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Javascript Chess Viewers 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Before I went away for the weekend I wanted to bring up an issue that's been bugging me ...
Thanks to Mr. Pilafov (who I met through Susan Polgar's official forum) I'm now interested in javascript chess viewers (as well as viewers developed in other languages). Most of these viewers are pretty simplistic (mostly developed by new programmers who write the code as part of a class project ... or a w
Saturday Chess Tournament 0000-00-00 00:00:00 This weekend I'll be headed to a chess tournament and that can only mean three things ...
1. I'm looking for rating points.
2. I'm not worried about silly things like money.
3. As usual, I'll provide anyone who asks with my autograph.
Read more:Saturday
, Tournament
Daily News and Analysis - Sunday Interview With Anand 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Four days ago Vijay Tagore published an interview with Vishy Anand
. In that interview (which also appeared on Chessbase)Tagore asks a question and Anand answers as follows:
Tagore: Kramnik claims to have saved the world chess [organization] from another split by taking part in Mexico.
Anand: I don’t know if that is the popular opinion. I think analyzing his games keeps me fairly occupied these Read more:Analysis
, Daily
, Daily News
, Sunday
THE MOM WITH BROWNIES TEACHES CHESS 0000-00-00 00:00:00 As a chess teachers when I found this I just had to share it!
I didn't learn to play chess as a child. It wasn't until I had children of my own that I became interested in the game. Once I figured out the basics I was hooked. I wanted to teach our sons as soon as they were able to comprehend the moves.
When Kazz was about 6 or 7 I started teaching him the moves. The words that came out of my mou
Judit Polgar (July 23, 1976-present) 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've harped on Susan enough for the last two weeks ... it's time to recognize her sister (and since today is her birthday it's perfect timing) Happy Birthday, Judit!
Wikipedia says Judit is "by far the strongest female chessplayer in history".
No lie ... just look at this game ...
Polgar-Kasparov, Russia vs. The Rest of the World match, Moscow 2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 N
Disaster at the 2008 Rod Wells Memorial 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Crosstable says it all! Two bad beats and I essentially collapsed ... I got cheated by time mostly ... as I've been training for my analysis abilities. My game against Sean Vibbert was a head scratcher which in my opinion I should have won but I took a taboo pawn in time trouble and it was over. Sean would say he was winning the whole time but I disagree. Anyway, still in grade school and Sean Read more:Disaster
, Memorial
, Wells
Fake Sloans, Court battles, and Susan Polgar 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I hate to drag poor Susan
through the mire but it seems she already has been and I'm just passing it along. It's interesting to note that the following article on Susan's legal entanglements appeared in the New York Times(!) but didn't appear in any chess media. Granted, it's not Chess Life article material but I haven't heard all these details in any chess forum or anything ... it's all very hush Read more:Court
Chess in Cheek - Topalov Caffeinated 0000-00-00 00:00:00 As I was taking a stroll the other day through ChessBlogLand I found a blog that's main goal seems to be to reflect the lighter side of Chess. Since I'd been reading way too much about the Nalchik WWCC tournament I decided to post the funniest thing I found from that site right here:
GM Veselin Topalov
without Coffee
GM Veselin Topalov with Coffee!!
Chess in Cheek is a hilarious but still obscur Read more:Caffeinated
Still Keeping Track of the WWCC, FIDE, and Chessbase 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Let me just try to give you the skinny on the current developments ...
