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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 ...

Is there a better interface than Fritz? — Hi all I've played using Fritz 10, and it's very, very powerful, but I find that the interface is awful. Anyone know of any better chess programs out there that have a nicer interface (even if not technically as good)? Any advice appreciated. Jibb I'll second that!... the UI is terri, play online chess ...

Against e6 Sicilian — 1.e4 c5 2.Af3 e6 are the first two moves of any game. How must white play against this less common sicilian? If you mean with A the Q: well.....Gameknot database says the most common move after that Sicilian is Bc4, but my suggestion is to develop every piece quickly, so you can play not only B, 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 ...

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 ...

How to improve — I'm pretty new here. I've only finished 39 games. I'm returning to the game after not playing for a while--ten or fifteen years, I guess. I was never a tournament player, but I used to play recreationally against at least some players who were "serious." I love the game but have never , play online chess ...

Endgame Book — Does anyone know a good book on endgames? Thanks in advance. If there is an endgame book that I will recommend, it would be Silman's "Complete Endgame Book". This book is different from other endgame books in terms of presentation. Other endgame books categorize endings accoring to pi, play online chess ...

RJF: The Movie; & other GM's~What Actors ?! — I just heard; "they" are talking about a Movie portrayal of the 1972 Spassky vs Fischer World Championship Match. The question has been asked: WHO should play the part of "Bobby Fischer". So THAT is what I am asking... Who would you like to see play the part(s) of : , play online chess ...

Novice Nook #72 — Well, we've moved into the 2007 articles with this week's entry. It's entitled "Trading Pawns When Ahead" and provides a number of straightforward examples of when to trade and when not to trade pawns. For the most part, pretty simple, but worth a look. Here's the link: www.chess, 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 ...

Gambits and Sacrifices — I recently have been messing around with a new opening--e5, d5, then d4. This I believe is called the queen's gambit but I could be wrong. I don't know much about gambits--I haven't had time to read many books--but I would be interested in learning more about them. I don't know the whole sequence, play online chess ...

Interesting. — Playing OTB. Opening comes as 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 at this point white accidentally touches his king, forcing Ke2 giving black a mate on e4. Quite shattering if you ask me! That is pretty stupid. Accidental brush with the back of the hand happens often, is always ignored and can't be cons, play online chess ...

R v 4 pawns — Which do you think is more advantageous, a rook or 4 or 5 pawns? I can show you the latest lost game in my profile where I had a rook against 4 pawns but they were so strong I lost the game! A very interesting position though? Joanne Well, 2 connected passed pawns that have reached the 6t, play online chess ...

Benoni Defense — I started a game recently with the Benoni Defensive opening. What do you all think about this opening? Have you played any games in which you used this opening? -Nathan I would recommend it (I've used it a bit, getting it once here at gameknot transposing from a KID). It may seem slightly ris, 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 ...

The Latvian Gambit — Hi everyone, Ion and I decided to run through the Latvian Gambit. I played the black pieces and lost in a game An Expert Lesson in Concentration of Forces. You will find this game in the public annotations gallery. I will be interested to hear your views on the Latvian. Cheers and bye fo, play online chess ...

Evans Gambit — Could you help me on the theory of Evans Gambit? How must i play Evans Gambit.What are the best moves you think?What are the purposes of the moves,how must i answer the moves of black if i playing white etc?In short,what moves do i have to play to have an advantage at the opening? That move wants to, play online chess ...

Annotated games.. How to improve ? — Hi there ! I'm trying to improve the quality of my annotated games.. But it's quiet hard to find out what people like about the annotations.. Is it the depth of your analysis, is it the commentary, perhaps your funny remarks ? Or something else ? Or a mix of everything ? Btw, it's very nice to r, 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 ...

Name the Opening — Okay, I am starting a thread in which you can give opening moves that you have played and are unfamiliar with and gain help on learning more about them. I tried this opening recently and was wondering what it was called and if it is effective. definite benefits I saw: control of center weakn, play online chess ...

