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| Posted by calmrolfe www6conf.org 1/20/2008 15:36:26 Play online chess |  Subject: Sicilian Defence is busted !!Message: 1. e4 c5 .....and Black is completely lost !! Short 1 Cheparinov 0 Having spent 20 minutes trying to find an effective counter to Nigel Short's inspirational choice of e4 Cheparinov plays c5, which appears to be such an obvious blunder that he immediately resigns... Chess is a very funny game, it is supposed to be played by intelligent and sporting people yet often shows a darker side. Maybe Short offered e4 and a Masonic handshake....... Oh well, Cheparinov is one of Danailov's boys so I assume we are guaranteed no political rants and raves and they will no doubt accept the one move loss in a sporting and cheerful manner. | ||||||||||||||
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| Posted by chessnovice www6conf.org 1/20/2008 16:40:10 Play online chess | ... Message: Odd situation, though. ——— Yang-Fan Zhou breaks English international master drought — England used to produce one or two teenage international masters a year in the 1970s and 1980s, the golden era when the Olympiad team advanced to world No2 behind the Soviet Union. Now Russia and India lead in junior chess while, since David Howell became a grandmaster in 2007, the only new English GMs and IMs have been adults. Yang-Fan Zhou, 16, broke the drought last week when he scored his final IM norm at Coulsdon. It followed Zhou's eye-catching 9/9 at Brighton in February and the International Chess Federation (Fide) should formally award him his IM title in a few weeks' time. The sixth-former from Whitgift School in Croydon has made an 80-point surge up the world chess ratings, reflecting ... Posted by marinvukusic | www6conf.org 1/21/2008 06:22:44 Play online chess Message: ——— Kamsky Defends U.S. Chess Title — It was deja vu all over again for Gata Kamsky as he carved through the field of his opponents with relative ease and defended his title at the 2011 U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis. Miss, this week. The 36-year-old world championship candidate defeated GM Yuri Shulman, 35, in the final match 1.5 - 0.5. From the $170,000 total prize fund, Kamsky brings home $42,000, Shulman gets $30,000. In the battle for third place between two 19-year old chess players, GM-elect Samuel Shankland beat GM Robert Hess 2-1. The top four chess players qualified from two 8-player preliminary groups. The field included 14 grandmasters and two International Masters. The 2011 Women's Chess Championship went to ... Posted by calmrolfe | www6conf.org 1/21/2008 07:01:18 Play online chess Message: So, one for the Arbiters out there - Can you make a Draw offer without extending your hand ? I believe tomorrows Kramnik - Topalov game has, by prior arrangement, been agreed as a "mutual no handshake" game. ——— Kamsky to Defend Title in Finals of U.S. Chess Championship — Over the weekend, experience triumphed over youth at the United States Chess Championships. Robert Hess and Samuel Shankland, two 19-year-old chess grandmasters, were eliminated in the semifinals of the championship, which is being held in St. Louis, by older, seasoned former chess champions. Shankland lost to Gata Kamsky, 36, the defending champion, while Hess was beaten by Yuri Shulman, 35 (who will be 36 on Friday), the 2008 champion. In a reprise of last year’s final, Kamsky and Shulman will play for the title on Tuesday and Wednesday. The winner will earn $40,000, while the runner-up will receive $30,000. Hess and Shankland will play for third place, which ... Posted by lighttotheright | www6conf.org 1/21/2008 09:15:36 Play online chess Message: I'm at a loss for words! I came here to check out the refutation and there is none. ——— Chess: Pure beauty of the pawn endgame — The shadow of the pawn endgame hangs over all chess endgames. DK: After the splendid chaos of the King's Gambit, we turn to the purity of pawn endgames. It's worthwhile studying pawn endgames as their shadow lies behind every other kind of endgame that we play in chess. This may be a constructed position, but it illustrates highly practical themes. RB: The first move is obvious: 1 Kc3, gaining the diagonal opposition. But I'm making the move instinctively when what I really need is a plan. Am I trying to queen my a-pawn or my h-pawn? Or do I make a feint on one flank, then dash to the other wing? At the very point when precision is most needed, I often ... Posted by ccmcacollister | www6conf.org 1/22/2008 00:14:51 Play online chess Perhaps ... Message:  main.uschess.org ——— Hikaru Nakamura gives hometown US Chess Championship a miss — The annual US Chess Championship is the most valuable national contest in chess, thanks to a Saint Louis investment billionaire. Rex Sinquefield plans to make his home city globally known and to promote young American chess talent on the world stage. The 2011 title event has a $166,000 prize fund including $40,000 for the winner, and reaches its semi-finals this weekend. It has already sparked controversy due to the absence of the world top-10 chess grandmaster, twice former champion and crowd favourite Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura is a Saint Louis resident and has been present this week as a spectator. This might sound a mega-snub to the sponsor but Nakamura is preparing for his ... Posted by kansaspatzer | www6conf.org 1/22/2008 01:22:46 Play online chess Message: Posted by calmrolfe | www6conf.org 1/22/2008 02:46:22 Play online chess Message: If you really do want to bust the Sicilian, try a strategically timed f4 :0) Posted by heinzkat | www6conf.org 1/22/2008 09:09:12 Play online chess Someone's attention was at the right board at...Message: youtube.com
And the handshake... youtube.com
And the game... [Event "CCT 2008"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008/1/21"] [Round "Round 8"] [White "Short"] [Black "Cheparinov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "0:01"] [BlackClock "0:15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 a5 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Nd2 g6 17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 h5 19. f3 b6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 e4 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. Qb3 Neg4 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qb1 Ra8 26. h3 Nh7 27. Bf4 Ne5 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Reb8 30. Qc2 dxc5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qe3 Nf8 33. Qg3 Qe8 34. Bb5 Qe7 35. Nf3 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Rc3 37. Rd3 Raa3 38. e5 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Nd7 40. e6 fxe6 41. Qe2 Nf8 42. Bc4 Rc3 43. dxe6 Rxc4 44. Qxc4 Qxe6 45. Qxe6+ Nxe6 46. Be3 Nd4 47. Kg1 Nf5 48. Bc5 Be5 49. Re1 Bc3 50. Re4 Kf7 51. Kf2 Bf6 52. Ra4 Ke6 53. Ke2 Kf7 54. Bf2 Ke6 55. Kd3 Kf7 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ke4 Bb2 59. Rc6 Bg7 60. Be1 Bf6 61. Bc3 Bh4 62. Be5 Bg5 63. Ra6 Bh4 64. Bf4 Bf6 65. g4 hxg4 66. hxg4 Ng7 67. Be5 Be7 68. Kd5 Ne8 69. Ra7 Nf6+ 70. Bxf6 Kxf6 71. g5+ Kf7 72. Rxe7+ 1-0 |