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| Posted by aurum025 www6conf.org 12/19/2007 15:09:55 Play online chess | Message: ——— Second place finish for Nakamura in London — St. Louis resident Hikaru Nakamura captured second place in the recently finished London Chess Classic. This stellar result catapults Hikaru back in the top 10 after his less-than stellar performance in the Tal Memorial in Moscow, where he finished in last place. Another chess player, Vladimir Kramnik, had a similar turnaround. Kramnik finished next to last in Moscow, but he came back to win the London Chess Classic. Hikaru Nakamura secured second place with a sharp tactical victory over Michael Adams in the final round of the London Chess Classic. Adams is England's highest-rated chess player. The tournament in London had a fantastic format, and it featured a little twist in scoring as well. Typically, a win is ... Posted by ionadowman | www6conf.org 12/19/2007 16:06:45 Play online chess Well done...Message: As I comment at the end of your annotation, there have occasionally been master games featured on TV or film. The most notable being the Ed. Lasker vs Geo. Thomas game (featured on a British TV serial in the '60s) and another in an episode of "Lexx" that I subsequently found by accident was a master game. This latter game, by the way, would probably be much easier to construct as I'm certain every move is shown. It too features early pressure by one side that looks almost decisive, but the opponent comes back with a spectacular finish. I've forgotten who played the original game (possibly it was late 19th century or maybe early 20th). Maybe someone else knows? By the way, the game featured in the Harry Potter movie (The Philosopher's [Sorceror's] Stone) doesn't seem to be based on any master game. But the closing position is a plausible one, though Harry's announcement strictly speaking isn't checkmate (I think it's mate in two). Finally, the game featured in the musical "Chess" is in fact a made up composition by Bill Hartston. In this game white sacrifices during the course of the game a pawn, a knight, a bishop, a rook, and finally his queen. Cheers, Ion ——— Chess: The lessons of Botvinnik — How Vladimir Kramnik employed the classical style learned at the famed school of Botvinnik to take the lead in London. The former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik powered into the lead at the London Chess Classic with two late victories. How did he gain a big advantage in this game? RB: White's position looks solid, but with his last move, Howell threatens the a-pawn. Defending it with 1. b3 looks horrible – Black will sooner or later make the push …c5-c4 and White will have to be careful if he's to keep his queenside together. But do I have to defend the a-pawn? Whenever one of your rooks is standing on the same file as the enemy queen, even a semi-open file, you should always look for ... Posted by bucklehead | www6conf.org 12/19/2007 16:55:09 Play online chess Jeremy SilmanMessage: www.jeremysilman.com ) and has an interesting discussion about it. ——— World Champion in Slump as He Readies Title Defense — Is there something wrong with Viswanathan Anand? Anand, the world chess champion, has played listlessly in his last few chess tournaments, and his world ranking is close to slipping to No. 4. His slump began in October at the Bilbao Chess Masters tournament, where he won two games, lost two and finished in a tie for third. At the Tal Memorial chess event in Moscow last month, he drew all his games and ended in a tie for sixth. In the London Chess Classic, which began a week ago, Anand started with two draws. In his third game, against Hikaru Nakamura, he was winning easily until a couple of subpar moves and a blunder allowed Nakamura to win. There may be several possible explanations for ... Posted by knightnothorse | www6conf.org 12/19/2007 19:52:49 Play online chess Message: ——— On Chess: Adventurous drawn to online games — There is more than a bit of the avatar in most of us. If only we could jump out of our skins and, for a moment, be someone else. Chess players are fortunate: The Internet readily offers them such an opportunity. A random list of IDs plucked from a roster of Internet chess players includes Chico, Chrischat, Rubbercheck, Snow and Stixi. What if these anonymous online monikers concealed a single human who has chosen to assume five disparate chess identities: a no-holds-barred gambit player; a would-be genius on defense; an endgame specialist; an opening obsessive; and a universal chess player of unlimited versatility? Each chess identity would subsume a different set of emotional, cognitive and ... Posted by apastpawn | www6conf.org 12/19/2007 22:28:07 Play online chess Had the same thoughtMessage: ——— Luke McShane helps London Chess Classic live up to its name — The London Chess Classic at Kensington Olympia reaches its final three rounds this weekend, and is well worth a visit. Spectators can watch the world chess elite in action, and can also take part in interactive commentaries and side events, or just chat and play friendly games. The most compelling statistic at midway was that while Moscow's recent Tal Memorial had a dreary 80 per cent of draws, more than half the games in London have been decisive, in most cases after sharp and entertaining fights. As in 2009 and 2010, Luke McShane has been the standout England performer, sharing the half-way lead with the world No1 Magnus Carlsen. It could have been still better, as McShane should have beaten ... 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