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| Posted by nemesis1010 creativejoomladesign.com 6/21/2008 14:50:18 Play online chess |  Subject: Books on OpeningsMessage: Cheers in advance Mike | ||||||||||||||
| Posted by tag1153 creativejoomladesign.com 6/21/2008 19:21:10 Play online chess | fwiw Message: tag1153 | ||||||||||||||
| Posted by chessisvanity creativejoomladesign.com 6/21/2008 20:15:40 Play online chess | MCO no thanks. Message: I suggest "Understanding the chess openings" by Collins. ——— Interview with Magnus Carlsen — The world's best chess player on modelling for G-Star Raw, psychological ploys, and why he's not big on Christmas. Q: Hello Magnus ... MC: Hello Small Talk. Q: How does it feel to be back for the London Chess Classic? MC: It feels good. Last year's tournament was really enjoyable and very successful for me too. Q: The Russian world champion Mikhail Botvinnik used to get training partners to deliberately blow smoke in his face to prepare for opponents who may try to unsettle him. Is there anything you do to prepare for psychological tricks or gamesmanship? MC: Thankfully, one cannot smoke at the board now so I don't have to worry about that. I try to focus on the game rather than ... Posted by bogg | creativejoomladesign.com 6/22/2008 00:09:33 Play online chess nemesis1010Message: CTCampbell (Bogg) ——— McShane Retains Lead at London Classic; Anand Beats Carlsen — Luke McShane, who won his first two games, did not win in Round 3 of the London Chess Classic on Friday. But he managed to draw against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, and thus remained in the lead. After three of the four games in each of the first two rounds ended decisively, Friday was relatively quiet, with three games ending in draws. The exception was a win by Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, over Magnus Carlsen of Norway. It was the second loss for Carlsen, who actually had an advantage early in the game before making two bad moves that allowed Anand to shatter his kingside pawns and then infiltrate with his queen and rook. Carlsen could ... Posted by mathemagician_ | creativejoomladesign.com 6/22/2008 04:40:28 Play online chess Message: ——— Surprising Leader at London Chess Classic — The torrid pace continued at the London Chess Classic on Thursday as three of the four games again ended decisively. Luke McShane of England, who had pulled off a big upset by beating Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Round 1, won again in Round 2, beating Nigel Short, another Englishman. It was Short’s second loss. Carlsen bounced back by upending Michael Adams, one of the four English chess players. Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, who had managed to draw a long game against the world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India in Round 1, had Black for the second game in a row. It was also his 23rd birthday. His opponent, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, ended up ... Posted by mathemagician_ | creativejoomladesign.com 6/22/2008 04:52:37 Play online chess Message: ——— Exciting and Surprising Start to the London Chess Classic — If every round of the London Chess Classic is like the first round, then it is going to be a very exciting tournament. The chess tournament began Wednesday and three of the four games ended decisively. The most stunning result was the victory of the English grandmaster Luke McShane over Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Carlsen played some speculative moves and was punished brilliantly by McShane. The other two wins were also quite exciting. Michael Adams, one of the four English chess players, checkmated his countryman David Howell in 27 moves with a scintillating attack, while Vladimir Kramnik of Russia overwhelmed Nigel Short, the other English player, with a central pawn break that eventually led to ... Posted by doctor_knight | creativejoomladesign.com 6/23/2008 08:49:40 Play online chess Message: ——— Women’s World Chess Championship Begins With Some Upsets — The first round of the Women’s World Chess Championship, which is being held in Hatay, Turkey, ended Monday, and a few of the higher-ranked chess players are already on their way home. The biggest upset was the victory of Betul Cemre Yildiz of Turkey over Pia Cramling of Sweden. Cramling was a semifinalist at the 2008 championship and is ranked No. 9 in the world among women. The manner in which she lost was also surprising as she simply used up all her time in the second game of her match before she could make her 40th move in a completely equal and uncomplicated position. Other upset victims included Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, who lost tie-breaker games Monday to ... Posted by thunker | creativejoomladesign.com 6/23/2008 12:03:43 Play online chess Message: Posted by ccmcacollister | creativejoomladesign.com 6/25/2008 13:15:40 Play online chess Just dropping in .... Message: always right on Chess, in case you haven't noticed yet :) Great books and author. I especially liked Play The French #1. The info there was enough to boost several adherents from Iowa alone, into Sr. Master Postal Performances in the French at that time. Of course there was something of a French Conspiracy here at the time :) Very popular. Posted by nemesis1010 | creativejoomladesign.com 6/26/2008 04:33:02 Play online chess Cheers everyoneMessage: I will probably start doctor_knight's Yasser Seirawan recommendation and then move onto John Watson's series (I note on Amazon there's a third volume due for release in October). mathemagician_'s Mike Basman book does sounds interesting. But also appears to be a bit of a rarity - can't see it at all on Amazon or Ebay. I actually find this link useful as an encyclopaedia of all openings, although the strategy and thinking behind them is very minimal:  www.csm.astate.edu |