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Chess tattoos — I have a tattoo of a knight on my arm - the picture is in my profile. I was wondering if anybody else had any or knew anybody who has any. I haven't come across anyone else but surely I'm not the only one. I know somebody who got a certain poker hand (Jack-Ten) tattooed on his arm. I feel , play online chess ...

elusive openings — hello everyone, I was just wondering what kind of openings you might consider "elusive" or "deceptive" and why. ... Do you have any examples of what you think might be elusive or deceptive? Maybe the Modern Defence? I don't know the state of the theory these days, but it seemed, play online chess ...

Sicilian Defence is busted !! — OK that's it, the Sicilian Defence is completely busted. 1. e4 c5 .....and Black is completely lost !! Short 1 Cheparinov 0 Having spent 20 minutes trying to find an effective counter to Nigel Short's inspirational choice of e4 Cheparinov plays c5, which appears to be such an obvious, play online chess ...

1.e4= Best by test. — 1.e4 is the most used first-move in chess. But someone (like me) plays other openings like 1.c4 or 1.d4 or even 1.e3. But if they say e4 is the best move, why so much people uses other openings? Maybe 'cause a player feels better with c4 or d4....(like for me), but I'd like to compare me with you, G, play online chess ...

R v 4 pawns — Which do you think is more advantageous, a rook or 4 or 5 pawns? I can show you the latest lost game in my profile where I had a rook against 4 pawns but they were so strong I lost the game! A very interesting position though? Joanne Well, 2 connected passed pawns that have reached the 6t, play online chess ...

Scrap the stalemate rule! — I have never felt that the stalemate rule is fair. my reason for this is that before the word checkmate came into the game of chess people would have to physically capture the king before that. Saying checkmate was just saying to your opponent that there is no possible move that they can make to av, play online chess ...

Mistakes of the Grandmaster — Just wanted to start a thread to encourage the lower players that even great players will make mistakes. Some of us may feel as if we will never get to the top and are struggling with many mistakes we make on games every day. I thought maybe we could start a thread that included big mistakes made , play online chess ...

chess playing poets — Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kost, play online chess ...

Short Draws — Should players be banned from making draw offers in an attempt to make chess more marketable? Absolutely not in general. Draw is a natural result of a chess game, besides noone has the right to interfere with the players' free will (except captains in team play). So: In a tournament where , play online chess ...

The Magician from Riga. — Mikhail Tal is been one of the greatest chess player ever, of course. What do you want to remember of him? His playing style, his character, his quotes, his sacs or his wonderful games? I know some quotations on chess by him. "There are two kinds of sacrifices: sound ones and mine." , play online chess ...

Experiences with the 4 Queen Game — gameknot.com I lost this amazing match--and hats off to my opponent who played it well. The main purpose of this thread is to discuss the strategy and tactics behind games involving 4 queens. I know that this doesn't happen very often. In this game, my opponent had the distinct advantage in , play online chess ...

Against e6 Sicilian — 1.e4 c5 2.Af3 e6 are the first two moves of any game. How must white play against this less common sicilian? If you mean with A the Q: well.....Gameknot database says the most common move after that Sicilian is Bc4, but my suggestion is to develop every piece quickly, so you can play not only B, play online chess ...

Best player ever — Who is, for you, the best chess player ever? My favourite 3 are: 1) Bobby Fischer. 2) Mikhail Tal. 3) Garry Kasparov. Who do you prefer? 1) Kasparov 2) Fischer 3) Capablanca 1) Kasparov 2) Alekhine 3) Fischer In that order. They dominated during their reigns. , play online chess ...

ratings — Does anyone know how to approximate a 1700 GN rating to USCF rating? Ron You may approximate it to a USCF CC rating but not OTB. Can someone explain what GN, USCF, OTB stands for ? CC is correspondence chess, right ? Thanks in advance :) GN = GameKnot (should be GK) USCF = US Chess Federati, play online chess ...

Unable to move any pieces in any games — Esteemed citizens! I am unable to move any pieces in any games. My renewal (gold I think) was up for renewal on 30th December, but the note I received suggested that payment had passed smoothly. Please help. Many, many thanks. Is there a person or people who can be contacted? Hi! That's stran, play online chess ...

Checkmate or not — Hello, I recently played with black this game game with pianofred. In this Position I generated the conditional move 20 Rf2 Re1+ ... with threefold repetition to save the draw because I h, play online chess ...

The Social Stigma of Playing Chess ...?!? — I was talking to someone today, and thought maybe it makes a thread topic. That is ... how is the Chess activity in your area? Do you have a club? Have tourneys? Staying active? Let me know how the Chess activity is for you ... Have you been playing any tournaments or clubbing around at all t, play online chess ...

Gambits and Sacrifices — I recently have been messing around with a new opening--e5, d5, then d4. This I believe is called the queen's gambit but I could be wrong. I don't know much about gambits--I haven't had time to read many books--but I would be interested in learning more about them. I don't know the whole sequence, play online chess ...

