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| Posted by cairo mailcafe.net 1/08/2006 23:52:38 Play online chess |  Subject: New ICCF World ChampionMessage: First time ever a Norwegian is World Champion in CC. Congratulations! More here: -> www.iccf.com Bw. Cairo | ||||||||
| Posted by trond mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 04:56:05 Play online chess | A small correction Message: Cheers Trond | ||||||||
| Posted by nottop mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 16:05:53 Play online chess | Bern Message: ——— Joys of Chess: From Krabbé to Hesse — Christian Hesse's book The Joys of Chess: Heroes, Battles & Brilliances, published by New in Chess, was endorsed by the world chess champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. It is a compilation of chess stories, biographical sketches, chess games and fragments with references to art and science. The author is a professor of mathematics, and the book was first published in German. It resembles work previously done by Tim Krabbé, a prominent Dutch writer, on his website Chess Curiosities. Krabbé was born in the same year as Bobby Fischer (1943) and on the same day as Garry Kasparov (April 13). The combination of the two could have made him a strong chess player, but when he ... Posted by nottop | mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 16:15:06 Play online chess quote from W. SchonMessage: "He was the only player who played his games with the heart, courage and creativity of a champion." Pretty encouraging news is this era of computers and conservative play. ——— Michael Adams and Gawain Jones impress at European Team Championship — Michael Adams won the individual top board gold medal in the European Team Chess Championship at Halkidiki in Greece, but the continued impressive advance of Gawain Jones, 23, was just as significant for English chess. Adams celebrated his fortieth birthday on Thursday by regaining his place in the world top 20, a ranking list where his peak a decade ago was at No4. Jones has just achieved a series of personal bests. His unbeaten 6/9 in the Euroteams followed quickly on a success at the Corsica Open, and he agreed an early draw in his final game in Greece to fly back to the UK in time for the opening weekend's play in Britain's 4NCL league. There he won both his games, including the elegant 16-move miniature featured ... Posted by cairo | mailcafe.net 1/10/2006 03:10:16 Play online chess YesMessage: Bw. Cairo ——— Medieval Foes With Whimsy — If, by some typically improbable turn of events, Homer Simpson were to unearth from his backyard an old chest containing a chess set from medieval times, what would the chess pieces look like? Chances are they would resemble the lovable little contestants beautifully carved from walrus tusks by anonymous artisans in the famous cache known as the Lewis Chessmen. Except for the pawns, which are shaped like tombstones and dome-topped, octagonal towers, each king, queen, bishop, knight and warder, as rooks used to be called, has the bug-eyed, stupefied expression of a Simpson. They could be Homer’s ancestors. You can judge for yourself: 34, all from the British Museum, are in “The Game of Kings: Medieval ... Posted by drdesoto | mailcafe.net 1/10/2006 03:34:03 Play online chess Interview ...Message: -> amici.iccf.com The new world champion refers to CC as: «Advanced chess» – computer-assisted chess - interesting to discuss! Best, drdesoto ——— 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 cairo | mailcafe.net 1/11/2006 10:44:12 Play online chess Former World Champions in CC Message: I 1950-53 Cecil John Seddon Purdy Australia II 1956-59 Viacheslav V. Ragozin USSR III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium IV 1962-65 Prof. Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky USSR V 1965-68 Dr Hans Jack Berliner USA VI 1968-71 Horst Robert Rittner (East) Germany VII 1972-76 Yakov Borisovich Estrin USSR VIII 1975-80 Jørn Sloth Denmark IX 1977-83 Tõnu O. Õim USSR (Estonia) X 1978-84 Vytas Victor Palciauskas USA XI 1983-89 Dr Fritz Baumbach (East) Germany XII 1984-91 Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev Russia XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Markovich Umansky Russia XIV 1994-2000 Tõnu O. Õim Estonia XV 1996-2002 Gert Jan Timmerman The Netherlands XVI 1999-2004 Tunc Hamarat Austria XVII 2002-2006 Ivar Bern Norway XVIII 2003-2006 Joop J. van Oosterom The Netherlands Bw. Cairo ——— 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 ... |