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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 ...

Retarded Development — Usually one can associate the above with beginners. However, intermediate players can also fall into this trap. I, Joanne with a rating of 1691 has just fallen into one! I have annotated a game which I have just resigned against Ionadowman called An Expert Lesson in Development. You will see jus, play online chess ...

Puzzle 283 — Ok, the puzzle on the homepage at the time of me writing this (search for puzzle number 283 here: gameknot.com ) White to move, mate in 4. I won't spoil the solution given, as it is brilliant seeming to, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Short Draws — Should players be banned from making draw offers in an attempt to make chess more marketable? Absolutely not in general. Draw is a natural result of a chess game, besides noone has the right to interfere with the players' free will (except captains in team play). So: In a tournament where , play online chess ...

Going Both Ways; Corr. & OTB Chess — Hi All. In another thread SCHNARRE brought up KON GRIVAINIS , which led to comments from IONADOWMAN and some recollections for me. So here we are. I WOULD LIKE THIS THREAD TO BE RELATED TO PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED OTB CHESS BUT ALSO POSTAL CHESS OR SOME FORM OF CORRESPONDENCE PLAY, SUCH AS N, play online chess ...

evans gambit — i have been learning how to play the evans gambit . have not done very good with it so far . lost about six games in a row . playing evans gambit from the white side of the board . not ready to give up on it yet though . if any one who knows how to play the evans gambit or wants to learn how to p, play online chess ...

ratings — Does anyone know how to approximate a 1700 GN rating to USCF rating? Ron You may approximate it to a USCF CC rating but not OTB. Can someone explain what GN, USCF, OTB stands for ? CC is correspondence chess, right ? Thanks in advance :) GN = GameKnot (should be GK) USCF = US Chess Federati, play online chess ...

Fried Liver! — lapsekili kindly started a thread on the 2 kts defense. Here is a continuum of it - The Fried Liver Attack. Ion touched on it in that thread but here are two games of mine, both losses in the Public Gallery called Fried Pt 1 and Fried Pt 2. The first was in a Bury League game sometime in 1998 in , play online chess ...

grandmasters and sport — grandmasters can see a large number of moves ahead and large numbers of possible combinations. In Australia there was recently a game of football - a Grand final - where Manly won 40-0 against Melbourne. Melbourne was tipped to win. It set me thinking as to whether any sports required the sam, play online chess ...

Quadrachess! — Has anyone other than me ever heard of this game? Has anyone ever played? Does anyone own a Quadrachess set? I have one. I played it with Knightmare chess cards with a few friends of mine. It turned out to be a several-hour-long brain melter, and strategy was becoming more social with alliances , play online chess ...

Experiences with the 4 Queen Game — gameknot.com I lost this amazing match--and hats off to my opponent who played it well. The main purpose of this thread is to discuss the strategy and tactics behind games involving 4 queens. I know that this doesn't happen very often. In this game, my opponent had the distinct advantage in , play online chess ...

am i right? — i've had a bit of good luck recently and my rating's improved to the point where i'm now regularly playing 1500+ rated players (who are all way better than me in my opinion, but that's another matter)... i've noticed that higher rated players don't seem to play pawn moves such as a3 to prevent Nb4, play online chess ...

Books on Openings — Can anyone recommend a good book on openings that you've used and has genuinely improved your game? A quick search on Amazon produces far too many and very similar looking results, so I don't really know where to begin :). Basically I'd like one or two books that demonstrate the pros and cons of all, 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 ...

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 ...

Unusual openings — Anyone care to post weird openings like the Talon? Please explain them, as this forum is meant to help the average player. Contact numis with questions. Tranvestite Attack anybody :o) 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ke7 3.Nc3 Qe8 4.Nf3 Kd8 How about the Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening) (A00), play online chess ...

Chess tattoos — I have a tattoo of a knight on my arm - the picture is in my profile. I was wondering if anybody else had any or knew anybody who has any. I haven't come across anyone else but surely I'm not the only one. I know somebody who got a certain poker hand (Jack-Ten) tattooed on his arm. I feel , 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 ...

