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Posted by aurum025 www6conf.org 12/18/2007 17:56:31 Play online chess	Subject: House MD chess game Message: Hey if there are any fans of the Tv show "House" out there u might recall that last season house played a game of chess with a patient who happened to be a child chess prodigy, i was able to reconstruct the game and u can see my annotations of it here: gameknot.com Enjoy, Alex
Posted by chessnovice www6conf.org 12/19/2007 00:57:33 Play online chess	... Message: Really interesting. Impressive that you were able to reconstruct that.
Posted by aurum025 www6conf.org 12/19/2007 15:09:55 Play online chess	Message: Thanks, it was a fun holiday project :)
Posted by ionadowman www6conf.org 12/19/2007 16:06:45 Play online chess	Well done... Message: ... These kinds of exercises aren't easy! I wonder if the game might be traceable to a master game, say. If so, it might solve the mystery of the Rb1 move. 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
Posted by bucklehead www6conf.org 12/19/2007 16:55:09 Play online chess	Jeremy Silman Message: ...claims to have been the brain behind the chess game in the Harry Potter film ( www.jeremysilman.com ) and has an interesting discussion about it.
Posted by knightnothorse www6conf.org 12/19/2007 19:52:49 Play online chess	Message: Man, that was so cool that you put this up here. Thanks a lot! My wife and I are huge House fans, especially when this chess episode came on, she was asking me all these questions about the game -- that was great. Nice job! :)
Posted by apastpawn www6conf.org 12/19/2007 22:28:07 Play online chess	Had the same thought Message: that Ion had, tried to research it last night and no luck. Hollywood is lazy, would be easier for them to find an existing game with an interesting ending rather then to make one up. At least they got the jargon somewhat right (speaking of the opening names). I've seen a few chess games even set-up wrong on numerous shows. I'm always finding errors in medical shows and naval shows which are my background/vocations.
Posted by potus www6conf.org 12/21/2007 13:51:49 Play online chess	Message: The position in the Bond film The Spy Who loved me is from the game Spassky-Bronstein, with a few minor alteration to a few pawn positions. A David Norwood game is featured in a film called the grass arena
Posted by bucklehead www6conf.org 12/23/2007 16:36:34 Play online chess	I believe... Message: ...the Bond position is actually in "From Russia With Love," where it is played by a SPECTRE guy named Kronstein. Very clever.
Posted by ketchuplover www6conf.org 12/24/2007 08:07:42 Play online chess	Message: impressive. most impressive. thanks
Chess news: Robot chess opponent -- Hopefully Dennis who is playing with a a robotic arm as his chess opponent has not input the necessary code to have the arm reach over and choke the life out of him should he win the chess match. The Lynxmotion AL5A robotic arm is, after all, full well capable of plucking each chess piece and moving it to the next space. This is made possible thanks to a Python script Dennis himself created to process the moves and decide on the next move. A webcam is used to capture the location of the desired pieces on the chess board in order to help it in its task. ... Final two rounds produce an exciting climax to the German chess league -- Russia's national chess league may be the strongest in the world but Germany's Bundesliga runs it close and its media profile is far higher. The final two rounds last weekend began with Baden-Baden and Solingen on 24 points from 13 matches, Werder Bremen 23 and Mulheim 20. Baden-Baden is the cash-rich team and even boasts the world chess champion, Vishy Anand, and world No1, Magnus Carlsen in its squad, though the Indian has played only two games and the Norwegian none. But the active regulars are so strong that Michael Adams, the England No1, plays only on a mid-board in the eight-man team. Werder Bremen, which has links with the football club, fields ... Previewing the world chess championship match -- The world chess championship match between champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria begins Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The schedule calls for a rest day after every two days of play except that there will be an additional rest day May 9, between the 11th and 12th games. If the score reaches 6-6, the players will break the tie with a series of faster games May 12. Topalov, ranked second in the world at 2805, deserves to be considered a slight favorite over Anand, fourth at 2787. However, one can imagine almost any outcome. Anand has more experience in chess matches and he plays more soundly, with better judgment, but Topalov is more ...