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| Posted by ssisyphus podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 02:34:54 Play online chess |  Subject: Endgame BookMessage: Thanks in advance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by torre_tinorete podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 04:04:42 Play online chess | Silman Endgame Book Message: Hope this helps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by torre_tinorete podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 04:07:31 Play online chess | Title Silman endgame book Message: ——— Day After Chess Championship, Victor and Vanquished Reflect on the Match — One day after their title match in Sofia, Bulgaria, ended, Viswanathan Anand, the once and still chess champion, and Veselin Topalov were tired, but proud. In separate telephone interviews on Wednesday, Anand and Topalov expressed satisfaction with their own efforts and said it was the most intense chess match they had ever played. “This is my first world chess championship match that has gone the distance,” said Anand. Referring to his earlier title matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, which he won, and Garry Kasparov in 1995, which he lost, he continued, “With Kramnik it went like a dream, with Kasparov it went the opposite way.” Topalov said, “Every single game was ... Posted by marinvukusic | podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 07:35:30 Play online chess The only book I ever usedMessage: Great for a practical player. Books on endgames tend to be huge and not exactly practical, this one has everything that is needed. Silman's concept sounds good and if the book is really well written you can give it a go. ——— Anand Is World Chess Champion Again — Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion, took advantage of a major error by Veselin Topalov to win the 12th and final game of their title match on Tuesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The match had been tied at 5.5 points apiece. In addition to the title, Anand receives 1.2 million euros (about $1.5 million at current exchange rates). Topalov’s share of the prize fund is 800,000 euros, or about $1 million. Anand, an Indian grandmaster, became world chess champion by winning a tournament in Mexico City in 2007. He last defended the title in a match against Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian, in October 2008. Topalov, a Bulgarian, is a former world chess champion. He lost a bitter title match to ... Posted by lighttotheright | podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 10:37:16 Play online chess Message: ——— Title Match Is Tied With One Game to Go in Regulation — There is one more regulation game left in the World Chess Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. If neither Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, or Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, win on Tuesday, they will have to go to overtime. On Sunday, they drew Game 11. It was the seventh draw in the match, though, like some of the other draws, it was not without drama. Anand had White and opened with the English — the first time in the chess match he had done that. No doubt he switched openings to try to catch Topalov off-guard, but it did not work. The players followed well-known theory for 10 moves, and then Topalov deviated from earlier games, though it was a minor ... Posted by jstack | podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 13:36:17 Play online chess Dvoretsky's bookMessage: ——— Anand's missed opportunity — The chess World Championship is on a knife-edge. But Anand could have made a mark in this game. Anand and Topalov go into the 12th game of their chess match today with scores level. If drawn, tie-break rapid games will be played on Thursday. Topalov's declaration before the match that he would neither offer nor accept a draw has clearly had a liberating effect on both players, resulting in one of the most entertaining world chess championship finals we have seen in years. All the games have been long and hard-fought, so it's hardly surprising that tiredness is affecting play. Anand missed several chances to win in game 9, Topalov had a promising endgame in game 10 but ... Posted by thaumaturgy | podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 14:34:59 Play online chess Silamn's bookMessage: ——— Playing for the World Title, Minus Any Fireworks — Before a world chess championship match, players spend months looking at their opponent’s games and studying opening systems, often with the aid of chess computers and databases. They also hire trainers, who are called seconds, to help. It is a time- and labor-intensive process. That is one of the reasons that fans look forward to the chess matches. They want to see what the players will do and what new ideas they have discovered, particularly in the openings. The current world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been as closely contested as predicted. But there have been no eye-opening innovations. Game ... Posted by longbow57 | podcaststyle.com 4/24/2008 14:41:08 Play online chess Basic Chess EndingsMessage: Posted by taufiq | podcaststyle.com 4/26/2008 01:28:09 Play online chess EndgameMessage: "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations & Games", written by father Polgar.. -->  www.chesshouse.com Posted by wschmidt | podcaststyle.com 4/28/2008 13:00:13 Play online chess No, Message: Posted by taufiq | podcaststyle.com 4/29/2008 01:59:12 Play online chess Message: Take care ! Posted by heinzkat | podcaststyle.com 4/29/2008 02:06:50 Play online chess Well,Message: Posted by ionadowman | podcaststyle.com 4/29/2008 14:08:31 Play online chess A few centurries ago...Message: I bought just two of them: Levenfish & Smyslov's "Rook Endings" and Averbakh's "Queen and Pawn Endings". I don't know whether these books were specially commissioned by Batsford, or whether they were tranlations of Russian/Soviet publications. It seems that Paul Keres's "Practical Chess Endings" is from the same stable. I have found both the volumes that I own useful and informative, beginning with "schoolboy" theory to begin with then gradually becoming more advanced and complicated. Most of the endings are taken from actual games, but a few studies are also presented. And they have helped in endings on GK. In a game ionadowman vs sranderson a year or so back, I found myself a pawn down in a Q+Ps ending, with a completely passive position , but fortunately the enemy didn't have a passed pawn. Averbakh's book at least gave me some clues what to strive for and what to avoid, though I have to admit, the idea of sacrificing my Q-side pawns to activate my game was largely my own. When my opponent timed out (I noticed he was cutting things more and more finely), he was still a pawn ahead, but I still had the means to set problems, and was starting to think I might yet hold out for a draw... A particularly interesting and difficult R+Ps ending occurred in agmac vs ionadowman, again with my having the pawn less. Now, I've had quite a lot of R+Ps endgames on GK, and have thereby built up a fund of experience in them, but this one was quite complicated as there were a lot of pawns. Gradually reducing material I finally got to a point where a known drawn position was in sight - identified by Levenfish & Smyslov as such - which I managed to steer for and obtain. A limitation, perhaps, of such books, is that they aren't always comprehensive in their analysis of such positions, so, when agmac, having arrived at the "drawn" position, deviated almost at once from the "main" line, I had still some work to do to secure the half-point. Which was probably just as well, as it gave me further insights into how such endings work. You could do worse than to get hold of these books if you can. Cheers, Ion Posted by doctor_knight | podcaststyle.com 4/29/2008 20:54:50 Play online chess Message: Posted by taufiq | podcaststyle.com 4/30/2008 04:50:02 Play online chess ...Message: (for the people who are interested; the game ended 21-Jan-06). If I look through such games, it's very clear for me, there's a lot more to learn !! Still a long way to go ! :) Posted by lighttotheright | podcaststyle.com 4/30/2008 06:52:26 Play online chess Message: Although it is not an endgame book, it does have a endgame specific section within it. It is only about 140 problems from simple endgames; but it is there. Some people don't like the style of not explaining anything with just problems. I find this style most useful. The only way to truly learn chess is to just do it. This forces you to do just that. The problems expand your learning horizons. It's funny! I've always viewed mating positions (which most of his book it comprised of) as a form of endgame. 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