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| Posted by lighttotheright schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 04:16:52 Play online chess |  Subject: Bobby Fischer Dies Jan 18, 2008Message:  news.aol.com
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| Posted by greyrabbit schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 04:47:20 Play online chess | Respects Message: Cheers Charlie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by lighttotheright schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 05:59:36 Play online chess | Message: ——— Le Quang Liem produces second shock win at Moscow Aeroflot — Moscow Aeroflot is the strongest and most fiercely competitive open chess tournament in the world, with a €20,000 first prize and nearly 50 entrants rated above 2600, the level of a high-class grandmaster. So it was remarkable that the winner in this week's Aeroflot 2011 should be the same Vietnamese teenager who scored a shock victory there in 2010. Last year Le Quang Liem won Aeroflot at 18, finished second in an elite chess event at Dortmund ahead of the former world chess champion Vlad Kramnik and soared up the world rankings. Le's hot streak then subsided until the second half of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee last month, where he almost caught Luke McShane at the post. Now he ... Posted by ccmcacollister | schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 06:34:58 Play online chess Not complaining ... Just FYI ... Message: gameknot.com
——— Ugandan girl, Phiona Mutesi leads chess revolution from the slums — Despite background the 15-year-old girl is already country's number two chess player and has competed at World Chess Olympiad. In a rickety church in a Ugandan slum, a girl's hand thrusts forward and a black bishop falls. The girl shows no emotion, though she knows the end is near. Striking quickly, silently, the black queen is toppled, and then the king. Only then does she smile. "You attacked too much," she tells the boy sitting opposite her on the wooden bench, a homemade board between them. Phiona Mutesi is 15. She has just finished primary school and is still learning to read. Her family is so poor they have been evicted from tiny, rented shacks more times than she ... Posted by greyrabbit | schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 10:19:40 Play online chess ThanksMessage: Cheers Charlie ——— First Came the Machine That Defeated a Chess Champion — Before there was Watson, there was Deep Blue. In 1997, Deep Blue, another computer built by I.B.M., defeated the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a six-game match. At the time, it was considered a stunning achievement and a significant step forward in the field of artificial intelligence. Some people said that a new era would be ushered in, one in which computers would perform many tasks — like air traffic control — that it once seemed only humans could do. That era has not quite materialized. But almost 14 years later, chess programs running on an average desktop computer can play better than Deep Blue, making its victory no longer seem as implausible. And while the research that ... Posted by eqj2 | schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 14:42:58 Play online chess CheersMessage: ——— Chess: How to play like a world champion — The latest study of Vishy Anand concentrates on the world chess champion's outstanding strategic judgment. We'd all like to play like a world chess champion. So what's Vishy Anand doing that's so special? Last week we highlighted his depth of calculation, this week we focus on his strategic judgment. RB: I have no idea what to do here. I have no idea if Black is better or worse and I have no idea what Black's plan might be. Is the white queen trappable? It certainly looks locked in, but without a light-squared bishop it's hard to see how to exploit this. Is there anything in 1...Nc5...? No, apart from a lost piece. Opening the a-file with 1...axb4 might be an option, but ... Posted by welinarias | schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 19:16:50 Play online chess my condolensces...Message: Life and Chess will and must continue ! W. ——— One Coach, Many Young Chess Champions — In the last five years, two Americans have won world youth chess championships: Daniel Naroditsky, who took the under-12 title in 2007, and Steven Zierk, the under-18 champion last year. Both are from Northern California, and at one point or another, they both had the same coach, Michael Aigner. They are not the only chess champions who have been trained by Aigner. Others include Gregory Young, who tied for first in the 2008 United States Junior Championship, and Yian Liou, who tied for first in the United States Cadet Championship (for players under 16) last year. He has also coached Saratoga High School to six straight California chess titles. Aigner, 36, is a master, and ... Posted by suzyfromflorida | schoolfundingservices.org 1/18/2008 20:47:26 Play online chess I agree...Message: Posted by nathanman22 | schoolfundingservices.org 1/19/2008 10:06:24 Play online chess RIPMessage: -Nathanman22 Posted by iceshark | schoolfundingservices.org 1/22/2008 00:23:23 Play online chess Genius is goneMessage: Its a pity that he did not live longer here in Iceland because he was happy here and we Iceland peoble are proud of been saving him from the jail in Japan. He has now been buried in small village outside Reykjavík. His legasy in chess will live forever. Posted by invex | schoolfundingservices.org 1/31/2008 16:00:54 Play online chess Why is this thread here?Message: Posted by chessnovice | schoolfundingservices.org 1/31/2008 20:13:54 Play online chess ...Message: "Chess tactics, openings, game analysis, famous players, etc." I believe that this thread falls under the "famous players" part. Posted by chessnovice | schoolfundingservices.org 1/31/2008 22:09:46 Play online chess ohMessage: Nevermind. |