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| Posted by krystyna www6conf.org 4/30/2008 04:11:20 play online chess |  Subject: 45th tourMessage: still in the 44th tour but 44th is finished, Please advise krystyna |
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Chess news: World Chess Cup Is Down to Great Eight -- The World Chess Cup, an important part of the system to select a challenger for the world chess championship, moved into the fifth round Wednesday as the field was reduced to 8. Upsets marked some of the earlier matches, but form held in the fourth round, as the final underdogs were dismissed. The remaining ches players are Boris Gelfand of Israel, the No. 1 seed and the oldest remaining player at 41; Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, No. 2; Peter Svidler of Russia, No. 3; Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, No. 7; Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia, No. 9; Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, No. 12, (at 19, the youngest remaining player); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, ... Defence, part 3: How can white avoid checkmate? -- Kramnik-Carlsen, Moscow 2007. Black threatens … Qh3 mate. How can White defend? Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and 19-year-old Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen will be the favourites to win the London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. Kramnik has just triumphed at the Tal Memorial, while Carlsen has been training with Garry Kasparov and is now No 1 on the world rating list. The top four English chess players – Short, Adams, Howell and McShane – will face a stern test. Visitors are welcome: there will be live commentary and side events to play in. In this encounter Kramnik and Carlsen ... An Ill-Timed Cigarette Break Trips Up Two Grandmasters -- Turns out that smoking is not just bad for your health; it may be bad for your game. At the World Chess Cup, which is being held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, two top Chinese grandmasters, Wang Yue and Li Chao, showed up late for tie-breaker games in their third-round matches because they had been smoking. Under new World Chess Federation rules, they had to forfeit. The forfeits cost Wang and Li their matches, and they had to go home. In an interview published on the chess tournament’s Web site, Wang said he understood the decision but thought it was unfair. He expressed remorse for what happened to Li, who started smoking only to keep him company during ... | |