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| Posted by youngglor beck-web.com 11/04/2003 19:19:45 play online chess |  Subject: No worries...Message: I have decided I will let him flow free for a while to collect some of his "nice" quotes for a while. Then I will report him to the webmaster so no one receives some of his junk again. Another good thing is that I am winning both games...the joy the joy!!! Pay attention in your games and make Stinky proud! Behold the honor of the GBH! Cheers! p.s. I would like to get to know everyone here on GK...if everyone could mention their names & hobbies or such...it would be great. I have got to know a few of you, checking out ratings pictures, the profile, and basically feeling around the dark room. You know, all to work as a team! |
| Posted by youngglor beck-web.com 11/04/2003 19:36:52 play online chess | ----- Message: Mistake, posted here by mistake |
Chess news: World Chess Cup Offers an Opening for Players With Ambitions -- The top 30 chess players in the world can earn good livings. But it is considerably more difficult for the players ranked just below them. Their appearance fees are lower, and they rarely are invited to the chess tournaments that offer the best prize money. For these players, the World Chess Cup now being held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, is a great opportunity. With a field of 128 and prize money totaling $1.6 million — with $120,000 going to the winner — the tournament is giving some second-tier players a chance to compete against the chess elite, and perhaps to join them. The winner also will be seeded into the candidates’ matches for the world chess ... World Chess Cup Is Down to Great Eight -- The World Chess Cup, an important part of the system to select a challenger for the world chess championship, moved into the fifth round Wednesday as the field was reduced to 8. Upsets marked some of the earlier matches, but form held in the fourth round, as the final underdogs were dismissed. The remaining ches players are Boris Gelfand of Israel, the No. 1 seed and the oldest remaining player at 41; Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, No. 2; Peter Svidler of Russia, No. 3; Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, No. 7; Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia, No. 9; Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, No. 12, (at 19, the youngest remaining player); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, ... Defence, part 3: How can white avoid checkmate? -- Kramnik-Carlsen, Moscow 2007. Black threatens … Qh3 mate. How can White defend? Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and 19-year-old Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen will be the favourites to win the London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. Kramnik has just triumphed at the Tal Memorial, while Carlsen has been training with Garry Kasparov and is now No 1 on the world rating list. The top four English chess players – Short, Adams, Howell and McShane – will face a stern test. Visitors are welcome: there will be live commentary and side events to play in. In this encounter Kramnik and Carlsen ... | |