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| Posted by usethepawn play-online-chess.com 5/13/2005 18:31:46 Play online chess |  Subject: Longest winning streakMessage: I know that sorceress_queen has 241 games up in a row but can anyone better that? | ||||||||
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| Posted by magna68 play-online-chess.com 5/14/2005 05:50:23 Play online chess | Meaningless Message: Superman123 should have maybe added that this 308 consecutive wins were obtained playing only white against players preferrably not over 1200. What for? Hardly something to mention or to be proud of. ——— Chess: Bishop's Gambit – the shock weapon — This little known variation on the King's Gambit is sharp and messy – and great fun. RB: The Bishop's Gambit variation of the King's Gambit isn't a common sight, but I have particular reason to know it. Many years ago the late human rights lawyer Larry Grant and I played a correspondence chess game, of sorts. I had White and I thought I'd catch Larry out with precisely this opening. I was being held at that time in Brixton prison and I would see Larry at the weekly remand hearing. We'd exchange moves, often in the holding cell below the court. I can still remember the grin on Larry's face when, instead of the queen check on h4 I'd been expecting, he played 3...f5. I'd never seen it before and ... Posted by usethepawn | play-online-chess.com 5/14/2005 20:39:46 Play online chess So sorryMessage: ——— Competitive Chess Boxing: Brain Meets Pain in Iceland — Two world-class competitors will battle it out in a boxing match in Iceland on Friday, with throngs of screaming fans cheering them on. In one corner will be Bjorn Jónsson, 42 years old but wily in his ways and with a devastating reach advantage over his opponent. Daniel Thordarson is a young, hard-nosed fighter and former Icelandic middleweight champion. After weeks of anticipation, these two rivals will finally meet head-to-head to see who punches harder, who has the desire to outlast the other, and whether the Tarrasch Defense can sufficiently counter a Queen’s Gambit. Wait, what was that last part? You see, Thordarson and Jónsson are 3-D digital artists at CCP Games, a major chess ... Posted by honololou | play-online-chess.com 5/14/2005 21:37:20 Play online chess usethepawnMessage: occasions by superman himself. As you can see, it's kind of a hollow stat. sorceress_queen's record is impressive, though. ——— In Europe, Four Elite Chess Events Are Closing or in Trouble — Some of Europe’s greatest chess tournaments are disappearing, and others are in peril. Last month, the organizers of the Mainz Classic in Germany announced that they were closing it down. One of the most popular events on the chess calendar, the Mainz Classic included tournaments for rapid chess and Fischer Random Chess and world championships in both formats. The organizers said they could not line up enough sponsors to keep it going. The Linares and M-Tel Masters chess tournaments may meet similar ends. The M-Tel Masters was last held in May 2009. There was no tournament last year because M-Tel, the Bulgarian phone company that sponsors it, instead financed the world chess ... Posted by thumper | play-online-chess.com 5/14/2005 22:57:56 Play online chess Just my opinion....... Message: I'm more interested in who playes the toughest people here. Who has the highest 'average opponent' rating? ——— Luke McShane continues fine form with strong showing at Reykjavik Open — Luke McShane, who impressed against the world elite in the London Classic, then won the Tata Steel B group in the Netherlands, had a near miss this week on 6.5/9, half a point behind the winners, in the Reykjavik Open. McShane took a philosophy and mathematics degree at Oxford, then became a City trader with Goldman Sachs for two years. Now, at 27, he has advanced up the world chess rankings and is close to the top 50 elite rated 2700 or above. The March issue of Chess magazine has an interesting interview where McShane explains his recent jump in form. The Classic and Tata forced him to prepare harder because "in such events you have to be exactly focused, else ... Posted by invincible1 | play-online-chess.com 5/15/2005 02:14:54 Play online chess thumper,Message: ——— Two games a day in world's most unique chess tournament — The prestigious Melody Amber Chess Tournament is the world’s most unique tournament. The participants play two chess games a day against the same opponent. One game is a “rapid” game, the other “blindfold.” In a “rapid” game, the time control is set to 25 minutes for each player, with 30 second added to each player’s time control after a move is made. In the “blindfold” game, players compete under a “rapid” time control without a chess board. They are assisted with a computer screen of a chess board with no pieces on it. From there, the rest is in the player’s head. Under these conditions both types of games are exciting and full of ... |