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| Posted by kai_sim beck-web.com 10/21/2003 19:53:13 Play online chess |  Subject: CHALLENGE USMessage: ~~~~~~~ L°ЯĐs Ǿf Tнę teŞm§ ~~~~~~~~~ is looking for new team challenges. We have available: chees (2277) ken1 (2256) experimentator (2114) vezer (2039) tandersson32 (1913) firedance (1897) lordnguyenvo (1884) lordofthelings (1841) frodan (1838) drgandalf (1823) champerman (1819) iamian (1615) chic_luc (1528) I hope that this will work better out, than priv msg's to every team captain best regards kai | ||
| Posted by kai_sim beck-web.com 10/23/2003 01:09:12 Play online chess | ... Message: sigh | ||
| Posted by manhattan beck-web.com 10/24/2003 22:12:42 Play online chess | lets use elo Message: New York Lovers: i can offer to choose from: godo (1946) - 1776 andante_lagrimoso (1858) - 1724 jacobsen (1814) - 1651 urban_code (1806) - 1688 himura (1745) - 1683 tetis (1720) - 1612 gogosica (1670) - 1560 grisha (1648) - 1548 manhattan (1641) - 1537 Janis ——— Chess: Why resign with two queens? — Despite the extra queen, Howell was in trouble and when he missed a miracle defence Kramnik seized his chance. This is the final position of the chess game we considered last week. Kramnik has just played his rook to c8 and Howell promptly resigned. Why? RB: Yes, why did Black resign? With two queens on the board you'd think he'd be fine. But what are his options here? I can see two. The first doesn't seem to help Black: 1…Rxc8 2 Qxc8+ Kh7 3 a8=Q when, with the threat of mate on h8, Black has to continue 3…Qxa8 and after the recapture White is a knight and a pawn up. The alternative is 1…Qxb8 2 axb8=Q Rxc8 3 Qxc8+ Kh7 4 Qf5+, when White is again a knight and pawn to ... Posted by kai_sim | beck-web.com 10/25/2003 18:23:21 Play online chess no problem Message: :) ——— Making the Case for, and Against, Chess as an Olympic Sport — Could chess be an Olympic sport? Such an idea may seem absurd to some people, but the World Chess Federation has been lobbying the International Olympic Committee for years to include chess in the Games. As part of its efforts, the federation even instituted drug testing to bring chess into compliance with the committee’s rules. (Players have grumbled about this, pointing out that aside from caffeine, there are no drugs that can plausibly help them play better.) In making a case for chess, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the federation, has said that curling is essentially “chess on ice.” The Olympic committee has granted the federation status as a Recognized International Sports Federation, but ... |