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Posted by jstevens1 nikto.net 3/07/2008 14:29:58 Play online chess	Subject: A narrow squeak against a lower rated player! Message: Just to say that I had a very narrow squeak against a player 300 points south of my rating. I played the game called "In The Dentist's Chair" in the public gallery pretty badly and I was sooo lucky to come away with a win in that match. Has anybody else on this forum had a bad experience like this. If so, and you do not wish to post it on the forum you could always send me a PM! Oh well, Friday today - have a nice weekend everyone! Bye for now. Joanne
Posted by ravster nikto.net 3/07/2008 14:33:36 Play online chess	Yes... Message: I have had such a game also 300 points under my rating. I was soo lucky to win it i annotated it: gameknot.com It is called 'the win in your hands. Ravi
Posted by tugger nikto.net 3/08/2008 11:23:06 Play online chess	Message: game ratings at the time were as follows... eldude (943) tugger (1709) a very lucky escape for me, i was beaten, but he timed out... i felt very guilty, but relieved at the same time! it was an odd game, i made a mistake and dropped a rook, then made a couple of excellent moves to pull back to within a pawn... then i messed up again, he seized upon my mistake and then timed out... a big shame for him really, it would've been his best win... to be fair to him, he's far better than his rating suggests, he has a 40% time out ratio, and as such his rating is much lower than it should be... i'd guess it should be around the 1400-1500 area. ——— Queen to Play (movie review) — In “Queen to Play,” a subtle, absorbing film that features Kevin Kline in his first French-speaking role, the only thing that happens, really, is that a hard-working, soft-spoken woman learns to play chess. Seriously. That’s it. Because this “Queen” arrives in Washington at the start of the summer movie season, nearly two years after its initial release in France, that narrative simplicity has a certain appeal. At a time when most pictures are all CGI’d up and Imaxed out, there’s something particularly enjoyable about settling into a film whose pleasures reside in quiet moments, understated performances and the reading of subtitles. “Queen to Play,” originally titled “Joueuse” in French, or “Player,” introduces us to ...
Posted by chessnovice nikto.net 3/09/2008 06:03:41 Play online chess	... Message: I've had similar experiences OTB, particularly in tournament play. I remember there were two years in a row where I was part of a team that wound up pitted against a group of middle schoolers. I never underestimate players by their age, but they were significantly lower rated. Somehow, in both years, I dropped a rook very early in the game and had to fight back to win against very bad odds. To make matters worse, when I hung my rook, the opponent was literally dancing in his chair! My teammates who looked over at me said I was literally turning red with anger. Those kinds of games just wear at my soul. :p ——— Vishy Anand able to smile after world title candidates take shape — Vishy Anand can smile. The chess champion's hopes of retaining his crown in 2012 were already boosted when the world No2 Magnus Carlsen withdrew as a candidate. Now the world No3 and favourite Levon Aronian is also out after his tense and nervous play led to missed chances and a 3.5-4.5 loss to Russia's Alex Grischuk. Anand has good form against all four semi-finalists. Gata Kamsky (US), Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Vlad Kramnik (Russia) are from the Indian's 40ish generation, while Grischuk splits his time between chess and poker. Cautious waiting tactics ruled for most of Kramnik's match with the 23-year-old Azeri Teimour Radjabov, as they drew four classical chess games and four rapid. The ninth ...
Posted by tugger nikto.net 3/09/2008 08:44:36 Play online chess	Message: there's a lesson there... don't dance in your chair until your opponent resigns! i play a lot of poker, and see some similar things happening there... there's always a bit of banter between us all, but sometimes it goes a bit far, and on one occasion the loudest one amongst us lost a big hand, he was down to just a few chips. the lad who won that hand said something rather rude to the loser, and you could see he was not happy. but, it was too early to be giving that kind of stick... he recovered and ended up knocking him out. the moral of the story... you only dish out the stick when it can't come back to haunt you! chessnovice, i'd have been delighted to win from a rook down, especially after my opponent was dancing in his chair, and i'd have made sure he knew how happy i was. ——— From the archive, 12 May 1997: Deep Blue win a giant step for computerkind — Originally published in the Guardian on 12 May 1997. When Gary Kasparov beat IBM's chess computer in 1989 he arrogantly told the programmers to "teach it to resign earlier". Yesterday, though, the world chess champion found himself humbled by a 1.4-ton heap of silicone in a victory for IBM's Deep Blue that marks a milestone in the progress of artificial intelligence. It is a depressing day for humankind in general. But why did the computer win? IBM's Deep Blue first caused a sensation in Philadelphia last year when it crushed the world chess champion in the first game of their match. "I was rightfully massacred," said Kasparov. Yet he won the series 4-2, striking a blow for the human race at the same time. Game by game, he learned more ...
