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Bennett and King on chess: Shaposhnikov-Geller, Russia 2007-- 03-Jul-09, guardian.co.uk, play chess online How should White, to play, make progress? RB Nothing - absolutely nothing - occurs to me. 1 Ne3 possibly with Nd5 or Nf5 in mind, except that would allow 1... b4 with counterplay on the queenside. Are there any constructive rook moves? What about 1 Rd3 with the idea of R2d2 and Qd1 to make a battering ram against the d-pawn? Trouble is Black has as many pieces to defend as White has to attack. I can't see any sensible queen moves either. So that leaves the pawns. I've just noticed that Black's last move was ... h6. It doesn't look as if it was made prophylactically. Did he make it because he'd run out of useful moves? What if I make a waiting move ...
Topalov Ranked No. 1 Again, but Does It Matter?-- 02-Jul-09, gambit.blogs.nytimes.com, play chess online The official world rankings from the World Chess Federation were released July 1 and there were no surprises. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria is ranked No. 1, as he has been for the last year. Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, is No. 2, a spot that he has occupied most of the time since April 2004 (with a period at No. 1 in 2007 and 2008). While the rankings are still important, if for no other reason than that they are often used by organizers of chess tournaments to figure out which players to invite to their events, they mean less than they once did. One difference is that people know what the rankings will be before they are released because unofficial ...
Chess, by Lubomir Kavalek-- 01-Jul-09, washingtonpost.com, play chess online Give or take a few years, the successful career of a professional chess player lasts roughly a quarter of a century and goes through four stages. From the time we pick up the game to the early 20s, we are learning how to succeed. Around age 22, things get serious. We decide how big a part chess will play in our lives, and chess professionals are born. In the next decade, the great chess players separate from the large crowd and chess champions emerge. From then on to the age of 40, we reach our peak. After 40 it goes down for those who let it slip; some chess players retire, others hang on and just enjoy the game. But, of course, there are exceptions. The world chess ...
Polgar: Try these basic chess principles to help you become a better player-- 30-Jun-09, lubbockonline.com, play chess online Here is the question of the week: What are some of the most important things novice/ scholastic chess players need to know about chess? Chess is a very easy game to learn, but harder to master. Here are some very important principles in chess that will help you become a better player. • Control the center The center of the board includes the squares e4, d4, e5, and d5. When you start a game, place your pawns in the center to occupy and control as many of these squares as you can. Location, location, location. • Develop your pieces as soon as possible Get your knights and bishops out right away. This should be done before you try to checkmate your opponent, some ...
David Howell challenging current incumbents for the top spot in British chess-- 29-Jun-09, guardian.co.uk, play chess online The established order at the top of British chess could change this year after nearly two decades of supremacy by the world title finalists Michael Adams and Nigel Short. Short's golden period was 1990-95, when he beat the all-time No3 Anatoly Karpov in a chess match and challenged Garry Kasparov for the world chess championship. Adams reached the semi-final of the Fide version of the title in 1997 and the final in 2002, where he missed a one-mover which would have won the crown. Adams stayed for some years around the top ten and a 2750 world rating, but has recently slipped back and now struggles to maintain 2700. He seems to have lost some competitive ...
World Federation Takes Notice of Young American Chess Players-- 28-Jun-09, nytimes.com, play chess online The United States is minting international masters and grandmasters. Last week, the World Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, officially anointed Robert Hess, a student at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, as a grandmaster, and it confirmed three other Americans, Daniel Ludwig, Rusudan Goletiani and Enkhbat Tegshsuren, as international masters. They will soon have company. At the New York International chess tournament, which ended on Tuesday, Samuel Shankland, an 18-year-old international master from California, dominated the chess event until the last round, when he lost to the grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili of the republic of Georgia. With that loss ...
Five-Way Tie at the New York International-- 27-Jun-09, main.uschess.org, play chess online Five chess players tied for first in the New York International (June 19-23, 2009) ; Lev Milman made his third and final GM norm. GM Giorgi Kacheishvili beat IM Sam Shankland as black in the last round to catch him at 6.5/9 and (partially) derail Sam’s norm hopes. The early chess tournament leader, Filipino IM Oliver Barbosa, won his last game against Igor Sorkin to reach the magical 6.5 score and share $10,000, but ironically, failed to make a GM norm because he had not played enough non-U.S. chess players. Zybneil Hracek and Alex Stripunsky drew each other to join the leaders. IM Lev Milman made his third and final GM norm by beating Leonid Yudasin in ...
Bennett and King on chess: Short-Berg, Malmö 2009-- 26-Jun-09, guardian.co.uk, play chess online Black is tied down to defence, but how can White, to play, make progress? RB We've been looking at zugzwang over the last few weeks so here I'm going to imagine it's Black to move. 1...Kg8 obviously leads to disaster after 2 Re8+ Rxe8 3 Qxe8+ Kh7 4 Qd7. 1...Bh8 would allow 2 Qh3, threatening Qd7, and is also catastrophic. Nor can the queen move: after 1...Qc8, for example, 2 c7 would lead to wholesale exchanges on e8 followed by promotion of the c-pawn. That leaves the rook. Is 1...Ra8 a viable waiting move? White is clearly better but I can't see how to continue and Black's position doesn't fall apart the way it should in a zugzwang ...
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