we see this letter from the Georgian players (and a number of other women players who are concerned). Dear ChessBase,
I would like to remark that when FIDE and the Organizing Comitee write that the open letter was written by Georgian chess players they never say that it was later signed by eight more players from different co Read more:Track
GM Joel Benjamin Weighs In on Curacao 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 GM Joel Benjamin
has written an article for Chess Life Online expressing his opinion of his performance and GM Larry Christiansen's performance at Curacao 2008. The excerpt bellow summarizes the tone of the whole article:I think Larry and I are feeling something similar: It’s nice to show that “we’ve still got it.” Neither one of us plays much anymore, with the climate today much more fa
Georgian players, Kasparov, The Wall Street Journal, FIDE, and the USCF 0000-00-00 00:00:00 At the bottom of a recent Chessbase article There are some links to an article from the Wall StreetJournal
Written by Garry Kasparov
. In that article Garry states the following ...Russia's invasion of Georgia reminded me of a conversation I had three years ago in Moscow with a high-ranking European Union official. Russia was much freer then, but President Vladimir Putin's onslaught against democr Read more:Georgian
, Street Journal
Kirsan, Chessbase, and me 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Some time ago I wrote an article on the Nalchik threat (as well as a note to Chessbase). Thanks to the good editorial staff at Chessbase my comments to them have ended up published in a recent article (as part of a series of 'letters to the editor'). I'll set my comments here for your revies ...Anton Taylor, Kentucky, United States
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has brought in political issues
Deadline for Chessvine Blogger Contest 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The September 1st Deadline
for the Chessvine BloggerContest
is fast approaching. Have you entered yet?
I'll restate the rules ...
Guidelines:
The topic of the essay must be in some way related to chess.
One entry per person (if you're discovered, you're disqualified).
You must be the proud owner of a chess blog (the entry can be the first blog entry ever but it must be a blog post).
Entries
The Five Best Chess Books 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Edward Winter's latest article from Chesbase has me thinking about the best chess books I'd recommend ... and here ya go (in no particular order) ...
1) "How to Reassess Your Chess" by Jeremy Silman
2) "The Art of Attack in Chess" by Vladimir Vukovic
3) "Chess Success: planning after the opening" by Neil McDonald
4) "Play like a Grandmaster" by Alexander Kotov
5) "The World of Chess" by Anthony S Read more:Books
Norms earned at the 2008 World Junior Championship in Turkey 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Grandmaster Norms (Name - Country - Performance)
Arik Braun GER 2665
Hou Yifan CHN 2661
Tornike Sanikidze GEO 2643
Hrant Melkumyan ARM 2623
Woman Grandmaster Norms (Name - Country - Performance)
Kübra Öztürk TUR 2413
Miranda Mikadze GEO 2410
International Master Norms (Name - Country - Performance)
Lin Chen CHN 2557
Roman Nechepurenko RUS 2520
Atakan ?irin TUR 2473
Matas Narmontas LTU 2470 Read more:Junior
, Turkey
, World
Top 20 at the 2008 US Open 0000-00-00 00:00:00 1 Sevillano, Enrico M
2 Shabalov, Alexander
3 Milovanovic, Rade
4 Root, Douglas D
5 Yermolinsky, Alex
6 Mulyar, Michael A
7 Vaidya, Chaitanya N
8 Bradford, Joseph Mark
9 Parry, Matt J
10 Landaw, Julian W
11 Banawa, Joel
12 Guadalupe, Francisco
13 Studen, Damir
14 Balasubramanian, Adithya
15 Magness, Trevor S
16 Aigner, Michael
17 Yeager, Daniel A
18 Wasiluk, Kevin Michael
19 Blanco, Alvaro-RE
2
Pocket Fritz 3 ... a big thing in a small package 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was reading a recent article on the Chessmind Blog and I thought I'd pass this along ...Even PocketFritz
is too strong
One of the approximately 30,000 events this August finished a few days ago, the Mercosur Cup in Villa Martelli, Argentina. It wasn't a super-GM event, but was a respectable Category VII tournament with an average rating of 2410. The winner? Pocket Fritz 3, scoring 8-2 (six wins Read more:package
Chess on Cable Television 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Blackstone Valley local news online reported the following this past Sunday ...
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Check! — and mate!
Cable
TV show aims to educate
By Anna L. Griffin TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
FITCHBURG—The game of life can be played on a board that contains 64 squares and holds 32 pieces.
