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The f-pawn, part 5: is this a good position to push forward?-- 16-Mar-10, guardian.co.uk, play chess online It it time for black to use his f-pawn as a battering ram? We saw last week that advancing the f-pawn can leave you horribly exposed at the back if the attack stalls. Here Black has removed the knight from f6, clearing the way for the battering ram. Is it wise to advance the pawn to f5? RB When playing against 1 d4 I will often go for a Nimzo-Indian (as in the present chess game) or King's Indian. I have a liking for the kind of kingside attack that can arise – with certain key differences obviously – from both defences. With the centre safely closed, Black has ...
Chess Grandmasters are getting younger-- 15-Mar-10, latimes.com, play chess online Richard Rapport of Hungary just completed the requirements to become a chess grandmaster at age 13 years, 11 months, 15 days, the fifth-youngest ever. A thrilling accomplishment, no doubt. But chess fans have grown numb to the exploits of adolescent wonders. The inimitable Bobby Fischer stunned the world by becoming a grandmaster in 1958 at age 15 years, 6 months, a record that lasted until 1991. In the last two decades, though, 23 chess players have surpassed Fischer's mark. Sergey Karjakin, the Ukraine star who now plays for Russia, holds the current record at 12 years, 7 months. The World Chess Federation's March rating list includes ...
World No1 Magnus Carlsen parts company with mentor Garry Kasparov-- 13-Mar-10, guardian.co.uk, play chess online The most significant chess news this month is a negative item. A carefully scripted and bland press release announced that the world No1, Magnus Carlsen, would make his own chess career decisions for 2010 and that he and the all-time No1, Garry Kasparov, would cease their regular training sessions launched early last year. The statement claimed that, with 19-year‑old Carlsen established at the world top, his cooperation with Kasparov had achieved its objectives ahead of schedule and that the Norwegian no longer needed constant guidance. Carlsen won his last two chess tournaments in London and Corus Wijk but displayed weaknesses and is as yet far from ...
Chess Federation Updates Its Drug Policy. Why?-- 12-Mar-10, gambit.blogs.nytimes.com, play chess online The World Chess Federation, the governing body of the game of chess, released new “antidoping rules” for chess players on Tuesday. The rules replace, or update, previous guidelines. Drug testing was begun several years ago to bring the federation, and chess, in line with the rules and requirements of the International Olympic Committee and other international sporting organizations. Part of the reason was to get chess included in the Olympics — an idea that seemed far-fetched, at best. Chess players have complained about drug testing and pointed out that, aside from caffeine — which many competitors consider essential — there are no drugs that can ...
The f-pawn, part 4: what to do when it goes wrong?-- 11-Mar-10, guardian.co.uk, play chess online Black has taken White's f-pawn, leaving White exposed. Is there a way to deal with it? RB Over the last few chess columns we have been looking at the f-pawn as battering ram – an early, bullish advance to break open the enemy king's position with sheer aggression. But here the f-pawn has been exchanged very early – on the seventh move! There is no ram with which to batter, and the rook on f1, the usual beneficiary of any successful f-pawn push, is staring down at a solid phalanx of enemy pawns. Manoeuvring rather than force seems to be called for. But manoeuvre what where? Looking at White's own setup, there's an obvious target for ...
Tobey Maguire Playing Bobby Fischer?-- 10-Mar-10, reviewstl.com, play chess online Maguire might have just lost a franchise character in Spider-man, but it looks like he might be playing famous chess icon, Bobby Fischer, in the film "Pawn Sacrifice". Pawn Sacrifice follows Bobby Fischer who has to face the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, in 1972, in a game filled with Cold War overtones. Basically think Rocky IV just slightly geekier (only slightly). The film is being written by Steven Knight, who is also working on Matt Damon’s recently announced Robert F. Kennedy biopic, has apparently had the script written for Pawn Sacrifice for some time. No doubt the film will focus more on the earlier days of Fisher before he became a recluse, and started ...
Happy Birthday Bobby Fischer-- 09-Mar-10, content.usatoday.com, play chess online On this day in 1943, one of the greatest chess players in history was born. Bobby Fischer's talent, known in the chess world for decades, would become evident world-wide when he defeated Russian Boris Spassky for the world title in 1972. Later, Fischer's erratic personality and anti-Semitic rants would dominate his life. Click here for his confrontation with ABC's Jeremy Schaap. The chess champion passed away in 2008. Here is a news report on Fischer's chess victory against Spassky. ...
Young Grandmaster-to-Be Bows to Formidable Older Foe-- 07-Mar-10, nytimes.com, play chess online Older chess players are not an endangered species, but there is no doubt that chess is increasingly dominated by young men (and women). The world’s top-ranked player is 19, and more chess prodigies are emerging everywhere. The latest is Richard Rapport, a 13-year-old from Hungary. In the Gotth’Art Cup, which ended Wednesday in Hungary, Richard earned the final norm toward a grandmaster title. He has not yet qualified for the title, because his rating is below 2,500, the level needed to become a chess grandmaster, but there seems little doubt that he soon will satisfy that last requirement. When he does, he will become the 18th player to become a grandmaster before ...
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