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| Posted by loreta ajaxwrite.com 7/17/2008 07:16:31 Play online chess |  Subject: Sites with Annotated gamesMessage: In English, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese.... --- In Russian:  chesspro.ru | ||||
| Posted by heinzkat ajaxwrite.com 7/17/2008 08:02:45 Play online chess | You could try GameKnot's list Message: gameknot.com | ||||
| Posted by mathemagician_ ajaxwrite.com 7/17/2008 12:33:39 Play online chess | Message: ——— U.S. chess championship felt like a tornado — I wasn’t at the airport last month, but I still feel like I got hit by a tornado. For some players, the 2011 U.S. Chess Championship concluded April 29, but unfortunately April 21 was my last game. On the bright side, I had a ringside seat for the remainder of the chess matches, including the heart-pounding women’s finals, which went into an Armageddon round (that’s triple overtime)! The chess tournament featured an interesting format – the top two players from two eight-player round-robin groups qualified for the semi-final matches. The two semi-finalists from the “A” group were no surprise. Reigning Chess Champion and Grandmaster (GM) Gata Kamsky and last year’s runner-up, GM Yury Shulman, easily ... Posted by loreta | ajaxwrite.com 7/18/2008 01:18:46 Play online chess Some ofMessage: www.chessvault.com (see at Opennings section) ——— Chess notes — China is steadily gaining the respect of the world chess community as some of its players have emerged to become substantially dangerous competitors in the West. So the Chinese chess championships have been watched with interest this year. In the 2011 championship, a dark horse has once again emerged to take first place: Ding Liren. The 18-year-old won the title in 2009 (in part because of a defaulted game), despite being one of the lower-rated chess players in the field. His score this year was a startling 9-2 against such well-known chess grandmasters as Yue Wang and Xiangzhi Bu. Ding has only occasionally played in the West. World Women’s chess champion Hou Yifan scored an impressive ... Posted by loreta | ajaxwrite.com 7/18/2008 03:16:30 Play online chess Russian FederationMessage: russiachess.org ——— Chess: A pawn endgame dilemma — Should White force a pawn endgame? It's a tricky decision... RB: My first reaction is: no, White should definitely not exchange. After 1 Nf4 Bxf4 2 Kxf4 Kd5 it seems to me as though Black is definitely better. But what else does White have? I don't want to drop the king back and allow the black king to invade. I could try 1 a4, but after 1…b6 I'm back to my original dilemma. It makes me nervous, but let's see what happens after 1 Nf4. Black takes, obviously, 1…Bxf4 2 Kxf4 Kd5. Now what? As long as ... |