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| Posted by jstack goclub.org 12/03/2007 10:49:50 Play online chess |  Subject: Kamskys winMessage: - 26. c3!? Here is where I get confused. I would almost automatically play BxN followed by Nf5 where it appears to be the classic case of Good Knight versus bad bishop. I am curious what my fellow gameknotters think of the position(especially those above 2000). Oh by the way Kamsky goes on to win a same colored biship ending. Here is the chessbase link.  www.chessbase.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ketchuplover goclub.org 12/07/2007 13:10:05 Play online chess | Message: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ketchuplover goclub.org 12/09/2007 05:39:39 Play online chess | Message: ——— Chess: Battleground London — World chess champion Anand faces his nearest rival Carlsen at the London Chess Classic. The second edition of the London Chess Classic takes place at Kensington Olympia from tomorrow until 15 December. This year will be even stronger than last with the participation of the world chess champion, Viswanathan Anand from India. Anand was a frequent and popular visitor to England in his early career, but hasn't played a chess tournament here since 1995 and interest will be high, not least because he will be facing the player tipped to succeed him, the Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen. Their meetings take on added significance with Carlsen's controversial withdrawal from ... Posted by ketchuplover | goclub.org 12/10/2007 15:08:38 Play online chess Message: ——— For 2nd Year, Younger Women Beat Older Men at Czech Event — In chess, men almost always outperform women, and younger chess players often beat older ones. But which group — women or older players — has the advantage when they face each other? The annual Czech Coal Chess Match provides a clue. For now, the answer seems to be women. In last year’s tournament, the women, all of them young, and whom the organizers called the Snowdrops, edged the Old Hands team of men, 16.5 to 15.5. This year, the women won even more decisively, 18 to 14, despite losing the last round, 3 to 1. The women were led both years by Humpy Koneru of India, who is No. 2 on the list of top women chess players. She was the tournament’s top scorer this year, with ... Posted by ketchuplover | goclub.org 12/14/2007 08:00:28 Play online chess Message: ——— Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen lead the field for London Classic — Last year's London Classic at Olympia attracted large audiences, so its 2010 version on 8-15 December, with the reigning world chess champion Vishy Anand now in the field, will be of great interest. Its added spice is the rivalry at the top of the world chess rankings between Anand, Norway's 20-year-old Magnus Carlsen, and Russia's ex-champion and current world No4, Vlad Kramnik. The global chess body, Fide, still hopes to persuade Carlsen to rescind his withdrawal from the May 2011 candidates matches and has announced a new date of 22 December for contract signing. How he performs in London, just a week before the contract deadline, may affect the talks and whether he can take ... Posted by sf115 | goclub.org 12/14/2007 11:30:00 Play online chess Message: what happened later in the game? ——— The Man With Too Much Chess Talent — Dragoljub Velimirovic used to be one of the world's most feared attackers, always looking for the impossible. His imaginative play was compared to the colorful world chess champion Mikhail Tal's razzle-dazzle. His playing style was unique, daring and often falling off the edge. He made risky moves and so many of them that you wondered how much punishment his chess pieces could take. He loved to create confusion on the chessboard, always believing he could find a beautiful escape from a bad situation. He had enough talent to pull it off, perhaps "too much talent" as Bobby Fischer once put it when we discussed the play of the Serbian grandmaster and champion. At 68, Velimirovic doesn't seem to ... Posted by ketchuplover | goclub.org 12/16/2007 02:59:18 Play online chess Message: ——— Chess: A sacrificial rook — Sacrificing a chess piece is a nerve-racking business, but think of the warm glow when it pays off. RB If chess pieces could talk, they would be screaming at me something like: "Can't you take a hint, dummy? We're all pointing in one direction – at c3!" And I would say back to them: "Yes, thank you, I see that, but I have to tell you that I am always nervous of sacrificing a chess piece when I can't calculate a forced mate or win of material." But let's try to get the nerves under control and venture the less valuable piece first: 1...Bxc3. What's to stop White playing 2 bxc3, and if 2...Qxc3 3 Bb3, with threats against f7? That doesn't seem to help Black much, so what about the rook: ... Posted by ketchuplover | goclub.org 12/16/2007 05:14:01 Play online chess Message: Posted by calmrolfe | goclub.org 12/17/2007 06:14:47 Play online chess Message: Kamsky seems to have finally brushed the cobwebs off his opening preparation and Topalov seems to have gone off the boil since Danailov came under scrutiny from the Arbiters. Danailov may appear mad at times but my money is on Rustam being even madder when the chips are down.....Mind you, if I was Gata I'd leave "Dad" firm instructions to remain at home as he would be an unsettling influence.... Bring it on !!! Posted by ccmcacollister | goclub.org 12/22/2007 01:01:26 Play online chess I was ...Message: So perhaps I must think Topalov to come out on top, which I guess seems to fit. Tho I was originally thinking and hoping it to be close with a real chance for Kamsky. On the other match-up, I take Rustam by TKO in round one .... }8-)) chesslab.com
Posted by ccmcacollister | goclub.org 1/18/2008 00:00:51 Play online chess Does Message: Posted by ketchuplover | goclub.org 1/18/2008 04:06:50 Play online chess Message: Posted by fmgaijin | goclub.org 1/18/2008 14:48:44 Play online chess Kamsky in BulgariaMessage: |