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Interesting Positions: — Mine is a Bind the like of which i have not seen before. From a GK blitz game, an essentially correct rememberance of it. (Meaning I think I got it right, or no more and one move out of order anyway) I am black in this one. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qxd4 5. Qxd4 exd4 6., play online chess ...

Help ! (with openings) — I’m trying to learn something about opening theory. The idea being that with a bit more knowledge, I might have some idea about where the game is going rather than being bounced around by circumstances as I seem to do now. So, I bought a book and started reading it but I’m stuck on chapter 1 verse 1, play online chess ...

Puzzle 283 — Ok, the puzzle on the homepage at the time of me writing this (search for puzzle number 283 here: gameknot.com ) White to move, mate in 4. I won't spoil the solution given, as it is brilliant seeming to, play online chess ...

WCC — Tomorrow the match between Anand and Kramnik starts for the world tittle. Seems that on GK nobody is busy with it.... or am I wrong? Say something about it; who do you think will win and why,prognoses and etc. I think Anand will win,but with only one point ahead.In my opinion Kramnik is not so, play online chess ...

Going Both Ways; Corr. & OTB Chess — Hi All. In another thread SCHNARRE brought up KON GRIVAINIS , which led to comments from IONADOWMAN and some recollections for me. So here we are. I WOULD LIKE THIS THREAD TO BE RELATED TO PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED OTB CHESS BUT ALSO POSTAL CHESS OR SOME FORM OF CORRESPONDENCE PLAY, SUCH AS N, play online chess ...

New pieces. — Anyone ever wondered if there could be a new piece or pieces to make the game more interesting? would be nice if they would include a couple new piece designs in the set, now that many include an extra Queen. i used to have an extra Queen I made by painting it Red and who ever should happen to ge, play online chess ...

am i right? — i've had a bit of good luck recently and my rating's improved to the point where i'm now regularly playing 1500+ rated players (who are all way better than me in my opinion, but that's another matter)... i've noticed that higher rated players don't seem to play pawn moves such as a3 to prevent Nb4, play online chess ...

Sicilian Defence is busted !! — OK that's it, the Sicilian Defence is completely busted. 1. e4 c5 .....and Black is completely lost !! Short 1 Cheparinov 0 Having spent 20 minutes trying to find an effective counter to Nigel Short's inspirational choice of e4 Cheparinov plays c5, which appears to be such an obvious, play online chess ...

Rapid/blitz chess — I played in a Rapid chess tournament yesterday, gave good games to much stronger and higher rated opponents than myself but they simply outplay me because I'm in time pressure. It was my first ever rapid chess tournament (Time control: 20mins + 3 seconds a move). How does one improve in that time li, play online chess ...

Can you castle onto an occupied square? — Can you legally castle if your king's target square is occupied by an enemy piece? I looked up the castling rules on Wikipedia and FIDE, and found nothing to prohibit the king from castling onto an occupied square. I assume the king would capture the enemy piece on the target square just as it, play online chess ...

The X-Rated Albin Counter-Gambit — This article by Andrew Martin, which Martin admits himself is propaganda in favor of the opening, inspired me to buy Martin's DVD on the opening. I know it's probably not sound, but it really is a fun opening. And it was used successfully by no lesser of a player than Lasker. www.jeremysilman.c, play online chess ...

Philidor Position? — Recently I studied the Philidor and Lucena Positions. Although the Lucena is straightforward enough, I understand the basics of the Philidor but am not sure about how to apply it in an actual game situation or when exactly it comes up. I just finished this game, and I think that around move 66 I mis, play online chess ...

chess playing poets — Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kost, play online chess ...

openings — More and more I believe that it has no sense to know openings. I mean openings that are famous like sicilian,caro-kan,french,petroff and so on. Also openings with d4 with a name. Because for me in 90% of my games from the beginning my opponents take a different way.moves that not can be found in boo, play online chess ...

Burn Variation French — Hi there, I've played the Burn variation in the French on a number of occasions. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4. Now white usually plays Nxe4, however I played a game where my opponent played 5.Bxf6. Now this move isn't played very much, and after the game I tried to look it up in som, play online chess ...

Chess jokes — How about some jokes related to chess? I found one that made me laugh outloud: "So I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov - Problem was, we had a checkered tablecloth and it took him two hours to pass the salt!" A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were, play online chess ...

