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| From | Message | Posted by zhnkiu
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1/24/2006
22:17:06
Play online chess |  Subject: Sparring Practice
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When I was on a team before it became defunct, the team captain had us spar together with unrated practice games. I enjoyed the chance to test various lines in an unfamiliar opening without the risk of losing rating points. I find it more satisfying to practice chess when playing against a real person. So, any interest in sparring?
| Posted by schnarre
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1/24/2006
23:11:05
Play online chess | sure...
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Feel free to drop me a round! Can't do Blitz because of my busy schedule, but if that's no problem "Let's get it on!"
| Posted by trond
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1/25/2006
00:31:49
Play online chess | I'm interested znkiu
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Our ratings are well matched, so we should be quite even in playing strength. If you want to we can play a specific opening and/or discuss the reasons behind our moves during the game.
Send me a challenge if your'e interested.
Trond
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A tribute to Vassily Smyslov — Vassily Smyslov, the seventh world chess champion, died of heart failure in Moscow on March 27, three days after his 89th birthday. He was one of the greatest stars when the Soviet Union dominated chess. Smyslov enjoyed a long chess career, stretching from his days as a teenage master to occasional appearances in his late 70s. But he will be remembered most for his successes in the 1950s. He won two Candidates tournaments, in 1953 (probably his greatest tournament performance) and 1956, to earn the right to challenge world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Their 1954 match ended in a 12-12 tie. Smyslov defeated Botvinnik ...
Posted by vegeta17
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1/27/2006
05:42:36
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Game on!
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American Grandmaster Makes a Stand in Philadelphia — Most of the top chess players are European, and most of the top chess tournaments are in Europe. So it is not surprising that there are few spots in those competitions for non-Europeans. For many years, if an American chess player was included in an elite event, the invitation went to Gata Kamsky. But Kamsky’s world ranking has slipped to No. 34, while Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning United States chess champion, has risen to No. 17. Nakamura, at age 22, is 13 years younger than Kamsky, and he plays an exciting chess that is popular with fans. So Nakamura now seems to be claiming most of the choice tournament spots. Nakamura competed in ...
Posted by vegeta17
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1/27/2006
05:42:36
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Game on!
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Sochi 2010 looking to overcome lack of recognition for chess in Russia — Russia stages the world's strongest national team chess championship, yet it receives little publicity. This is partly due to a slow website, and also because most of the team names are non‑geographical. For several years, however, Tomsk were the team to beat. The Siberians, though, were out of contention at halfway in this week's 2010 contest in Sochi, where Moscow and St Petersburg squads vied for the lead. Both front-runners fielded six-player 2700-rated teams, a level which would outclass the best sextet from the UK. The Russian nucleus was boosted by grandmasters from the old USSR, China, and even the odd Westerner. Thus Scotland's Keti Arakhamia-Grant, a former ...
Posted by zhnkiu
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1/27/2006
11:33:44
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Thanks to those who responded! Sorry, because of limited availability, I can't begin any more games. Maybe later. (and I don't think starting a list is necessary...(lost, lost, playing, lost...).
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Smyslov style — I continue my appreciation of the 7th World Chess Champion Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (1921-2010) who passed away on Saturday in Moscow, with a personal reminiscence. I attended the Candidates semi final in 1983 staged at the Great Eastern Hotel which then adjoined Liverpool Street Station in London. This was Smyslov’s last virtuoso performance as he easily overcame the Hungarian Zoltan Ribli, an excellent chess opening theoretician and very difficult to beat. In the following game Smyslov embarked on a long sacrificial sequence which in the days before chess computers was hard to comprehend. I recall vividly the moment I noticed – belatedly – that 28,Rxe6+!! was arriving. Smyslov was ...
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