Around Dutch defence — a) Dutch defence (1. d4 f5) isn't very popular in top rated ames, is it? How do you think - why? b) Anyway, there're Dutch players - and in Gameknot as well. It is interesting, which variation they play? Dutch defence players, - your word! Which schema does White ussually plays against you? c) , play online chess ...

What have you learned recently? — This thread is to ask other players "What have you learned recently, about Chess"? It would help if respondents would indicate their rating range, and I'll tell you why in a moment. We might then throw in also ... What do you Not Know but think you should? I had this GREAT IDEA , play online chess ...

Vukovic - The Art of the Attack in Chess — In my last OTB tournament game at my local chess club, I was paired against a much stronger player. I was White, playing the Closed Sicilian and had a bit of kingside pressure. I botched the attack and went down in flames. After looking over the game I decided that the next book I'm going t, 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 ...

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Chess news:

Tough day for the locals in London's Chess Classic — The fourth annual London Chess Classic is shaping up as one of the best chess events in many a year, but it was a dark day for British chess when the players sat down for Thursday’s Round 4. All three Britons in the field — GMs Michael Adams, Gawain Jones and Luke McShane — went down to defeat on a rare day when every game ended in a decisive result. The losses were not particularly shocking: Adams was beaten by Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top-rated chess player; Jones lost to reigning world chess champ Viswanathan Anand of India; and — in one of the best-played games of the event so far — McShane was the victim of a pair of inspired exchange sacrifices engineered by former world chess ...

King Charles I chess board sells for record £600,000 — The chess board that King Charles I took with him to his execution has sold for a record £601,250. The chess board, made from amber, was owned by the controversial King who had either been given it by his father, King James I or his elder brother Henry Fredrick, Prince of Wales. Charles was such an enthusiast for chess that he was engrossed in a game when a messenger told him he had been betrayed by the Scots to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. The news sealed the royal's fate and he was executed on January 30, 1649. It is known that the King took with him to the scaffold two precious possessions; a Bible and an amber games board, believed to be the one that has now sold. The items were passed on to ...

Magnus Carlsen Breaks Kasparov's Record at the London Chess Classic — Records are meant to be broken. On Sunday, the Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi broke a 40-year-old record, scoring 86 goals in one season. On Monday, the Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen, 22, won the London Chess Classic in grand style, breaking Garry Kasparov's 13-year-old rating record by 10 points. "Pretty cool," Magnus described the biggest achievement of his chess career. Looking down from his new stratospheric heights, he must feel like the Swiss balloonist Auguste Piccard who on May 27, 1931 flew nearly 10 miles above the Earth, the first man to see the planet as a round ball. Carlsen can see his nearest rating rival, the former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, looking up. Carlsen's rating of 2861 will ...

Magnus Carlsen takes maximalist approach to claim London Classic chess title — A revealing moment in Magnus Carlsen's record-breaking performance at the London Classic came in Monday's final round. The 22-year-old's Russian rival Vlad Kramnik gave up the chase early with a quick draw, conceding the €50,000 first prize to the Norwegian. Yet Carlsen still tried to win for another two hours against the world chess champion Vishy Anand before halving out. This maximalist approach echoed past legends such as Alexander Alekhine who, with a record margin secure at San Remo 1930, ground out a final round win; or Bobby Fischer, who went for clean 6-0 sweeps in his 1971 candidate matches. Carlsen's rating is now 2861, more than 50 points clear of his nearest chess rivals and consigning Garry Kasparov's 2851 mark ...

On Chess: Fischer needed little time to win — Great chess players have exceptional, rapidly adjusting vision at the chess board. This ability allows them to excel at speed chess as well as much slower traditional chess. When Bobby Fischer pulverized his opposition to become world chess champion in 1972, he was also vastly superior to all in the game’s blitz format (five minutes per game per person). In his book "The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories", Arnold Denker describes Fischer at 9 years old: “He invariably attracted attention by tugging at my trousers, which was a prelude to a question that also never varied: ‘Wanna have a game?’ ” Later, Fischer formally demonstrated his ability at fast chess when he won the U.S. Junior Speed Championship in 1957. His mentor and friend, ...





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