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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: |
| Posted by nottop mailcafe.net 1/09/2006 16:15:06 play online chess | quote from W. Schon Message: "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. |
| Posted by cairo mailcafe.net 1/10/2006 03:10:16 play online chess | Yes Message: Bw. Cairo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Chess news: A White Day at the Women’s Chess Grand Prix -- Everyone knows that playing White is an advantage in chess (though curiously it was not during the last round of the King’s Tournament in Romania that ended Friday; then Black won all the games). But, the results of Round 6 of the Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Jermuk, Russia, were still startling. White won every game. It was the second time in the first six rounds of the chess tournament that every game had ended decisively. Over all, only 8 of the 36 games in the tournament have ended in draws, an astonishingly low percentage. After six rounds, Nana Dzagnidze of the Republic of Georgia leads with 5.5 points, a point ahead of Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia. Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia is ... A Race for Second at the Grand Prix -- With four rounds left in the Fourth Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Jermuk, Russia, time is rapidly running out for anyone to try to overtake Nana Dzagnidze of the Republic of Georgia for first place. She leads by 1.5 points over Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia and Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia. She still has to play Mkrtchian and Hou Yifan of China, the chess tournament’s top seed, who is currently in fourth, so there is still a chance she might be caught. But her form so far has been superb as she has only yielded one draw in seven rounds. So the rest of the tournament may be a race for second. The Grand Prix is a series of six tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation. The winner will ... Magnus Carlsen closes in on Garry Kasparov's record chess rating -- Magnus Carlsen is closing in fast on Garry Kasparov's all-time record chess rating. The 19-year-old Norwegian scored an unbeaten 7.5/10 at Medias, Romania to take his score on the daily calculations up to 2826, just 25 points shy of the great Russian's peak mark. And Carlsen did it while still not in optimum form. He began with two draws, then took risks including a 1 e4 e5 2 f4 King's Gambit and a couple of dubious positions, but his inventiveness and will to win coupled with the growing Carlsen-fear of those on the other side of the chess board ensured another impressive outcome. Technically his most interesting game, certainly from the practical viewpoint of competition ... | |