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World Computer Chess Ch. Kasparov vs X3D Fritz 15th Intl Open of Leuven More: Chess Engines, Hash Tables, etc. Is Junior 100 Times Better Than Crafty? Winning Chess pgn? 2394.1 Tartakower: Best Chess Book Ever! Books and Clubs 2361.37 Bulk Discount: A Parent's Guide to Chess Fritz Elo Estimation for Lower Rated Players 2377.1 The Game of Chess by Tarrasch, Opinions? Success With Path to Improvement Writing Down Moves 2386.1 An Irritating Opponent Fischer's Style Fritz 8 Features Downloads Eeking, Sandbagging, and Online Ratings 2344.29 Looking for Solo Chess Game 2381.1 The Power Chess Program by Nigel Davies Tactics On the Chessboard Tactics Study c5 Gambit in the Saemisch Closed Sicilian
GAMES Navara,D (2607) - Korchnoi,V (2580) [C83] 1.e4 e5 West,G (2347) - Lukey,S (2222) [A48] 1.d4 Nf6 West,G (2347) - Van der Hoorn,M (2157) [A47] 1.d4 Nf6 Ovsejevitsch,S (2510) - Taylor,T (2385) [D35] 1.Nf3 d5 Seres,L (2510) - Nguyen Ngoc,T (2417) [B33] 1.e4 c5 Damaso,R (2460) - Torrado Quintela,J (2107) [B12] 1.d4 g6
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Volume 2 Issue 47
November 23rd, 2003 In This Issue
I used to say, 'I sure hope things will change.'
[FEN "2B3Q1/2P1p3/2kp4/4p3/K3p3/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] White mates in three - Find the
Solution (11/23) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (11/22) Study and Playing Advice: The latest addition to Center Squares indexes our accumulated advice on how best to structure your chess study time, and how to play better chess, including: The Path to Improvement; Suggestions for Improving Your Play; Practicing Tactics; Reducing Over-the-Board Errors; Playing Against Patzers; "My" System; The Way of the Notebook; and The Study of the Opening, Part One. (11/22) The Study of the Opening, Part One: by Diego Acosta & Tony Hahn. So what do I want to play as white? How do I handle 1.e4? These and similar questions every chess player must answer one day (well, maybe more often…) in his/her life. How then should you approach studying chess openings? We have some ideas that we hope will simplify or at least make this process more bearable. These are some pointers for your study that we would like you to consider...
(11/20)
Chess eXpress Ratings:
A review of
the
Chess Express Rating service through the eyes of someone who actually
uses it, by
Pete Blanchette. "Hello everybody, I'm President of a small chess
club in Gastonia, North Carolina (USA). We joined Chess Express
Ratings, Inc. (CXR) because I thought they could breathe some life into our
club. Check this out..." A review of
the
Chess Express Rating
service through the Hello everybody, I'm President of a small chess club in Gastonia, North Carolina (USA). We joined Chess Express Ratings, Inc. (CXR) because I thought they could breathe some life into our club. Man, they did the whole CPR thing for us! There we were, just about flat-lining, when all of a sudden... BZZZZZZZZZT! Excitement was zapped right back into us. By now you're probably thinking, "This guy has had one too many brain scans." Well check this out...
We had been together as a club only a few months and already some of the guys were bored and frustrated. They asked, "How long does it take to get a rating around here?" and "When is this rating ever gonna change?" or, "Hey man, if I'm gonna study and read all this stuff, I wanna see some results pretty quick, or why bother?" With CXR now I can report our game results right on their website, and get updated results in just 24 hours. Enthusiasm, and more importantly attendance, has increased. Now the guys are back to being excited about chess.
One area of excitement is their "Hot List". Each month they show who is gaining the most rating points that month, and the guys try really hard for bragging rights. We often see our names on the list, right along with the Masters and GMs. We get ratings (yes, that is plural) updated and categorized in just 24 hours. Statistics like you see in other sports too. Our players can log in at CXR any time, day or night, and see their latest ratings: ratings with the White pieces, Ratings with the Black pieces, uphill ratings (games against higher rated opponents), downhill ratings (you guessed it, games against lower rated opponents), fast time control ratings (games in 7-14 minutes), quick time ratings (15-39 minutes), and longer time controls of 40 minutes or longer. They even have a rating for playing without a clock... Think about it, what a great learning tool! Now you can see your strengths and weaknesses. That also makes it a great weapon; knowing about your opponent before the battle starts. Even our die-hard USCF rated tournament players like to play CXR games to hone their skills and not hurt their precious USCF rating.
Read the rest of Pete's review, and see even more
A Parent's Guide to Chess
"So what do I want to play as white? How do I handle the 1.e4? These and similar questions every chess player must answer one day (well, maybe more often…) in his/her life. How then should you approach studying chess openings? We have some ideas that we hope will simplify or at least make this process more bearable. These are some pointers for your study that we would like you to consider: "1) Be practical: Pick something that is solid and sound. Avoid suspicious openings that with best play leave you either with material, space deficit or worse: both! A good way to discover whether an opening is good for you or not, is by going over a collection of master games sorted by opening, getting a feel for the positions and seeing if those positions appeal your taste. If you like and understand the positions that arise then that might be the opening for you! After selecting an opening you are ready to take the next step in your journey..." "2) The basics: Almost any beginners’ chess manual discusses the principles of good openings play. Before tackling the matter of basics we would like you to read the following from “Lasker’s Manual of Chess” by Emanuel Lasker: “In abstract terms the problem may be stated as follows: how and according to what rules must pieces from the initial position, where they stand ineffective and obstructive, be marched into efficient battle array?” Such a deep philosopher was Lasker! It would be senseless to even try to build a repertoire without considering the aforementioned question that in the lamest terms might be posed as: Where do I put my pieces so that they all participate in the game actively? Without trying to build a new theory different from what’s available in manuals we could say that the basics include development, central control or occupation, and king safety. The space for an article is rather limited and we would like to encourage you to review..." Read the rest of Diego & Tony's advice on
The Study of the Opening.
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Distaining the Draw: Of the 45 games played in the 1867 Dundee international tournament, only 3 were drawn. Embracing the Draw: Of the 120 games that were played in the 45th USSR championship tournament at Leningrad in 1977, 80 were draws (67%). This is the highest percentage of drawn games in any of the 58 USSR championship tournaments. Submit your trivia to the
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GAMES Golubev,M (GM) (2536) - Verduyckt,J (1886) [C11]Leuven Open 2003, R1 Leuven (1) 1.e4 e6 Deep Junior - Ruy-Lopez 1.e4 e5 Korchnoi,V (2580) - Navara,D (2607) [A10] 1.Nf3 g6 Bologan,V (2675) - Perez,R (2435) [C42] 1.e4 e5
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