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| Posted by punkusmartyrus mailcafe.net 10/27/2005 12:22:08 Play online chess |  Subject: Zwischenzug?Message: From the game: board #3595719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by premium_steve mailcafe.net 10/27/2005 18:51:38 Play online chess | Message: looks like an in-between move to me. 30...Qe4+ comes between as a bit of a surprise to your opponent, instead of the natural 30...Rxc1. but when 31...Rxc1 comes a move later it has greater effect - it wins a whole rook because the king cannot recapture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by punkusmartyrus mailcafe.net 10/27/2005 20:10:30 Play online chess | Message: ——— 2011 Tal Memorial — I am reporting from the 2011 Tal Memorial, held Nov. 16-26 in Moscow. I am also 10 hours later than my St. Louis readers, so that means I am reporting from the future! The Tal Memorial is named after Mikhail Tal, the eighth World Chess Champion and a Soviet chess legend. This prestigious event features 10 chess players, all grandmasters, in a round-robin format, and this field is quite possibly the strongest of any chess tournament, ever. The players in the event, and their rating/world rank according to FIDE, the World Chess Federation, are as follows: Magnus Carlsen: 2826 (1), Viswanathan Anand: 2811 (2), Levon Aronian: 2802 (3), Vladimir Kramnik: 2800 (4), Vassily Ivanchuk ... Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 03:34:30 Play online chess Zwischenzug....Message: ——— Armenia's killer chess move — Bravo to the former Soviet republic for putting chess on the curriculum. But beware – this game is more compelling than life. I have diverted myself briefly from playing online chess to write this. I've been keeping a log of the games I've played this week, and they number more than 60. At some point in the last five years, mainly thanks to the fact that chess and the internet are made for each other, I became a chess obsessive. Those 64 squares in which a life-and-death battle are waged have become the cornerstone of my existence. In this, I like to think I am in good company. "Chess is my world," said the former Soviet world chess champion Mikhail Tal. "Not a house, not a fortress where I hide myself from life's hardship, but ... Posted by mightytiny | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 03:50:41 Play online chess Message: ——— Armenia makes chess compulsory in schools — Authorities say teaching pastime to primary school children is about building character, not breeding future chess champions. Tiny Armenia is a big player in world chess, and a new gambit could make it even bigger: mandatory chess in school. The former Soviet nation has made the game part of the primary school curriculum along with such standards as maths and history for children between the ages of seven and nine. Chess is a national obsession in this country of 3 million people tucked away in a corner between Turkey and Iran. The passion was fostered in modern times by the exploits of chess champion Tigran Petrosian, who won the world chess championship in 1963 and successfully defended his title three years ... Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 13:02:11 Play online chess Zwischenzug... or zugszwang? Message: ——— On Chess: Underdog Israelia threat to Anand — Boris Gelfand, an Israeli chess grandmaster born in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, has had a singular career. In 21 years of tournament play, excelling at both traditional and rapid chess, he has won, finished second or tied for second in 43 of 52 tournaments. Yet he hasn’t been able to gain the title of world chess champion. Seeming to improve with age, Gelfand achieved his best result in 2007 when he tied for second with the then-reigning world chess champion, Vladimir Kramnik. The world title tournament was won by Viswanathan Anand, who remains world chess champion. In the spring, Gelfand will square off with Anand in a match for the title. Gelfand stands in sharp contrast to his ... Posted by mightytiny | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 14:37:55 Play online chess OOPS!Message: Well, they both begin wiht Z, and are long words! How's an average joe like me supposed to tell the difference with big words like that? :P Thanks for correcting me... had a little brain hickup there. :) ——— Masters of the Game and Leaders by Example — Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United States Chess Federation are masters — and just 13 of them are under the age of 14. Among that select group of prodigies are three black players from the New York City area — Justus Williams, Joshua Colas and James Black Jr. — who each became masters before their 13th birthdays. “Masters don’t happen every day, and African-American masters who are 12 never happen,” said Maurice Ashley, 45, the only African-American to earn the top title of grandmaster. “To have three young players do what they have done is something of an amazing curiosity. You normally wouldn’t get something like that in any city of any race.” The chess federation, the game’s ... Posted by ccmcacollister | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 15:25:46 Play online chess On the other hand ...Message: *** Interesting question. Wish the library didnt repo my Oxford Chess Companion. I've always thought of zwishenzug being when a capture has been made and instead of directly recapturing a different move is made that allows the recapture to be returned to after it. Qe4+ certainly looks like one. Well done }8-) Posted by misato | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 16:40:01 Play online chess All German wordsMessage: "Zugzwang" (force to move) is pronounced TSOOGTSVUNG and means that you dont want to do anything (make a move) but you must, and this "must" makes things worse (very important in endgames). It is used in politics as well, a decision has to be made - but no matter what it is, you are already aware about the disadvantages. "Zwischenzug" (move between) is pronounced TSVISHENTSOOG and was perfectly described by ionadowman. The plural is "Zwischenzge", but I dont know an English word to describe the sound of "" (turkey would be wrong, this is close to the ""). Similar to "Zugzwang" in German other chess-words are also used in non-chess-environment (often politics): "Zeitnot" (time trouble), "Bauernopfer" (pawn-sacrifice), "Hngepartie" (interrupted game to be continued later), "Patt" (stale-mate), and "Matt" (mate), of course! Posted by alberlie | mailcafe.net 10/28/2005 16:40:48 Play online chess and, Message: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 10/29/2005 00:44:11 Play online chess Spelling...Message: Cheers, Ion Posted by alberlie | mailcafe.net 10/29/2005 17:06:07 Play online chess oh, there more!!Message: And the "" is pronounced relatively similar to the "y" in Syria, mystery and any such words. Try explaining the 'soft' ch ;o) I failed my whole year to make someone pronounce my name even remotely close to the original :o)) Posted by mattdw | mailcafe.net 11/10/2005 15:58:24 Play online chess Message: Posted by alberlie | mailcafe.net 11/11/2005 04:21:01 Play online chess Message: Posted by punkusmartyrus | mailcafe.net 11/14/2005 14:03:00 Play online chess TIMEOUTS..Message: |