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| Posted by wolstoncroft1 mailcafe.net 12/20/2005 19:20:01 Play online chess |  Subject: Chunk value?Message: Whats a chunk? Berliner says they are groups of pieces, or pawns, or both, that work together in coordination to create board control, attack and or defense, that is worth more than the added up value of the pieces. Batteries, connected rooks,castled king pawn trio , fianchettoed bishop, pawn structures, fortresses are all everyday examples where these chunks exist and are worth added value. What I would like to discuss is what do you understand about chunk's that has helped you win or draw a game in the past? For example: One might say that they saw a way to trade to an ending with three connected pawns against a minor piece which is of course winning for the pawn side. That is of course a simple example. But do any of you have an example youd like to share.?! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ccmcacollister mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 07:28:34 Play online chess | Berliner ... Message: I'd like to put this one on my Christmas List! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 11:49:04 Play online chess | Hans Berliner... Message: Or am I thinking of someone else altogether?? ;-) Ion ——— U.S. College Student Makes a Stand at the World Cup — The Chess World Cup has been an important part of the world championship cycle since 2005. There was no guarantee, given the history of the World Chess Federation, that it would continue to play such an important role. But it has. Some things have changed in the last six years — namely, how many players qualify for the cycle’s next stage — but the chess event has been held consistently every other year, and there has been an ample prize fund (almost $1.3 million, after fees). The top three finishers from the current tournament, which started last Sunday in Russia, will be eligible for the Candidates Matches. The competition features 128 chess players, with some clear favorites like Sergey Karjakin of ... Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 11:51:16 Play online chess Just thought...Message: Cheers, Ion ——— British chess champion, Michael Adams, out of World Cup in second round — The $1.6m, 128-player World Cup now in progress in Siberia is a very strong chess event, packed with elite grandmasters. The world No5, Sergey Karjakin, is the top seed while the British chess champion, Michael Adams, was ranked only 21st. Adams, though, has an impressive record in global knock-outs. The Cornishman reached the semi-finals or final of the Fide world championships in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2004, twice losing only narrowly to the reigning world chess champion, Vishy Anand. He also began the World Cup fresh from victories in Philadelphia, Sheffield and Los Angeles. Round one was a disaster for China, which lost seven of its nine entrants, and a highlight for ... Posted by thunker | mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 12:19:06 Play online chess Berliner isMessage: But, regarding chunking, I've read and re-read that section of the book over and over and I'm afraid it's either over my head, or Dr. Berliner just didn't explain it well enough. It's probably the former, but I still try to comprehend it. At the time he wrote the book, his lifetime score was 94 wins, 1 loss and 10 draws. A couple of years ago he played in the ICCF 50'th jubilee and unfortunately didn't fair so well. But he is, after all, approaching 80 years old. -> tables.iccf.com He also developed a backgammon program that defeated the world champs in 1979. In 1984 he developed HITECH, a chess playing machine/program. Hitech dominated the computer chess scene until late 1988. During this time it became a US Chess Federation Senior Master (top 50 players in US), won the Championship tourney of the state of Pennsylvania 3 times, and beat former US Chess Champion Arnold S. Denker in a match by the score of 3.5 - 0.5 "The System" is a book I highly recommend to all serious chess players. ——— Back to school: Chess 101 — As schools across the area resume classes, it's time for a refresher to relearn what many of us already know, but all too often forget. Even strong chess Grandmasters can forget the basics and make silly mistakes. A few simple tips like king safety, maintaining active pieces and practicing patience can really help improve your play. King safety is an oft-overlooked concept. Back in the 1800s, all the top chess players played for checkmate from the first move. Sacrificing a pawn, a piece or more was quite common, all in an attempt to get at the opponent's king. Aggressive play was often rewarded with inaccurate defense, and many wins were what chess players call "brilliancies." As chess players became ... Posted by wschmidt | mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 