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| Posted by wschmidt www6conf.org 2/02/2007 12:42:07 Play online chess |  Subject: Novice Nook #46Message: The theory behind the book is that, while playing through master games is worthwhile, seeing how a very good player responds to typical amateur mistakes is more likely to be of immediate benefit to the average club player. That is, after all, what we amateur players face regularly. Which leads us to this week's Novice Nook column, entitled "Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur" In it, Heisman annotates 5 short games he played against an amateur at a local chess club. He details tactical shots but mainly focuses on how his opponent violated general "good chess" guidelines and, as a result, went down in flames each time. For many readers, this will be stuff they have been exposed to before, but for novices, an explanation like this can be an eye-opener. The link is: -> www.chesscafe.com | ||||
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| Posted by thunker www6conf.org 2/02/2007 15:45:39 Play online chess | Oops! Posted in wrong thread.. Message: -> www.chesscafe.com ——— Bobby Fischer: Chess's beguiling, eccentric genius — Three years after his death, interest in chess genius Bobby Fischer shows no sign of waning, with a new documentary film about to have its UK premiere. So what is it about the controversial and eccentric chess star that fascinates, asks David Edmonds, co-author of Bobby Fischer Goes To War. It's difficult, now, to imagine the excitement generated by the 1972 world chess title match in Iceland between the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer. There were other big stories jostling for newspaper column inches at the time. It was the beginning of the Watergate scandal that would eventually compel President Nixon to resign. Henry Kissinger was ... Posted by doctor_knight | www6conf.org 2/02/2007 16:35:07 Play online chess Message: that works. I'll read it later ——— Chess, Jazz and Hockey Legends in Prague — The world chess champion Vishy Anand visited Prague in mid-June shortly before Czech president Vaclav Klaus celebrated his 70th birthday with a jazz concert at the Prague castle. Chess was always close to the president's heart and nobody was surprised when he showed up at Anand's simultaneous exhibition to see the world chess champion in action. CHESS. Vishy Anand. The Czech capital has a special meaning for Anand. In 2002 he won the Eurotel knockout chess tournament, the strongest rapid event in the history of chess. Anand defeated Anatoly Karpov in the final and finished ahead of such exceptional chess players as Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov and Veselin Topalov. At ... Posted by ionadowman | www6conf.org 2/02/2007 18:23:39 Play online chess Quite a fun read...Message: It was hard to discover if the Amateur had any kind of plan: usually he was reacting to the situation. E.g. I think the amateur had some notion that the early development of the queen led to its being chased about. At least twice in these games, Heisman was induced to move his queen out early, on account of double exchanges on d4 in a Sicilian. Black was in turn led to wasting a fair amount of time trying to chase this queen. I think this column is useful for more advanced players as well... ——— On Chess: Game's finest scary to stockbrokers — In the 1990s, Wall Street banks hired several top chess players to trade equities. Among them were former U.S. Open champion Norman Weinstein and a Russian emigre, former Soviet women's champ Anna Akhsharumova. Weinstein's success as a trader at Bankers Trust spurred the institution to recruit other top chess players. In the January issue of New in Chess, Harvard professor Ken Rogoff - formerly a chief economist for the World Bank and a chess grandmaster - explained: "Being a trader certainly requires iron nerves, as chess does, and also the ability to concentrate for very long periods." I'm reminded of an analogous campaign by Rand Corp. In 1960, at the dawn of ... |