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| Posted by tugger www6conf.org 1/26/2007 19:10:25 Play online chess |  Subject: databasesMessage: i've found chesslive.de, but to my astonishment, it appears there are no sicilian games there, despite it's claim to have 2.4 million games on it... very strange... |
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| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 1/27/2007 09:02:07 Play online chess | There is also ... Message: -> chessgames.com |
| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 1/27/2007 09:02:08 Play online chess | There is also ... Message: -> chessgames.com |
Chess news: 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 ... Despite a New Top Player, an Old Champ Is a Winner -- Like some professional sports, chess seems to be in a state of parity. It has not always been this way. Bobby Fischer’s decisive victory over Boris Spassky in the 1972 world chess championship match confirmed what many people assumed: that he had long been the best chess player in the world. After Anatoly Karpov became champion in 1975, some questioned his worthiness because Fischer had not defended the title. But, over the next decade, Karpov proved himself by regularly beating his rivals and winning almost every chess match and tournament he played. Karpov’s successor, Garry Kasparov, was even better. After winning the title in 1985, Kasparov ... | |