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| Posted by drtimer mailcafe.net 5/19/2005 03:56:13 Play online chess |  Subject: 3 fold repetitionMessage: | ||||||||||
| Posted by bananaman1 mailcafe.net 5/19/2005 04:16:15 Play online chess | Message: where no one can possible checkmate the other. | ||||||||||
| Posted by drtimer mailcafe.net 5/19/2005 05:13:46 Play online chess | Thanks Message: ——— The Morning After: Finding Bobby Fischer (movie review) — There are many different roles chess has played in popular culture: source of excitement, metaphor for conflict, cause of (or at least form of expression for) madness (e.g., Nabokov's The Defense). Last night's HBO documentary, Bobby Fischer Against the World, involved all of those, and was both an empathetic biography and fascinating history of a Cold War showdown to boot. The film, directed by Liz Garbus, relied heavily on documentary footage and exclusive period photography to tell the story, from his early days as a chess prodigy to his final years of paranoia, of the chess master whose defeat of Boris Spassky in 1972 was cause for national celebration. It was transporting to see the chess match ... Posted by usethepawn | mailcafe.net 5/20/2005 01:52:15 Play online chess It doesntMessage: ——— Chess: Watch out – it's a pawn storm — Why stop at a Four Pawns Attack when you can enlist five, or six? RB: Recently I've had very little time for chess. If you don't play, your game suffers. This sad and simple fact was brought home to me when I started losing badly to my sparring partner of 30 years Vince, despite Vince having had triple bypass surgery and being doped up on all kinds of pain-killing medication. Deadlines met, for the most part, I decided to do a little studying. Against 1 e4 Vince often plays the Sicilian Dragon. One of White's typical strategies against the Dragon is to hurl the kingside pawns against the enemy king. This got me thinking about pawn storms in general and then I remembered the stunning chess game ... Posted by chuckventimiglia | mailcafe.net 5/20/2005 08:01:44 Play online chess But it does not recognize.... Message: Which is a technical Draw!! Unfortunately there are a few here that will not accept a Draw when a Draw is the only possible outcome. In tournament play that can hold up the entire tournament. When that 50 move rule is reached I will have to notify Mike but since the GK tourneys are 2 day/move there may or may not be enough time for an answer prior to the expiration of time. Anyhow, I will do what I have to do. :-) ——— Chess: Nakamura and Robson Show Off Their Promise — Two recent exhibition matches in St. Louis could help pave the way for an American to have a shot at the world title after the next chess championship match in 2012. One pitted Hikaru Nakamura of the United States against Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, the other was a face-off between Ray Robson and Ben Finegold, both Americans. The contests were intended to give Nakamura, 23, and Robson, 16, valuable experience. (Robson was supposed to play Viktor Korchnoi, the octogenarian grandmaster. But Korchnoi dropped out at the last minute, and Finegold, 41, who lives in St. Louis, replaced him.) The chess matches were six slow games followed by four rapid games. Robson was ... Posted by honololou | mailcafe.net 5/21/2005 00:18:00 Play online chess Chuck…Message: drawn position when they come across one. ——— On Chess: Royal game is outlet for confined minds — As a teenager, I found something special in chess. Unlike with school, little had to be memorized. Instead, I was presented with a never-ending frontier in which I could discover new ideas and moves in response to the exigencies of chess combat. There are so many paths to take in a typical chess position that one might play a lifetime of games, each different from the other. Every game was an adventure in which I could prevail if I were clever and brave enough. One could make mistakes, but the embarrassment of losing seemed small compared with the excitement of engagement and the windfall of discovery. The chess experience contrasts with formal education, which, regrettably, is often ... Posted by cairo | mailcafe.net 5/21/2005 02:39:40 Play online chess I Message: What a shame that some players don't understand, to act with sportsmanship and dignity in the game. I can only repeat, what I have written several times before, whenever I come across such behavior, I put that kind of people on my NO PLAY LIST and I recommend others to do the same. Best wishes Cairo ——— Simon Williams provides moment to savour with brilliant 20-mover — England's top chess trio Michael Adams, Nigel Short and Luke McShane have all beaten 2700-rated elite grandmasters, the world top 30-40, twice or more in the same chess event. But for other English chess players, a single win against a 2700 is a mountain to climb. So it was a rare moment to savour last weekend at the French teams in Mulhouse for Simon Williams, 31, the England No14, who defeated two 2700s in three days. Even better, one game was a 20-move sacrificial brilliancy and both were impressive practical lessons. Williams's elegant 20-mover against Poland's European silver medallist showed the value of a specialist opening. The Surrey GM has written a book and ... Posted by chuckventimiglia | mailcafe.net 5/21/2005 05:54:37 Play online chess It is difficult to put... Message: meet in GK tournaments. Believe me he is on my "no play" list but meeting them in tournaments is unavoidable. I will not resign a Drawn game just so he can advance to the next round. Anyhow, the 50 move rule should be addressed as a possible automatic feature recognized by the GK system. I am happy that the 3 fold repeition is recognized. Maybe that will be how this game ends but if not it will take at least another 20 moves [around move 120] unless he trades a piece. None of the pawns can be moved they are all locked. A trade will do nothing about the outcome except just maybe it will give me a slight advantage but it would still be a Draw. |