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| Posted by cairo mailcafe.net 1/08/2003 04:57:46 Play online chess |  Subject: It had to come!!Message: Check this: www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=693 Best wishes Cairo | ||||||||||||||||
| Posted by brobishkin mailcafe.net 1/08/2003 12:40:04 Play online chess | Cairo... Message: Interesting article... It's appauling to read of such things happening at tournaments... But like you said "It had to come"... And I only thought things like that only happened On-Line... It had to come but unfortunately I dont think it's ever going away... More will follow... Bro... | ||||||||||||||||
| Posted by tulkos mailcafe.net 1/08/2003 17:34:57 Play online chess | people who cheat like that Message: probably do it for the money, and sooner or later they'll be caught, and then they are kicked out from playing at all for life--- or at least for a long time. They gave good advice at the end of the artical though--- H'mmmm--- It just might work. 8-) ——— Chess: Magnus Carlsen snaps slump in China — Magnus Carlsen defeated three elite chess grandmasters to take the lead in the Pearl Spring double round robin in Nanjing, China. The Norwegian chess star scored 5-2 in the first seven rounds of the 10-game tournament. Carlsen had fallen to second in the world chess rankings because of poor performances in two recent events, but he has regained an estimated eight of the 24 rating points he lost. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India and French grandmaster Etienne Bacrot were Carlsen's closest rivals, with scores of 4-3. Bacrot upset Anand in the first cycle but lost the rematch. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, who has not completely recovered from losing the 2010 world championship match against ... Posted by cairo | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 00:47:04 Play online chess BroMessage: Whatever happend to that trip you would take last year to a certain chess-shop, (I forgot the place) to check out some clocks etc. Best wishes Cairo ——— Nakamura Poised to Defend Title at Cap d’Agde — Hikaru Nakamura of the United States has worked his way into the world’s chess elite (he is ranked No. 15), but as good as he is at slow chess, his real forte is at faster time controls. He is generally considered to be among the top three or four in the world at blitz chess (where each player has five minutes or less for the entire game) and he also seems to be among the world’s best at rapid chess, in which each player has about 25 minutes per game. Two years ago, he won the Cap d’Agde Rapid chess tournament in France in a field that included Magnus Carlsen of Norway (now No. 1 in the world), Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine (who Nakamura beat in the finals) and Anatoly Karpov of Russia, the former ... Posted by brobishkin | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 01:43:34 Play online chess Oregon...Message: The trip up the Oregon coast was magnificent... But I couldn't locate the Chess Shop on-line at it's current location just outside of Portland... Bro... ——— Chess Champion's Class Act — Vishy Anand is the most versatile world chess champion. After all, he won world championships in classical matches, knockouts, rapids and blitz and dominated the advanced chess in which players are able to consult the computers. In this respect, no other world chess champion comes even close. But the Indian superstar is also a class act and gives credit where credit is due. Twice this year, Anand turned a favorite defense of his former coach, Artur Yusupov, into gold. "It was a pleasure to have Artur Yusupov working as my second, both personally and professionally," Anand writes in the preface to Yusupov's excellent book Boost your Chess 2, Beyond the Basics, published by Quality Chess. Yusupov was ... Posted by calmrolfe | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 09:42:11 Play online chess Hmmm...Message: Very strange goings on in the toilet... Perhaps George Michael should have based his defence on the fact that he was a part time Chess Arbiter !! Neural implants will be the next "must have" accessory for budding GM's.... Kind regards, Cal ——— Anand Wins, Carlsen Leads at Pearl Spring — Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, began the second half of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, China, with a win, but he is still a full point behind the leader, Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Carlsen has 4.5 points; followed by Etienne Bacrot of France, who has 4; Anand with 3.5; Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, 2.5; Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, 2; and Wang Yue of China, 1.5. Monday, Anand beat Wang, who put up little resistance. The opening was a Queen’s Indian Defense and the queens were traded rather quickly. Anand, who was Black, traded a knight for a bishop, securing the bishop pair; he also had a better pawn structure. Anand soon won a pawn and then ... Posted by zoobrenok | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 12:15:11 Play online chess cairoMessage: WOWOWOW!!! :-) ——— Magnus Carlsen loses top ranking — Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik won the third Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, Spain. The double round robin featured four of the world's strongest chess grandmasters. The first two rounds nearly decided the tournament. Kramnik won both of his games while Magnus Carlsen of Norway lost twice. Kramnik drew his remaining four games to finish ahead of world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India (who had one win and five draws), Carlsen (one win, two losses, three draws) and Alexey Shirov of Spain (two losses, four draws). Carlsen, ranked first in the world a month ago at 2826, has unofficially fallen to second at 2802 after poor results in the Olympiad and in Bilbao. Anand has ... Posted by __mda__ | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 12:39:46 Play online chess the sad fact is..Message: as computers get smaller and cheaper, cheating is going to be a major problem at tournaments in the future.. I'm sure many of you have heard about people caught in vegas with "perfect card counting" computers hidden on their persons for playing blackjack ( one guy had a system where he'd tap numbers into the computer via his shoe ).. I fear this stuff is headed for chess tournaments where large $$$ is at stake. Posted by triangulator | mailcafe.net 1/09/2003 13:30:32 Play online chess that is sadMessage: however I was told by a friend that his opp was listening to music, he assumed it was rap, but then started to hear just regular talking and also the guy kept saying his moves out lound as he wrote them down- like N to...e6 . so he went to the TD and the TD found an exuse to make him get rid of it, the TD then when turned it on and there was someone sending messages through it- lines. I think the guy can't play in OK Posted by rebras | mailcafe.net 1/11/2003 14:37:44 Play online chess The future looks bleakMessage: after reading this...how I long for the "old days" when that technology wasn't available and we had to use our brain in tournaments....imagine that! Posted by triangulator | mailcafe.net 1/11/2003 15:05:54 Play online chess I still doMessage: there is a new generation of kids( me and 5 others all good B class players) that do nothin but sit around, talk about chess and eat, or play blitz- or bughouse. we use our brians 12 hrs strait- the only comp we look at is the pairing pc |