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| From | Message | Posted by jstevens1
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7/31/2008
11:58:26
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Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705.
Have a nice evening everyone.
Cheers and bye for now.
Joanne
| Posted by tim_b
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7/31/2008
14:18:09
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Well done, Joanne! :)
| Posted by chessnovice
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7/31/2008
14:57:31
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Congrats!
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Bobby Fischer Against the World (movie review) — A riveting documentary about the troubled US chess champion and his battle with Boris Spassky. Liz Garbus's gripping documentary about the life and times of the troubled American chess genius Bobby Fischer asks a number of questions. Did Bobby's missing dad create an emotional void which was neurotically filled with chess? Is there something in the game that encourages immersive obsession and ultimate madness? Would Fischer have gone the same way if he had been a plumber or a welder? And why is it that antisemitism is the bigotry of choice for mentally ill people? Non-chessers like me are already basically aware of the second and third acts of this American life. The middle act was ...
Posted by cascadejames
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7/31/2008
21:36:51
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:-)
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On Chess: Game wading into waves of change — Like so much in contemporary life, chess - like an onrushing river - is characterized by constant change. Bobby Fischer had the equivalent of a dozen or more doctorates in chess. He studied and assimilated - like no one else before him - what seemed at the time to be a massive classical chess heritage. Grandmasters today have access to a minimum database of more than 4 million games, far eclipsing the chess legacy that Fischer inherited - and that database is increasing at an accelerating rate. Setting up the pieces, playing through a game or games and reviewing relevant positions are painfully time-consuming. Fortunately, chess software and the computer screen speed ...
Posted by spurtus
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8/02/2008
13:48:12
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congratulations, but beware every 50 rating points or so now may take years now. so dont be afraid in going down in rating in order to improve long term.
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After Decades in Top Ranks, a Shot at the Title, Finally — Chess players usually reach their peak in their 20s, so how is it that the grandmaster Boris Gelfand is getting his first crack at becoming world chess champion when he is 43? Gelfand, whose Candidates Matches victory in May earned him the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the title next year, said he was encouraged by the example of Viktor Korchnoi. When he was in his late 40s, Korchnoi, now 80, played for the chess championship twice. “Korchnoi is kind of inspiration for me and for all of us,” Gelfand said in a recent telephone interview, quoting Korchnoi’s advice that “if you want to improve, you have to learn new things all the time.” Gelfand said he changed his opening repertory before ...
Posted by apastpawn
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8/02/2008
15:28:13
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Congratulations in your achievement.
You have annotated numerous games here at GK. Apparently this has helped. May you continue to improve. When I first met you here your rating was almost 200 points lower. This is a fantastic improvement but you worked hard for it.
If I can be of any further help, please let me know.
Wayne
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Chennai make bid to host 2012 world title match — Chennai, India, has made a bid, backed by the Tamil Nadu state government, to host the 2012 Vishy Anand (India) verses Boris Gelfand (Israel) world title match. The world chess governing body Fide will now decide between Chennai and an earlier bid from Moscow. Magnus Carlsen, world No1 at 20, and Sergey Karjakin, No4 at 21, are exceptional for their age, yet they now face a challenge from two still younger chess grandmasters who are advancing fast up the rankings. Italy's Fabiano Caruana, 18, took first prize at New Delhi last month and is ranked in the top 20 GMs, while Anish Giri, 17, won the Dutch chess championship by a two-point margin. Giri is reaching his rating targets at a younger age than ...
Posted by chessnovice
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8/02/2008
16:23:45
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Annotating probably helped a lot, yeah, but I think the major source of your success is playing well above your rating and asking lots of questions.
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Bobby Fischer: How the king of chess lost his crown — By Garry Kasparov. Bobby Fischer was the chess world’s flawed genius. His mercurial brilliance was undisputed, but his fragile mental health led to poisonous and very public outbursts - especially after 9/11 - that prompted global revulsion. Garry Kasparov, himself world chess champion for 20 years, remembers with fondness and frustration the man he most wishes he had played: It would be impossible for me to write dispassionately about Bobby Fischer even if I were to try. I was born the year he achieved a perfect score at the US Chess Championship in 1963, 11 wins with no losses or draws. He was only 20 at that point but it had been obvious for years that he was destined to become ...
Posted by ketchuplover
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8/03/2008
10:11:45
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kudos :)
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