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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: David Howell neglects British title defence to seek tougher challenges -- England's youngest chess grandmaster David Howell, 19, made an ambitious and bold decision last month, when he opted to miss defending the British title he won in 2009. Instead Howell decided to test himself at higher levels, at three strong European chess events in two of which he was seeded near the bottom. The policy looked dubious in the early rounds of the young grandmasters invitation at Biel, Switzerland where Howell began with 1.5/6. But the Sussex teenager, who sometimes used to fade under pressure, fought back to a solid 3½/9. Then he made a strong 8½/11 total in the highly rated world rapids (30-minute games) in Mainz, Germany, losing only to Russia's elite GM Sergey Karjakin. This ... Skilled at the Chessboard, Keyboard and Blackboard -- Chess produces prodigies. So do mathematics and music. And while the relationship between chess and mathematics is clear, and many accomplished mathematicians are also skilled musicians, it is unusual to find a prodigy in all three areas. Noam Elkies, who turned 44 on Wednesday, is that rare triple threat. A Manhattan native, he graduated from Stuyvesant High School by age 15, and at the top of his class at Columbia University three years later. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard at 20. He became the youngest winner of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduates when he was 16. Ten years later, he became the youngest full professor in ... It's all in the endgame -- Sanan Sjugirov of Russia was equal first at the world junior but lost on tie break. He played a couple of nice endgames, the first of which I will show today. Opposite coloured bishops can often give the endgame a drawish character, but here (see main illustration) White is effectively a king up. Can you see how he forced the win? Answer below. There was an English success at the World Chess Junior as Anya Corke scored 8.5/13 in the girls section. A Corke (2257) – C Forestier (2103). Dutch Defence ... | |