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GAMES Morozevich,A (2678) - Bareev,E (2729) [C11] 1.e4 e6 Anand,V (2753) - Topalov,V (2743) [B33] Amber2003 Blindfold Monaco (11), 27.03.2003 1.e4 c5 Shirov,A (2723) - Van Wely,L (2668) [B33] Amber2003 Rapid Monaco (11), 27.03.2003 1.e4 c5
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Ehlvest,J (2702) [B30] JAX Chess News: In August, of 1227, upon the death of perhaps the most ruthless bloodthirsty chessplayer in history, known to many as the Universal Ruler, the Scourge of Islam, Ghengis Khan, secrecy was the demon most worshiped. Legend has it that thousands of mourners at the funeral were massacred... The Chesse Playe: A poem, by Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)
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Chess Hunguest Hotels We have a new Fantasy Chess Tournament for you to participate in! The Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament in Budapest will take place from April 11th to 20th. Unfortunately, there is no official notice of the format of the tournament yet, but as it is over 10 days, and there are 10 competitors, then we are going to assume the tournament will be a round robin, with everybody playing everyone else once. Check out the lineup for what will probably be a Category 17 tournament: Leko, Polgar, Short, Gelfand, Almasi, Movsesian, Kortschnoi, Lutz, Acs, & Berkes. Your job is to choose a Fantasy Chess Team to represent you at Budapest. You will choose players to represent you in the following categories, "White Wins", "Black Wins", "White Losses", "Black Losses" and two "Bonus Players". You will score points based on how good your selections are, e.g. try to choose the player you think will score the most wins with the white pieces for the "White Wins" selection. In August, of 1227, upon the death of perhaps the most ruthless bloodthirsty
chessplayer in history, known to many as the Universal Ruler, the Scourge of
Islam, Ghengis Khan, secrecy was the demon most worshiped. Legend has it
that thousands of mourners at the funeral were massacred. The warriors that
slaughtered the mourners were then slain by an imperial priesthood called
the Mongke Dao (The eternals of the way). That priesthood worshipped The
Kahn as an almighty deity. The Mongke Dao may still exist today, guarding
his remains. For the priests believe if his corpse is disturbed his soul
will be destroyed as well as the powers it conveys. Also buried there may be
the greatest treasure the world has ever known, but more importantly his
most valued chess set, known to the world by its name the Suren of Chess.
One warning though, what they call a Burilgi-Icah Cahoring or destroyer
curse was put upon the grave site for those who disturb it. History records
the name of this site as Buddha's crown, somewhere in Mongolia.
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Tournament Excellence: The longest international tournament held between WW1 and WW2 was played at Bled, Yugoslavia in August-September 1931. The 26 round 14 player double round-robin was won by Alexander Alekhine with a score of 20.5/26 (+15, =11, -0), ahead of Bogulyobuv, Nimzowich, Flohr, Kashdan, Stoltz and Vidmar. Tournament Futility: The greatest losing performance in a single tournament. At the Monte Carlo tournament in 1903, a Colonel Moreau finished with the record of +0, =0, -26. Apparently he was a member of the organizing committee, and managed to get an invite to the tournament. Needless to say, he wasn't invited back the following year! Submit your trivia to the
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1.Qg8 d5 Black has a number of alternatives here: 1...Bb7 2.Rd5
mate next; 1...Bc6 2.Rd5 mate next; 1...Bf3 2.Kxf3 d5 3.Qg2 mate; 1...Bg6
2.Qxg6 (2.Rf5 mate next either on g2 or d5; 2.Qd5+ Be4 3.Qxe4 mate) 2...d5
3.Qg2#; 1...Ba8 2.Qxa8+ (or 2.Rd5 and mate next) 2...d5 3.Qxd5#] 2.Qg4
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GAMES Cuellar vs Szabo Munich 1958 1.d4 Nf6 Ljubojevic,L (2570) - Leko,P (2736) [E17] Amber2003 Rapid Monaco (10), 26.03.2003 1.c4 c5
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