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Posted by brulla mailcafe.net 11/21/2007 03:32:25 play online chess	Subject: It's about creativity! Message: Hi folks, people study tactical puzzles and opening lines. But I think, one major point in chess is creativity: to create a plan in a seemingly equal position, to get the idea where to attack in order to create weaknesses that can be exploited, to give problems to the opponent who is in a better position... How do you train your creativity in chess?
Posted by dysfl mailcafe.net 11/21/2007 06:30:12 play online chess	Try other types of games Message: brulla, I don't find today's chess is going to the direction of creativity any more with all the opening theories and huge databases. There are still some big room for creativity for advanced levels. In my personal experiences, I would suggest you to try Go (Paduk, Wigo). It is a another board game demanding much more creativity for novice and intermediate players. We can say chess is a combat sim, but Go is a war sim.
Posted by ionadowman mailcafe.net 11/21/2007 11:17:21 play online chess	Creativity... Message: ... is a word we use to describe the act of extrapolating beyond our knowledge and experience. So the answer is: gain chess experience by exploring as much of the game as you can. The more you know, the more you have already discovered for yourself or what others before you have found, the better placed you are to strike out for the unknown. Cheers, Ion
Posted by wschmidt mailcafe.net 11/21/2007 15:57:10 play online chess	One way of following... Message: Ion's suggestion is by playing over well-annotated master level games. ws
Posted by jstack mailcafe.net 11/29/2007 05:19:33 play online chess	playing creatively Message: I would suggest studying the games of creative masters. Tal, Shirov, and Chigorin come to mind.
Chess news: Nine moves to glory -- The Norwegian teenager Magnus Carlsen ranked world number six is back in action today and starts as the clear favourite to win the 2008 Biel chess tournament. Although Biel is a strong tournament Carlsen has advanced so much since his invitation has announced that he is expected to win and win well. The full line up is: Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2775) (6) ; Leinier Dominguez (Cuba 2708) (25); Evgeny Alekseev (Russia 2708) (26) ; Etienne Bacrot (France 2691) (33) ; Alexander Onischuk (USA 2670) (50) ; Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland 2569) - outside the world’s top 100. Carlsen is too strong to play in the Norwegian chess championship. A smooth victory from one of chess ... Four share the spoils -- There was a four way tie for first at the 9th Karpov Poikovsky chess tournament in Siberia. Alexey Shirov could not hold onto his lead after an eighth round defeat at the hands of the 21 year old Azerbaijani GM Vugar Gashimov who was a surprise winner of the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament at Baku earlier this year. Gashimov joined Shirov on the winning score of 5.5/9 and the leading quartet was completed by 2005 Russian chess champion Sergei Rublevsky and 2006 co winner Dmitry Jakovenko. A Volokitin – A Shirov; 9th Karpov Poikovsky chess ... Teenager causes angst -- The top seeds Evgeny Alexseev and Magnus Carlsen met in the second round at Biel with Carlsen black. The teenage chess prodigy managed to stir up huge complications from a quiet position when he broke out of his cramped formation but his opponent, a former Russian chess champion managed to defend himself and reach a drawn endgame despite the invasion of a black knight into the heart of his position. E Alekseev – M Carlsen; 41st Biel Festival (2); Queen’s Indian. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 (11...Qxb2 12.Rab1 Qxc3 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Bd2 traps the queen) ...