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| Posted by jstevens1 chesscomputer.net 1/27/2008 13:06:24 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess and AlcoholMessage: I don't think it is good for me in the long run though, I am trying to keep my active games to a reasonable level so that I can give 100% to every game I am playing, although I may still play a few unrated as well as rated in order to chill out a bit. How do you all cope with nailbiters? Anyway, the weather has been gorgeous in my neck of the woods and my husband and I went for a nice bit of fresh air - hope you have enjoyed your weekend. Bye for now. Joanne | ||||||||||
| Posted by tim_b chesscomputer.net 1/29/2008 08:57:15 Play online chess | I think.. Message: I find that the tricky part is taking the "right" amount of alcohol. The opening moves of the following timeless classic were played when I got a little sloppy with the dosage:  game
p.s. Don't tell my Team Capt'n! | ||||||||||
| Posted by kansaspatzer chesscomputer.net 1/29/2008 13:27:05 Play online chess | Message: ——— The f-pawn, part 2: is f5 the answer here? — Does White have a better option than moving the f-pawn? Continuing our look at the chess equivalent of route one football – the f-pawn advance... RB Well, let's see what happens when we push – 1 f5. The answer comes back faster than Manchester United on the break, not much. Black is under no compulsion to take the pawn and can instead centralise with 1…Nd4 or even 1…Qd4, or start getting the queen's rook into play with 1…Rac8, and 1…Nb4, hitting the d-pawn, would be irritating. All right, let's try to be logical. What's wrong here is that even if we could swap off pawns on the f-file, the f1-rook would remain blocked by the bishop. Let's ... Posted by chessnovice | chesscomputer.net 1/29/2008 16:09:48 Play online chess ...Message: Obviously, if you go over the top, you're hosed. Joseph Blackburne enjoyed a few hard drinks while playing his exhibition games. A commonly noted example is when he played against Cambrdige University, where students placed a bottle of whiskey at each end of the table during a simul and Blackburne finished both bottles while beating everyone. He said that whiskey helped clear the brain. I've personally put that to the test, and wound up with some undesirable results, though... ——— Big Surprises in Europe — Europe has been a center of chess activity over the last month with a series of major open tournaments. The first was the Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar, which ran from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4. Among the world-class chess players who competed were Etienne Bacrot of France, Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Michael Adams of England, and Gata Kamsky of the United States. The chess tournament ended in a nine-way tie for first, with Adams winning a four-person playoff to take the title. The Moscow Open, which overlapped with Gibtelecom and ended on Feb. 7, was divided into four sections — A, B, C and D — with ... Posted by bogg | chesscomputer.net 1/29/2008 19:11:23 Play online chess If I am remembering correctlyMessage: CTC ——— Topalov Closes In on Linares Title — After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of Armenia is in third, having managed, like Topalov, not to have lost a game in the chess tournament. Unlike Topalov, who has won three games, Aronian has not won a game either. So far, 25 percent of the games have been decisive, but that does not mean that the other 75 percent have been dull. Quite the contrary. The games have mostly been hard fought and exciting, even ... Posted by ccmcacollister | chesscomputer.net 1/29/2008 21:48:54 Play online chess hmmm Message: ——— Weekend of Fun and Friends Between Battles on the Chess Board — The highlight of the year for many chess players is Washington’s Birthday weekend, when four amateur team championships are held across the country. There are no cash prizes, but the chess tournaments are popular because of the camaraderie. Players walk back and forth chatting before, after and even during the games. Some renew friendships with competitors they see only once a year. The World Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J., the biggest and oldest of the chess events, celebrated its 40th birthday this year. There were 1,150 players and 271 teams, down from 283 teams last year, said Steve Doyle, the tournament’s director, who ... Posted by dalegarratt | chesscomputer.net 2/01/2008 15:16:16 Play online chess nailbitersMessage: ——— At Halfway Point, Topalov Leads at Linares — The annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain began earlier this week, and after five rounds — or halfway through — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed and No. 2 chess player in the world, is leading with 3.5 points, a point ahead of the field. Linares has been among the world’s elite chess tournaments since the early 1990s, when Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were regular competitors. This year’s tournament has only six players, though they are all among the world’s best. The format is a double round robin in which each chess competitor faces all the others twice, playing once with White and once with Black. Aside from Topalov ... Posted by karibu | chesscomputer.net 2/03/2008 06:33:13 Play online chess Depends on the playerMessage: |