Posted by chessnovice nikto.net 3/09/2008 10:17:08 Play online chess	tugger Message: I've had some pretty miraculous comebacks after nasty blunders in tournament play. Believe me, something deep down inside of me wanted to brag something fierce in front of the kid. But like I said, they were young and pretty low-rated. I can understand how they'd feel uncontrollably happy to be on the winning side of the board. And honestly, I think they beat themselves up emotionally more than I ever would. The kid was certainly not dancing in his chair after the game ended. I've made kids cry OTB by fighting back from blunders, and it's not a pretty sight. ——— Chess Champ Kamsky Marches On — The top-seated Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian was the heavy favorite to emerge as the winner of the 2011 FIDE Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia, and challenge Vishy Anand of India for the world chess title in 2012. According to the same scenario, Aronian's opponent in the Candidates Final was supposed to be the Bulgarian grandmaster Veselin Topalov. But both grandmasters are gone now, having lost the Candidates quarterfinal matches. Topalov was eliminated by the U.S. chess champion Gata Kamsky, Aronian lost to Alexander Grischuk of Russia. The semifinals - Kamsky vs. Gelfand and Kramnik vs. Grischuk - resume Thursday and ...
Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 3/09/2008 12:51:39 Play online chess	Round 1... Message: ... Easter tournament, Wellington, 1977. My opponent was one J. Blaikie, rating somewhere between 600 and 700 below mine. Here's the plot: White: Mr Blaikie; Black: Yr Obdt Servant 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 d3!? 8.Qxd3 0-0 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Nb3 Nge5 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qf1 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Kh8 14.Be3 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Bf2 Rf6 17.Nd4 c5? 18.Nf5 g3? 19.Bh4! ... Now I began to realize I had a fight on my hands... 19...gxf5 20.Bxf6+ Bxf6 21.exf5 Be5 22.Qf7 Qg1 23.Qh5 Bd7 24.Rxe5! ... Bold and courageous! The amazing thing about this was that White had just 6 minutes left on his clock to reach move 36 (Time control 36 moves in 90 minutes)! I still had 40 minutes... 24...dxe4 25.f6 Qe6 26.f7 Rf8 27.Re1 Qxf7? 28.Qxe4+ Qg7 29.Qxc5 Rg8 30.Re2 Bc6 31.Qf2 Qd7 32.Rd2 Qg7 33.Rd4 Qe5 34.h3 Re8 35.Qf1 Bb5 36.Qd1 Qe1+ Both sides make the time control with flags trembling... 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ Now that the queens have come off, Black has a long and technically difficult ending with very problematical winning chances... 38.Kf2?? Rf1# OK, I was never in much danger of losing, but even a draw would have been sufficiently embarrassing. Good on my opponent, though, and he came very close to sharing the point! Cheers, Ion ——— Chess: No need to make a drama out of the endgame — Pawn endgames often involve bold sacrifices – but sometimes there are quieter ways to win. We've seen in the last two chess columns that superior king position does not always guarantee the advantage – contrary to standard pawn endgame chess lore – but here there is no disputing Black's dominance. The only question is, how to break through? RB: Pawn endgames frequently have the potential for dramatic sacrifices. You can have five pawns and give up four of them so one might queen and win the chess game. I don't see that here, however. So I'm going to go the other route: undramatic, quiet moves in an attempt to create zugzwang, force the white king back and invade. So 1…e5, when ...
Posted by lturner nikto.net 3/11/2008 05:33:02 Play online chess	Nothing personal Message: But....why do people post really bad played games as a badge of honor?
Posted by chessnovice nikto.net 3/11/2008 06:08:44 Play online chess	... Message: I would say it's because being able to identify and explain mistakes is as much of a component of learning as being able to identify and explain good moves.
Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 3/12/2008 23:52:27 Play online chess	But there can be other reasons... Message: ... Now, me, I'm into stories. My main hobby is miniatures wargaming - campaigns if I can get 'em - because the game tells a story. So does a game of chess. And, if we experience a story that interests us, we tell it to others. In chess, quite often an imprecisely played game (i.e. "badly" played) leads to a good story. Further, not only do 1500-level players play at 2000-level every now and then, but 2000-level player occasionally will play a 1500-level game. That's when interesting "human interest" things happen. Cheers, Ion
Posted by g_one nikto.net 3/20/2008 03:01:16 Play online chess	If only everyone ....... Message: Chess coaches should teach their students a bit more etiquette (if I spelt that wrong I hope you know what I mean). For me Susan Polgar sums it up, "win with grace, lose with dignity."