Stonewall Attack — My favourite d4 opening is the Stonewall Attack, I use it lot in games I play here on Gameknot the line I like is 1 d4-d5 2 f4 I get some interesting postitions with it. I also play against 1 d4-Nf6 2 f4 and 1 d4-g6 2 f4 and also 1 e4-c5 2 f4 I get some strong games with it I love it thanks Care to, 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 ...

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Chess news:

Magnus Carlsen Storms New York's Chess Scene — They could barely reach the other side of the chess board, but playing against the world's top-rated grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was a thrilling experience for many New York kids. Carlsen visited New York during the last two weeks in August. He played chess against children at the NYC Chess summer camps and against adults at the club near the Washington Square and the Marshall Chess Club. He was also engaged at the chess board with a billionaire investor and philanthropist, George Soros, and played a blitz game against one of the world's leading economists, Kenneth Rogoff. He shot baskets at pick-up games, visited the New York Yankees, and saw friends. Some people may recognize Magnus from his appearance on ...

Russia face a battle for gold at the Istanbul Olympiad, as England collapse — Russia faces a tense battle for the gold medals while England tries to recover from late defeats when the final round of the 150-nation Chess Olympiad is played in Istanbul on Sunday. The No1 seeds have not won the biennial Chess Olympiad since 2002, so the team's grandmasters had to attend a pre-Olympiad training camp with "bruising" fitness sessions, while the legendary Yuri Dokhoian, who helped Garry Kasparov, was hired as coach. After eight of the 11 rounds Russia led with 15/16, two points clear, after the ex-world champion Vlad Kramnik scored a key win over Armenia's world No2, Levon Aronian. Kramnik opened as White with the Exchange Slav, seemingly too quiet for a must-win game but an old favourite of the Soviet chess patriarch Mikhail Botvinnik, who ...

Anand Brings His Game to the U.S. — Viswanathan Anand, the world champion, is a natural ambassador for chess. He has promoted the game all over Europe and has fostered chess programs in many schools across his native India. But he has spent little time in the United States. Until last month, his last visit was in 1999. In his latest trip, from Aug. 5 to Aug. 22, Anand taught chess classes for two days. He also played a simultaneous exhibition against 20 of the best chess players from those classes, winning 15 games and drawing the rest. The rules in simultaneous games, which players call “simuls,” are fairly simple. The player giving the exhibition walks from chess board to chess board. Each time he stops, his opponent makes a move so he can see it, and he responds before ...

Armenia edges Russia to claim Olympiad gold in chess — The Little Country That Could did it again as tiny Armenia on Sunday won its third gold medal in the past four years, nipping mighty Russia on tiebreaks after the two chess powerhouses finished 9-1-1 at the 40th biennial Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Armenian GM Levon Aronian proved stalwart again on Board 1, but it was fellow GM Sergei Movsesian who provided the critical point in Sunday’s final round in the 2½-1½ win over Hungary to clinch the gold medal. The Chinese men, who could have captured their country’s first gold medal ever, instead took a 3-1 pounding at the hands of Ukraine, with veteran Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk scoring a 28-move brilliancy over Chinese top board Wang Hao to extinguish China’s hopes. The U.S. chess team ...

Armenia Wins Chess Olympic Gold in Turkey — On Sunday, Armenia won the gold medal at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. It is their third Olympic gold overall. They also finished first at the World Team Championship last year in Ningbo, China. Upon arrival in Yerevan on Monday, the jubilant Armenian chess team was treated like national heroes by a cheering crowd and the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan who is also the head of the Armenian Chess Federation. Small countries do that. They cherish their victories. The Czech national ice-hockey team, led by Dominik Hasek and Jaromir Jagr, got a similar reception after they returned to Prague from the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano with a gold medal. Ideally, to win medals at chess Olympiads, the team should not lose ...





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