So say George Mirijanian and Martin Laine of the Wachusett Chess Club’s “Chess Chat” tel Read more:Television
GM Sasikiran wins 2008 Najdorf Memorial 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran has won the 2008 Najdorf Memorial
in Warsaw, Poland.
1. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2684 6½
2. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2639 5½
3. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2592 5½
4. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2639 5
5. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2627 5
6. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2599 4
7. Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2624 3½
8. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2606 3½
9. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2613 3½
10. Olsz
USCF Downward Trend 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I hate to bring something to light that Susan already has in various ways for a while now but since she chose to publish a blog entry with the important stats I'll pass this on to Chessvine readers.5 years ago in 2003, the U.S. Open drew big name GMs such as: Shabalov, Kaidanov, Yudasin, Wojtkiewicz, Sulskis, Minasian, Stripunsky, Ibragimov, Christiansen, Ehlvest, Granda, Akobian, Blatny, Lein, Br
Women Protest Women's World Championship 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 the following open letter appeared on Susan Polgar's Blog and Chessbase.We, the participants of the WomenWorld
Championship 2008, express our worry about the current dangerous situation near Cabardino-Balkaria. We think when there is such a tense situation, it is not expedient to hold such a high level tournament in that area. That’s why we kindly ask you to move this tournament to the safer pl Read more:Protest
, World Championship
Chess Buzz and the Coming Presidential Election 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm not sure quite where to file this one ... but that's what miscellaneous is for ...
I was searching Yahoo! Buzz for any mention of chess today and I came across two articles.
1) An 11-in-1 Multi-Game Dining Room Table courtesy of Boing Boing Gadgets.
and ...
2) The humorous Vice President picks from io9.com
The following line concerning Lex Luthor gave me a chuckle ...
With his world renow Read more:Election
, Presidential
Making Money Through Chess - Part 1 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was taking a gander at Dennis Monokroussos' 'Chess Mind' Blog and came across an article which touched depressed made me feel deep empathy. Here are the contents of said article ...Who says there's no money in chess? - Part 1,000,000
I didn't intend to play in a small event about 30 miles from home, but did need to show up at some point to visit one of the participants. Getting there near the en Read more:Money
Happy Birthday to Czech GM Lubomir Kavalek 0000-00-00 00:00:00 According to Susan Polgar's Blog ...Czech
GM Lubomir Kavalek was born on the 9th of August 1943 in Prague. He left Czechoslovakia during the Soviet invasion of 1968 and later settled in the United States. Kavalek was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s. For example, he took part in the Montreal-1979 supertournament.
Later Kavalek was the executive director of the GMA. He is a well-kno Read more:Birthday
, Happy
, Happy Birthday
Zatonskih Under the Sea! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Earlier chessvine reported that Anna Zatonskih played chess underwater at Curacao 2008. Well, now we have picture proof thanks to Susan Polgar's blog!
Round 5 at the Women's World Chess Championship 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Thanks to Chessbase I'm still on the road but getting a major update on the WWCC. It's now round five and the stars of the show are Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan. Yifan is doing great against Humpy Koneru and no matter who Alexandra's opponent is she owes the success to me.
That's right ... I gave Alexandra some advice around round 2 or 3 and she's following it. Can't guess what my advice wa Read more:Women
, World
On Vacation 0000-00-00 00:00:00 unfortunately for my readership I'll be gone for about a week and where I'm going is probably the United States equivalent of the gobi desert. You won't be hearing from me in that time but when I come back I'll be more than ready to post like crazy and get back up to date with current chess events. Thanks for understanding folks ... I'll be in touch. Read more:Vacation
The Chess Piece Series – Beyond Bishop Rules of Thumb 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Those who know me know that I’m no stranger to chess variants. Bishop
s are in many ways taken for granted in standard chess. Everyone knows the power of the two bishops, their restriction to a specific color, keeping them outside the pawn chain or on the opposite color of your primary pawn chain, and all those self-evident rules of thumb.
Then I played Berolina Chess. Turning the rules of the s Read more:Rules
, Thumb
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