Chess Library - a second thread — Recently, apastpawn started a thread with a very specific question about what books influenced one. I posted in that thread, but it got me thinking about my chess library in general. I've been a compulsive book, record and CD collector for many years and chess books are one area where I'm hopeless, play online chess ...

elusive openings — hello everyone, I was just wondering what kind of openings you might consider "elusive" or "deceptive" and why. ... Do you have any examples of what you think might be elusive or deceptive? Maybe the Modern Defence? I don't know the state of the theory these days, but it seemed, play online chess ...

evans gambit — i have been learning how to play the evans gambit . have not done very good with it so far . lost about six games in a row . playing evans gambit from the white side of the board . not ready to give up on it yet though . if any one who knows how to play the evans gambit or wants to learn how to p, play online chess ...

WHERE have all the Chessplayers GONE?? — Greeting everyone, if you are here, that is?! What I would like to know, with the forum being so unlively this week, is where have you all been? This is more than simple nosiness, and goes back to my time as a Tournament Director and organizer, when I noted that you cannot get as many t, play online chess ...

Pieces score in endgames. — I watched many endgames in which a player who has only a Rook doesn't win against another player who has only a bishop. Searching in Internet about this fact, I've found 90% Rook vs Bishop is a draw. And I know a player who has 2 bishops (without pawns) can win against a lonely king, while 2 knights, play online chess ...

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Chess news:

After Four Rounds of the Chess Olympiad, Several Favorites Have Fallen — Seven teams have won all of their matches through the first four rounds of the biennial Chess Olympiad. Four of those teams — the top two Russian teams, Hungary and Armenia — were ranked among the top six at the start, so their standing is no surprise. But three of the leaders — the Netherlands, the Republic of Georgia and Vietnam — are unexpected, in particular the last two, who were ranked No. 20 and 27, respectively, when the chess competition began. Several of the pre-tournament favorites ran into unexpected trouble early on. Ukraine, which was ranked No. 2, gave up a drawn match to Croatia, No. 28, in Round 3. (Matches are between teams of four players). Ukraine is now tied for ...

Chess stars align in Siberia — The 39th Chess Olympiad began Tuesday in Khanty-Mansiysk, a small Siberian city in Russia. The immense chess tournament has attracted 146 men's teams and 114 women's teams representing 142 nations. Half of the 484 participants in the men's section hold the grandmaster title. The ninth-seeded U.S. men's chess team consists of grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura (Missouri), Gata Kamsky (New York), Alexander Onischuk (Virginia), Yury Shulman (Illinois) and Robert Hess (New York). That's an impressive lineup with a fair chance at a medal. They defeated Faroe Islands, 4-0, and Mongolia, 31/2-1/2, in their first two matches. The sixth-seeded U.S. women's chess team is probably ...

New Jersey Man Plays Kasparov and Carlsen — Chess players are not movie stars — no one has ever stalked a chess player, at least not for playing chess — but some fans go to great lengths to meet and even play against the game’s best. Jonathan B. Crumiller is a fan, and he lived out a dream this month. Crumiller, who is a master but certainly not a top chess player, is the chief operating officer of Princeton Consultants and lives and works in New Jersey. On Sept. 8, he was in London at a fund-raiser for Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, who is running for president of the World Chess Federation. As part of the event, there was an auction to play a consultation game with Garry Kasparov, another former chess champion, and ...

Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad — The chess olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is in full swing, moving into the second half. The Open section has 149 teams listed, nearly 750 chess players. The women section has 115 teams, roughly 575 chess players. Head and shoulders above all players stands Vasyl Ivanchuk. The 41-year old Ukrainian grandmaster smashed everything coming his way so far, winning five straight games and amassing a giant 3357 performance rating. On Tuesday, Ivanchuk added his sixth victory against the Georgian GM Baadur Jobava. His team leads the chess olympiad after seven rounds, having won six matches and drawing one. The 11-round olympiad concludes Sunday, October 3. Ivanchuk was ...

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Re-elected as World Chess Federation President — Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as president of the World Chess Federation on Wednesday. Mr. Ilyumzhinov reportedly defeated Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, by a vote of 99 to 55. Each country in the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), had one vote. Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s new term runs to 2014; he has been president of FIDE since 1995. The election was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where the biennial Chess Olympiad is also being played. As part of Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s ticket, Georgios Makropoulos of Greece was re-elected deputy president; Lewis Ncube of Zambia and Beatriz Marinello ...





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