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| Posted by jstevens1 playcomputerchess.net 1/12/2008 14:50:10 Play computer chess | Knight forks Message: Cheers. Joanne ——— Anand's missed opportunity — The chess World Championship is on a knife-edge. But Anand could have made a mark in this game. Anand and Topalov go into the 12th game of their chess match today with scores level. If drawn, tie-break rapid games will be played on Thursday. Topalov's declaration before the match that he would neither offer nor accept a draw has clearly had a liberating effect on both players, resulting in one of the most entertaining world chess championship finals we have seen in years. All the games have been long and hard-fought, so it's hardly surprising that tiredness is affecting play. Anand missed several chances to win in game 9, Topalov had a promising endgame in game 10 but ... Posted by bhidragon | playcomputerchess.net 1/12/2008 15:23:35 Play computer chess KnightmaresMessage: Ccmcacollister is right ... GM games don't work as well at teaching novice players as do amateur game (ugly mistakes and all). ——— Playing for the World Title, Minus Any Fireworks — Before a world chess championship match, players spend months looking at their opponent’s games and studying opening systems, often with the aid of chess computers and databases. They also hire trainers, who are called seconds, to help. It is a time- and labor-intensive process. That is one of the reasons that fans look forward to the chess matches. They want to see what the players will do and what new ideas they have discovered, particularly in the openings. The current world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been as closely contested as predicted. But there have been no eye-opening innovations. Game ... Posted by cascadejames | playcomputerchess.net 1/12/2008 22:22:23 Play computer chess OK- here is one of my blundersMessage: It might be suitable for showing beginners what not to do.  game ——— With Another Draw, Chess Championship Match Remains Tied — Game 10 of the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, ended in a relatively uneventful draw on Friday. With only two games remaining in the best-of-12 series, the players are tied with 5 points apiece. If the match should remain tied after the last two games — which is a real possibility at the moment — it would go to a tie-breaker of four rapid games (each player starts with 25 minutes and has 10 seconds added to his time after each move). Such a tie-breaker was used in the 2006 world chess championship match between Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. After each player won a game, and one ended ... Posted by cascadejames | playcomputerchess.net 1/12/2008 22:45:40 Play computer chess This one was more fun for meMessage: final knight fork of the white Queen and a Rook at moves 19 and 20 decides the game. game
Also an illustration of how the effects of a fork can sometimes by avoided by a counterattack. See moves 13-18. White apparently miscounts. Again this is a game that is decided by mistakes made by both sides, so it illustrates things to be avoided,. ——— Title Match Remains Tied After Champion Misses Win — With the world chess championship match having entered a critical stage, Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, switched openings in Game 9, hoping to recapture momentum and the lead that he relinquished with a loss in Game 8. He almost did. But, with victory in sight, Anand faltered and missed a couple of winning continuations, which allowed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the challenger, to salvage the game and keep the best-of-12 match tied. In each of the previous games he had White, Anand had steered the opening into the Catalan system, which is solid, but not too dynamic. In Game 9, he played 3 Nc3 instead of 3 Nf3 for the first time. That gave Topalov ... Posted by cascadejames | playcomputerchess.net 1/12/2008 23:27:33 Play computer chess Typo- will try againMessage: game ——— The Best Woman in Chess Still Stands Alone at the Top — Judit Polgar is the only woman to ever be ranked in the world’s top 10, or even in the top 100. At age 34, her ranking has slipped to 51 (from No. 8 in 2005) as the responsibilities of being a wife and mother — she has two children, ages 3 and 5 — have left her little time to train and compete. Since 1991, when Polgar became the youngest chess grandmaster in history, more than a dozen women have also earned the title. Two of them, Humpy Koneru of India and Hou Yifan of China, became grandmasters when they were even younger than Polgar. But no other woman has been able to break into the chess elite. Koneru is 23, and Yifan is only 16, so it seems likely that ... Posted by bhidragon | playcomputerchess.net 1/13/2008 03:44:09 Play computer chess ThanksMessage: |