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| Posted by aixrad goclub.org 8/23/2008 12:35:02 Play online chess |  Subject: Ruy LopezMessage: What are the right moves for both? 1. e4 e5 2. Sf3 Sc6 3. Lb5 Lb4 4. O-O Sf6 5. c3 Lc5 6. d4 Lb6 7. Te1 d5 |
| Posted by gamlet goclub.org 8/23/2008 18:19:05 Play online chess | ruy lopez Message: |
Chess news: The Catalan Chess Opening part 4: how should white tackle a strong centre? -- Continuing our brief survey of the fashionable Catalan Chess Opening: instead of capturing on c4, Black holds firm in the centre. How should White develop? RB Staring reproachfully at me from my desk is a newly bought but unopened copy of Play the Catalan by Nigel Davies (Everyman Chess). I haven't had the time to make even a start and am still as innocent of the theory as I was when we began this series of columns. I've resisted the temptation to cheat by looking to see what Davies recommends and am going to go on general principles: what looks like the most useful developing move? Two possibilities suggest themselves: Qc2 and Nc3. So which one? Over the chess board I'd probably ... Robotic "Monster Chess" set uses 100000 LEGO pieces -- The idea is simple — a chess game where you can play against the computer. But the implementation here is what's truly monster about it. Each chess piece is its own autonomous robot, and there are actually a couple of 'spares' (as well as NXT blocks built into the King & Queen), so that ends up with 38 separate NXTs that must be controlled, commanded, and communicated with. Ron McRae did the bulk of the software work on the PC end for this, and it really works well. The chess board has squares based on the large LEGO baseplates, making the entire assembly roughly 12' on a side. On top of that is a way to input the humans moves, and a laptop running chess software and helping ... Familiar Face Leads Cuban Chess Tournament in Honor of Capablanca -- Any list of the greatest chess players of all time always includes José Raúl Capablanca, the third world chess champion. During his heyday, he was considered almost invincible (one of his nicknames was “the chess machine,” long before computers proved to be better than people) and he lost only one game in a 10-year period. Since 1962, a memorial tournament in his honor has been held almost annually in his homeland. (That is not surprising as Fidel Castro and Ché Guevera were both fans of the game.) This year is the 45th edition and it started June 10. The chess tournament is in three parts: An elite double round-robin (where each competitor plays all the others twice); a premier ... | |