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| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 07:28:11 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess on US TVMessage: Strange but true: game 6 of Kasparov-DJ will be broadcast nationally live on ESPN2 from 3:30-7:00 ET today (Feb 7). |
| Posted by lhunter ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 07:45:39 Play online chess | Thanks Kepler Message: for the heads up! Would have missed it otherwise. This doesn't happen very often, (especially on TV)so it will be interesting to watch. lhunter |
| Posted by maca ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 08:26:15 Play online chess | oh no! Message: well... too bad i can't see it |
| Posted by lhunter ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 09:11:57 Play online chess | Is chess a sport? Message: I guess ESPN has resolved this quandry, which has been the subject of previous forum threads. |
| Posted by buddy2 ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 10:51:29 Play online chess | Message: thanks kepler. I only wish i'd known about it earlier. i could have made an announcement at my chess club. on reason chess isn't noticed, because it gets ZERO publicity. Didn't Marx say TV was the opiate of the masses. Or was it rap music. Not sure. Hmmm. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 11:26:36 Play online chess | Kepler Message: Is that 12:30 or 3:30 here in Portland? Is this a new change? I looked at the guide on my TV and it listed other shows as coming up on ESPN2. Are you sure about this? |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 12:45:14 Play online chess | It's on! Message: Najdorf Sicilian, Junior played Be2. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:05:34 Play online chess | Message: Could someone post the moves after 5. ESPN has not been doing a good job of reporting and the realtime sites are swamped. (Alternatively, if you have a site that does moves, hey...) |
| Posted by bartlebie ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:10:45 Play online chess | Message: Nc3 a6 Be2 e5 Nb3 Be7 00 00 Kh1 Bd7 Be3 Bc6 Bf3 Nbd7 a4 b6 Somehow, my wishes are with Garry. Unusual, normally I'm not a kind of 'fan' besides the love I feel for the famous and best soccer team ever: 1.FC Köln. Go Garry go. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:21:23 Play online chess | Message: It helps that GK is a worthwhile guy to root for. It would be a little different if he were a pr1ck... |
| Posted by bartlebie ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:29:11 Play online chess | Message: I hope you are able to follow the game at the moment. Here are the moves after 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h3 I watch the game via www.spiegel.de/static/flash/schach/english2003/indexengl.htm |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:30:31 Play online chess | Message: gambitnut, where are you posting from? I'm out right on the Beaverton-Hillsboro line. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:36:37 Play online chess | Message: Yes, I am now watching on www.x3dworld.com/Entertainment/chessMVM/DGT/Flash/broadcast.html |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:41:30 Play online chess | I'm in southeast Portland Message: If you are looking for a place to play OTB chess, I often play on saturdays art the Greek Orthodox Church at 32nd and Glisan. The chess is in the back of the building from 11am to 6 pm. By the way, I applied several days ago to be a Wild Attacker and haven't heard back yet, is there a waiting list? |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:42:55 Play online chess | Message: No, Anish is probably backlogged. I'll post to him. Do you play over at the Portland Chess Club? |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:46:54 Play online chess | No Message: I was a member and I've been over there a few times but the bathroom isn't wheelchair accessible. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 13:51:29 Play online chess | Update Message: 14. ... Rc8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Rfe1 |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:26:54 Play online chess | the queens are off Message: Kasparov seems to be doing well! |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:35:12 Play online chess | Message: 16 ...Qc7 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Rde8 19. Re2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Bg2 Rec8 |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:42:55 Play online chess | I'm really enjoying watching this on ESPN2! Message: It's great to see chess on tv, ESPN even! Yasser Seriwan and Maurice Ashley are giving great analysis and even Jeremy Schaap seems to know something about chess! |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:48:48 Play online chess | Message: He knew e4 c5 was a Sicilian, anyway. ;-) Schaap (like his dad) is a fellow Cornell alum, so it's good to see him doing this. Of course, I'd prefer it if the hockey game against Dartmouth were on ESPN2 afterwards! ;-) |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:52:49 Play online chess | Message: Woohoo! Garry goes for the throat!!!! Rxc3! |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:54:53 Play online chess | It sure took him a long time! Message: I wonder if he will tell us what he was thinking after the game. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 14:58:16 Play online chess | Message: After 24. Pxc3 Be4 we get 25. Bc1 interesting. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:10:49 Play online chess | Message: 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxc3 |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:13:37 Play online chess | Message: According to X3D, Kasparov offered a draw after 26... Rxc3 !? There is a thought that maybe he is ill. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:19:29 Play online chess | Message: Rather it was 23 ...Rxc3 THAT'S what he was thinmijg about! |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:25:42 Play online chess | Message: 27. Ba3 Ne8 |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:29:14 Play online chess | What??!!? Message: He has way too much play to offer a draw. It sounds like it was the computer's team, not the computer who declined. They must think they can still win. I wonder why. |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:30:22 Play online chess | Message: 28. f4 is an attack on the e pawn; in combination with Ba3 white is suddenly looking alive. GK has 37 minutes for his next 13 moves. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:32:35 Play online chess | It's a draw!! Message: What was wrong with Kasparov? Why did the computer's team offer a draw so fast after declining one? |
| Posted by kepler ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:33:26 Play online chess | Message: But now he needs no time, because they agree to a draw despite a very interesting position. Wusses. :-( |
| Posted by calmrolfe ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:47:38 Play online chess | What is he playing at ? !! Message: Gary was holding all the shots....why offer a draw ? There was only ever going to be one winner from that position, the game was there for Black's taking. Cal |
| Posted by honololou ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:50:12 Play online chess | the draw is a disappointment… Message: but to see chess live on television in the USA… well, I have agents out in the field right now checking to see if hell has indeed frozen over. wait… a pig just flew by my window. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:54:36 Play online chess | honololou Message: Let me know when your agents get back. That would explain it! I hope this trend continues even more in the future. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/07/2003 15:55:26 Play online chess | honololou Message: Let me know when your agents get back. That would explain it! I hope this trend continues even more in the future. |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/08/2003 12:44:08 Play online chess | I'm heading out now to the Greek Orthodox Church Message: Don't worry, you don't have to be Greek or Orthodox to play there. You just have to love chess! I hope to see some Gameknot players there! |
| Posted by gambitnut ability-tw.com 2/26/2003 20:28:15 Play online chess | In case anyone missed it the first time ... Message: ... the game is going to be reaired on ESPN2 on March 5th at 2:30 ET. |
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