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| From | Message | Posted by r_lawrence
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1/10/2003
22:57:41
Play online chess |  Subject: How much time a day ...
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Do YOU spend on chess? I thought it would be interesting to see not only how much time people here at GK spend playing chess .. but HOW they spend their time.
Openings, tactics, endgame study, strategy, actually playing games, reviewing games etc. You don't have to be a higher rated player to post, but I would especially like suggestions from some of the higher rated (1800+) players. Thanks!
| Posted by gta3master2987
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1/11/2003
06:47:00
Play online chess | all day (sort of)
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on days when I have alot of stuff to do on my computer, I will go online and log in here at GK. Then I make moves in my games, and once I can't make any more moves, I'll put on the "wait for your turn" thing. then i do other stuff; sometimes chess related, sometimes not
| Posted by tulkos
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1/11/2003
10:06:36
Play online chess | More or less than an hour a day.
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China Rises, and Checkmates — If there’s a human face on Rising China, it belongs not to some Politburo chief, not to an Internet tycoon, but to a quiet, mild-mannered teenage girl named Hou Yifan. Ms. Hou (whose name is pronounced Ho Ee-fahn) is an astonishing phenomenon: at 16, she is the new women’s world chess champion, the youngest person, male or female, ever to win a world chess championship. And she reflects the way China — by investing heavily in education and human capital, particularly in young women — is increasingly having an outsize impact on every aspect of the world. Napoleon is famously said to have declared, “When China wakes, it will shake the world.” That is becoming ...
Posted by calmrolfe
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1/11/2003
13:40:50
Play online chess | Currently
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I am spending two hours a day studying from the book "Training For The Tournament Player" by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov. In fact, I spend a lot more time studying than I do playing, some days I don't even play at all !!
Kind regards,
Cal
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David Howell surprised at Hastings Masters by young Indians — The 2011 version of the world's longest-running annual chess tournament, kept alive and well by Hastings Borough Council, ended on Wednesday with a tense final round and an upset result. England's youngest chess grandmaster, David Howell, 20, won his first five games but then lost tamely to France's No1 seed, Romain Edouard, who became the sole leader. It seemed the European GMs would fight out first prize until the little-known young Indians surged to the front in the final two rounds in an impressive breakthrough. Deep Sengupta, 22, beat Edouard in what was voted the best game of the chess event and shared the £2,000 top award on 7/9 with Arghyadip Das, 25, while ...
Posted by triangulator
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1/11/2003
15:19:37
Play online chess | currently
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this is my day- school- get on GK play a little, then I eat lunch finnish school. Then I just pick a few games ( out of chess life or alekhine's book of games- or whatever and perfereably annotated) I go over mabye 3-4 a day, then later on, probably after practice I will study books on openings( 1/2hr at most) middle games ( 1 hr or more) and endgames( 15 min at most) I don't have that much to do because I am homeschooled, so I like to spend as much time as I can on chess
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Gashimov Wins Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament — Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan won the 53rd Reggio Emilia chess tournament on Thursday, edging out Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain on a tie-breaker. Gashimov and Vallejo Pons were tied for the lead before the last round and both easily drew their games to finish a point ahead of their nearest competitors with 6 points each. Gashimov was declared the winner based on superior Sonneborn-Berger points. Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and David Navara of the Czech Republic tied for third, each with 5 points. Ivanchuk and Navara respectively won their last round games against Alexander Morozevich of Russia and Nigel Short of England, while Movsesian drew with ...
Posted by brobishkin
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1/12/2003
01:24:39
Play online chess | Chess is life...
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But on the average I spend 3 hrs. a day on chess... Practice, study, or playing... The longest stretch of chess played was a full 24 hr day, a few times in my life (meaning more than once)...
Bro...
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Co-Leaders Pull Away at Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament — Reggio Emilia would seem to be a two-player race for the title. Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain and Vugar Gashimov, the co-leaders after Round 7, won their games in Wednesday’s penultimate round and now lead their nearest rival by a full point. Mathematically, it is possible that Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, who is in third, could tie Vallejo Pons and Gashimov by winning his last game. He faces Vallejo Pons on Thursday and has to win while hoping that Gashimov loses to Alexander Onischuk of the United States. Vallejo and Gashimov were not the only ones to win their games on Wednesday, as the high rate of decisive games (21 of 40) continued at the chess tournament. Vassily Ivanchuk of ...
Posted by gta3master2987
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1/12/2003
08:19:01
Play online chess | well, constanly.. sort of..
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on days when i am at home with nothing to do, i go online and login here at GK... then i make moves in all games possible, and once i have no more moves to make in any games, i put on the wait for my turn feature. i then continue to do other things, sometimes chess related, sometimes not, but i always interupt those things when it is again my turn... well, thats just me!
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Two Tied for Lead of Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament — It is not uncommon at elite chess tournaments for there to be a large percentage of draws. But the Reggio Emilia tournament in Italy, which started last week, is proving an exception to the rule. Almost half the games (17 of 35) so far have ended decisively, and the last two days have been particularly exciting, with draws in only 3 out of 10 games. Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain was the surprising early leader. He won three out of his first four games. But, he drew on Monday with Alexander Morozevich of Russia and lost Tuesday to Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan. That allowed Gashimov to tie Vallejo Pons for the lead, each with 4.5 points (a win is worth 1 point, a draw is a 0.5). There are a couple of ...
Posted by duffer
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1/12/2003
09:26:12
Play online chess | Too much
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A couple hours probably. most time is spent at gameknot, plus playing through the odd game at chessgames.com
| Posted by v_glorioso12
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1/12/2003
09:32:32
Play online chess | i prob.
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spend 3-5 hours a day on chess... too bad it doesn't show... :-(
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