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| Posted by wimpie www6conf.org 3/15/2007 05:03:46 play online chess |  Subject: chessrookieMessage: |
| Posted by mfeeney93 www6conf.org 3/15/2007 10:29:11 play online chess | Here are two to start... Message: About.com: -> chess.about.com Just do search on "chess beginner"... You'll see dozens, if not hundreds, of quality sites. You'll just have to peruse through the top 10 to 20 to find one that fits your style. |
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| Posted by ionadowman www6conf.org 3/21/2007 13:14:32 play online chess | Why not this site? ... Message: Aside from the Coaching Club there might not be much in the way of instruction, but you do get to play lots of games, and people are willing to offer advaice. It's not professional advice, sure, but it might be more relevant to your own particular needs... Just a thought. Cheers, Ion |
| Posted by jamesdriggs www6conf.org 3/24/2007 10:42:46 play online chess | good site Message: |
Chess news: Bennett and King on chess: King-Cafferty, 4NCL 2006 -- RB The first thing I'd consider is 1 Rxd5. With the bishop on h6 and the queen controlling the h3-c8 diagonal, the black king isn't going anywhere soon, and after 1...exd5 2 Re1 the e7-bishop is pinned. Black could play 2...Rd8 or 2...Qd6 to support e7 but it still looks promising for White. So the question is how do I follow up? I'd like to use my bishop to increase the pressure on e7 but 3 Bg5 is answered simply by 3...f6. What about 3 Bd2 with the idea, after ... Larry Evans on Chess: The one that got away -- "Had the umpire in any other sport stepped in, as FIDE President Florencio Campomanes did in 1985, to halt a chess championship final without result at its most interesting and climactic stage, that unfortunate official would undoubtedly have been lynched by a raging mob of frustrated fans!" — Grandmaster Raymond Keene. The longest title match in chess history began in Moscow on Sept. 10, 1984. Anatoly Karpov, 33, faced challenger Gary Kasparov, 22, under new FIDE rules where the winner would be the first to win six games, draws not counting. After five months and 48 games, with Karpov leading 5-3 despite a late surge by Kasparov, Campomanes bent the rules to cancel ... 21-year-old regains US Chess Championship title he held at age 16 -- A man who won the U.S. Chess Championship when he was just 16 has reclaimed the title at the age of 21. Hikaru Nakamura (pronounced Heh-CAR-uh NAH'-kuh-muh-rah) won the United States Chess Federation competition Sunday by beating Josh Friedel in the final round of the competition in St. Louis. He takes home a $40,000 prize. The chess ace from White Plains, N.Y., first won the title as a junior, breaking every age group record set by famed chess player Bobby Fischer, except that of youngest U.S. chess champion. The competition was held over 10 days at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. ... | |