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| Posted by ragsman nikto.net 5/08/2004 16:36:57 play online chess |  Subject: team challengeMessage: My brand new team, Dragon Army, would like a match. 2 players only (one of my players is unavailable). We have not yet played any games. Please PM me if you are interested. Thanks! Ragsman Captain, Dragon Army |
Chess news: Five-Way Tie at the New York International -- Five chess players tied for first in the New York International (June 19-23, 2009) ; Lev Milman made his third and final GM norm. GM Giorgi Kacheishvili beat IM Sam Shankland as black in the last round to catch him at 6.5/9 and (partially) derail Sam’s norm hopes. The early chess tournament leader, Filipino IM Oliver Barbosa, won his last game against Igor Sorkin to reach the magical 6.5 score and share $10,000, but ironically, failed to make a GM norm because he had not played enough non-U.S. chess players. Zybneil Hracek and Alex Stripunsky drew each other to join the leaders. IM Lev Milman made his third and final GM norm by beating Leonid Yudasin in ... World Federation Takes Notice of Young American Chess Players -- The United States is minting international masters and grandmasters. Last week, the World Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, officially anointed Robert Hess, a student at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, as a grandmaster, and it confirmed three other Americans, Daniel Ludwig, Rusudan Goletiani and Enkhbat Tegshsuren, as international masters. They will soon have company. At the New York International chess tournament, which ended on Tuesday, Samuel Shankland, an 18-year-old international master from California, dominated the chess event until the last round, when he lost to the grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili of the republic of Georgia. With that loss ... Polgar: Try these basic chess principles to help you become a better player -- Here is the question of the week: What are some of the most important things novice/ scholastic chess players need to know about chess? Chess is a very easy game to learn, but harder to master. Here are some very important principles in chess that will help you become a better player. • Control the center The center of the board includes the squares e4, d4, e5, and d5. When you start a game, place your pawns in the center to occupy and control as many of these squares as you can. Location, location, location. • Develop your pieces as soon as possible Get your knights and bishops out right away. This should be done before you try to checkmate your opponent, some ... | |