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| Posted by tomwhufc mailcafe.net 12/24/2006 05:16:42 Play online chess |  Subject: Laskers DefenceMessage: Regards Tom |
| Posted by ionadowman mailcafe.net 12/27/2006 14:26:08 Play online chess | The Wiseacres ... Message: (Very early in my chess development, about age 14, I discovered I was a deal stronger in simple positions than my schoolmates, whilst having no edge at all in the opening, or in complex or closed positions with lots of pawns. Guess who adopted an opening policy of early exchanges! My one caveat (if you haven't considered it already, or Horowitz and Reinfeld don't mention it) is that White can vary quite a lot before the 10th move! You might want to see how that affects Black's play. Cheers, Ion |
Chess news: Kramnik triumphant in Moscow -- Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik won the flu-stricken Tal Memorial on Saturday. Playing more deliberately and sharply, the Russian grandmaster reinvented himself. He did not mind dwelling in complications and kept his cool in difficult situations. He withstood the last-round charge of Ukraine's Vassily Ivanchuk, last year's winner of the same chess event. Magnus Carlsen sneaked in a tie for second place by winning the last two games. The Norwegian grandmaster gained enough rating points to move into the world's top spot. The world chess champion Vishy Anand of India had a chance to tie for first with Kramnik, but lost in the last round with the white pieces to ... Defence, part 1: How does Black fight back? -- Svidler-Jobava, European team chess championship, 2009. Black, to move, is under attack. How does he save himself? Our theme over the next few columns is defence – hardly a glamorous subject, and little discussed, but of course vital in chess. White has just played his knight into the middle of the board, heading towards Black's king, and the rook and the queen are also in powerful attacking positions. What does Black have in his favour? Not much. But he does have a material advantage, rook for knight and an extra pawn. This gives him a little hope: if Black survives the attack, he could find himself with a winning position. So let's concentrate on survival. First we ... Vladimir Kramnik regains top form -- Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the Tal Memorial in Moscow by scoring an undefeated 6-3. The round robin featured 10 of the world's top 13 chess stars. Kramnik, in his prime at age 34, seems fully recovered from losing the 2008 world championship match to Viswanathan Anand of India. He also won his previous elite chess tournament in Dortmund, Germany, in July. In Moscow, Kramnik reached "+3" after six rounds, and only Anand, who was "+2," remained close. However, Anand lost in the last round to Levon Aronian of Armenia and fell to a tie for fourth place with Aronian at 5-4. Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vassily Ivanchuk ... | |