took the under-12 title in 2007, and Steven Zierk, the under-18 champion last year. Both are from Northern California, and at one point or another, they both had the same coach, Michael Aigner. They are not the only chess champions who have been trained by Aigner. Others include Gregory Young, who tied for first in the 2008 United States Junior Championship, and Yian Liou, who tied for first in the United States Cadet Championship (for players under 16) last year. He has also coached Saratoga High School to six straight California chess titles. Aigner, 36, is a master, and ... Posted by bonsai | nikto.net 1/28/2008 11:46:59 Play online chess Message: when 40.Qg3 a1Q 41.Qxg5+ Kf8 42.Qg7+ Ke8 43.Qg8+ Kd7 44.Qxf7+ Kc8 45.Qe8+ Kc7 46.f7 Qc5 47.f8Q lead to a quick draw with 47...Qcg1+ 48.Kh3 Qh1+ - I guess the problem with a lot of these positions is that in the endgame kings are usually quite open and thus the result is often either a quick perpetual or a mate. In my example my king was at least sufficiently shelterd on h2 so that I had the time to get some threats of my own (and hence my opponent had to force the draw). ——— Solving Bobby Fischer (book review) — In the summer of 1972, the world’s attention was directed toward Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, to watch a championship chess match. Called “the Match of the Century,” the contest between the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, attracted that attention because of its cold war implications. But people were also fascinated by the mercurial Fischer — a prototypical genius whose incessant demands and unpredictability were more associated with the behavior of a diva than with what one expects from a master of a demanding game of logic. Fischer won the chess match in brilliant style, setting off a wave of enthusiasm for ... Posted by ionadowman | nikto.net 1/28/2008 13:16:28 Play online chess Probably the most common occurence...Message: Could White's king have escaped the checks by advancing (e.g. 49.Kg4 Qd1+ etc)? Probably wise to let it go... Posted by ccmcacollister | nikto.net 1/30/2008 02:10:03 Play online chess far1ey ... Message: Can you tell us the player names. (that site sometimes does that, I dont know why. It may be after a certain time elapses but cannot swear to it.) Posted by far1ey | nikto.net 1/30/2008 03:42:56 Play online chess Message: www.chessgames.com
Fischer - Petrosian and although it ended in a draw - it seems one of the weirdest/most complicated games I've seen. Maybe I should consider purchasing Fischer's 60 memorable games.... |