16:52:24 Play online chess I checked Amazon...Message: For those interested, the 11 reader reviews about the "The System" give a pretty good indication of the thrust of the book. I recall that there are some reviews at Chesscafe and Jeremy Silman's site that are pretty negative. The Amazon reviews make it sound like a pretty entertaining read though. ——— Chess: the genius of Bobby Fischer — If you didn't manage to see the excellent documentary Bobby Fischer Against The World in the cinema this summer, the DVD is released on 12 September. As the film was made for a wide audience it was understandable that the director chose not to discuss Fischer's chess-playing too deeply. But the clarity of his style on the chessboard makes for a telling contrast with his life away from it. Over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at some of Fischer's chess games. Here Black's king and bishop stand well, but White still has irritating counterplay. How did Fischer keep control? RB: Over the chess board how many of us, if we're honest, would simply snatch the pawn on ... Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 19:55:26 Play online chess Message: As for the book, The System, by Berliner, it is a very good book, i recommend it to all, especially any d4 players. If you do not like playing d4 this book still has a lot of information about positional values of pieces and pawns that was very instrictive and the principles of his system can be appreciated in any chess opening, however you wil see no e4 lines in it. But a great book. ——— Numberplay: Avoiding Attack — This week we hear from the second half of the Math for Love duo, Daniel Finkel, who has composed several variations on a chess classic. If you haven’t played much chess you won’t be at a disadvantage — all you need is a little logic. And watch out for that knight! Here’s Mr. Finkel: The 8 Queens Puzzle is a classic conundrum of the chess/logic/math variety: how do you place eight queens on a chessboard so that no two queens are attacking each other? Here is one possible configuration: Today, let’s pose the question for some of the less famous chess pieces on the board. 1. (Warm-up) Place eight rooks on a chessboard without any of them attacking each other. How do you know that placing ... Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/22/2005 01:49:49 Play online chess Message: Generally a Queen that is worth about 9 material points can mate against a knight and bishop. However if the knight and bishop coordinate in an endgame against a lone Queen. They can create a fortress with the king as an untouchable anchor. So in this case the knight, bishop worth about 6.25 material points, are worth at least equal to the queen that is 9. ANd if you are thinking, What about the king helping out shouldnt it be counted in? Perhaps it should, but hey, he's got a king too. Here is the board position White: King on c5 and Queen on d6 Black: King on a8, bishop on b7 and Knight on d5 Set it up and try to do anything as white. Know of any other examples????? Merry Christmas Tom Posted by ccmcacollister | mailcafe.net 12/23/2005 16:51:45 Play online chess how boutMessage: *** WT pawns on f7,g7,h7 and Kh8 vs any piece, that cant take on g7 or h7 for mate :) *** unattacked pawn pair on the 6th, with no K mate forthcoming, vs Rook & too distant king Posted by ccmcacollister | mailcafe.net 12/23/2005 16:53:48 Play online chess Oh, and the Ultimate ...Message: Um, except Tal ... who would hypnotize you :)) Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/28/2005 17:32:56 Play online chess Here is a nice endgame ideaMessage: White pieces: King on h4, Bishop on h5, pawns on g4 and f3 black pieces: King on h6, pawns on c3 and g7 White to play and draw!!! Before you look at the solution set this up for any chess engine that you know of and see if it plays as white to a draw. Can you find the draw before reading the rest of this post? I will post the solution in a separate message to help any of you who actually want to try without seeing the solution first... Dont look ahead! Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/28/2005 17:37:24 Play online chess SolutionMessage: And the say computers are better than humans at chess. Here white can trap the king with a bishop and pawn fortress and the help of blacks g pawn. The Black Queen can not mate alone. See if any computer program you know of can find the draw here playing as white. I bet you your analyzer can not!!! Solution: 1. g5+ Kh7 2. Bf7 c2 3. Kh5 c1=Q 4. g6+ Kh8 5. Kg4 Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/28/2005 17:41:55 Play online chess CopyrightsMessage: by Valentin Albillo, 1997 If interested I about other flawwed teqniques in computer chess engines i suggest you surf that site. Happy New year Tom Posted by wolstoncroft1 | mailcafe.net 12/28/2005 17:47:06 Play online chess Eating Crow,Message: |