Benoni Defense — I started a game recently with the Benoni Defensive opening. What do you all think about this opening? Have you played any games in which you used this opening? -Nathan I would recommend it (I've used it a bit, getting it once here at gameknot transposing from a KID). It may seem slightly ris, play online chess ...

Books on Openings — Can anyone recommend a good book on openings that you've used and has genuinely improved your game? A quick search on Amazon produces far too many and very similar looking results, so I don't really know where to begin :). Basically I'd like one or two books that demonstrate the pros and cons of all, play online chess ...

World Longest Chess Game — Does anybody know officially, what is the world record on longest chess game in the world? Define long. Do you mean in terms of actual time or moves? There is a big difference. From wikipedia, "The longest tournament chess game ever to be played under modern time rules was Nikolić-Arso, play online chess ...

Is there a better interface than Fritz? — Hi all I've played using Fritz 10, and it's very, very powerful, but I find that the interface is awful. Anyone know of any better chess programs out there that have a nicer interface (even if not technically as good)? Any advice appreciated. Jibb I'll second that!... the UI is terri, play online chess ...

Help ! (with openings) — Im trying to learn something about opening theory. The idea being that with a bit more knowledge, I might have some idea about where the game is going rather than being bounced around by circumstances as I seem to do now. So, I bought a book and started reading it but Im stuck on chapter 1 verse 1, play online chess ...

New pieces. — Anyone ever wondered if there could be a new piece or pieces to make the game more interesting? would be nice if they would include a couple new piece designs in the set, now that many include an extra Queen. i used to have an extra Queen I made by painting it Red and who ever should happen to ge, play online chess ...

Bobby Fischer Dies Jan 18, 2008 — Despite many rumors of his untimely end in years past, this time his death seems to be real. news.aol.com despite all the things he may have done wrong he was one of the greatest, arguably the greatest, chess player ever. Cheers Charlie I agree that he was one of the greatest chess playe, play online chess ...

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Chess news:

Israeli's Blunder Sets Up a Surprising Finish — The biggest team event in chess is the biennial Olympiad, which was first held in 1924. At the last one, in Dresden, Germany, in 2008, teams from 146 nations competed. A similar tournament, the World Team Chess Championship, which has been held every four years since 1985, is much smaller. Though it is not considered as prestigious as the Olympiad, perhaps it should be. Only 10 teams compete, but they usually include the top three squads from the most recent Olympiad; the chess champions from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas; two teams that are invited to participate; and one from the host country. The most recent championship ended in Bursa, Turkey, last ...

Corus Chess -- Showdown in the Netherlands — Where do you go when you get a week off? One option is to escape the cold weather sweeping the U.S. and head for a sunny beach. My wife and I are trying something different. Both fans of tournament chess, we decided to spend the week in the Netherlands to see the strongest chess players in the world compete in one of the most prestigious annual events, Corus Chess. I told my editors what we were doing, and for reasons I still can’t quite fathom, they asked if I’d wanted to blog the action for “The Fabulous Forum.” As chess commentators go, I’m an unorthodox choice. My day job is covering the Obama presidency for the Tribune Washington Bureau. Obama plays chess, we’re ...

Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen win at Corus Chess — At baseball games, there’s nothing quite like a beer and a hot dog to complete the fan experience. At the Corus Chess tournament in the small Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee, the fan favorite is pea soup. Chess fans slurped bowlfuls of the stuff today as they crowded in to watch the world’s best chess players compete in one of the most prestigious annual contests. Pea soup is a tradition at the tournament. During the World War II era, when food was scarce, area residents would dish out pea soup to the players as a courtesy. Food became more plentiful in later years, but the soup stayed. Now, it’s served at a special banquet for the players. Spectators can get it all day, which ...

Hikaru Nakamura — Chess Master who would be King — The U.S. chess champion needs a shave. When he is playing well, Hikaru Nakamura doesn't like to shake up his routine. Maybe it's superstition. So when Hikaru opened strong at the prestigious Corus Chess tournament here, he put away the razor. Wednesday is a rest day at the 13-round event -- a good time to lose the beard, Hikaru decided. "I just try to keep a certain routine, and this (shaving) is one of the things I've avoided doing,'' he said after his game Tuesday. "Tomorrow, I probably will (shave) and reset everything for the second point of the tournament.'' Round four was bittersweet for the 22-year-old New Yorker. Hikaru played the black pieces against the world chess ...

The Scotch Opening, part 2: how to cope with a masochist — Black has made an incredibly aggressive move with his queen. What does White do? We continue our survey of the Scotch chess opening (which arises after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4) with a move that was the height of fashion in the 19th century. RB On my shelves is a book on the 4...Qh4 variation of the Scotch. I wish I'd actually opened it because these early queen sorties never fail to unnerve me. I'm sure this is partly because when we first try our hand at chess we immediately reach for the queen. Then, as we grow more practised, we learn to delay her deployment until we've developed the minor pieces and got the king to safety. So this kind ...





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