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| Posted by ccmcacollister ability-tw.com 2/20/2008 11:16:41 Play online chess |  Subject: WHERE have all the Chessplayers GONE??Message: This is more than simple nosiness, and goes back to my time as a Tournament Director and organizer, when I noted that you cannot get as many tournament entrants during the Summer it seems. At least around Omaha. And further, attendance may also be down during the fall if there is a particularly good Football game of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. (Tho many diehard Player+fans will show up with a radio & earpiece). So to further my demographic understanding of Where The Chess Players GO ... when they are not around... In this case, not around Here at GK forums ... I'd like to ask ... What you been doin' ? Me ... I've had a stiff fingers week, just getting limbered up a bit more now. | ||||||||
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| Posted by wschmidt ability-tw.com 2/20/2008 13:07:57 Play online chess | I don't typically contibute much anyway, Message: ——— 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 doctor_knight | ability-tw.com 2/20/2008 14:43:11 Play online chess Message: ——— 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 chessnovice | ability-tw.com 2/20/2008 15:14:30 Play online chess ...Message: Well, that and I usually reply to posts instead of start new ones. ——— 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 cairo | ability-tw.com 2/21/2008 02:20:17 Play online chess Vacation Message: Thanks for asking Craig! Best wishes Cairo ——— Topalov Wins to Tie Championship Match — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the challenger for the world chess championship, broke through stubborn defense by Viswanathan Anand of India, the chess champion, to win Game 8 of their title match. The score is now tied at 4 points apiece. Since winning Game 1, Topalov had been stymied and outplayed. Though he had not been in any real trouble since losing Game 4, he also had not been able to find a chink in Anand’s armor, that is until Tuesday. Topalov was White and the opening was a Slav Defense, just as in Games 3 and 5. After 12 moves, the players reached the same position as they had in the earlier games, which Anand drew easily. He was the first to deviate, choosing ... Posted by ccmcacollister | ability-tw.com 2/25/2008 10:36:54 Play online chess Thanks ! ... Message: Walt: It's funny about that around Omaha. In the Autumn it turns 40 or 50 and we are all in coats or jackets. But coming out of the Winter (a lot of sub-zero here this month) into early Spring, and it turns 30 degrees like this week ... and it feels fine to walk about in your shirtsleeves & comment how Nice it is. :) I noticed You got 50's instead tho. Eddie: It does sound like you have a lot going on with 2 special projects and the Team. It seems work is often a factor in Chess time. But the Team factor is one I had not considered, and wonder if many of the players liking Forum posting may also be many of the Team Captains. As well as team players who may use some of their posting time on Team Threads. doctor_knight & chessnovice School does seem to be a big factor limiting Chess time. In general, and I know another 4 or 5 players who have said it is especially so for them recently. I can relate to the time it may take for any classes containing the words Statistics or Measurement :) Soren ...Holiday in France, and you did not stop by to take me along ?! You must remember next time! :) But I hope your trip was safe and entertaining. Perhaps with some Chess !? Or if not, then plenty of "eat, drink and be merry" instead ~! }8-) ——— An Exciting Draw Kicks Off Second Half of Title Match — The seventh game of the World Chess Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria, ended in a draw, just as the two previous games had. But the game on Monday was far from dull. Viswanathan Anand of India, the chess champion, had White for the second game in a row as the players reversed the order of colors now that the match is in its second half. As he has done throughout the match, Anand opened with the d pawn and played the Catalan. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, who had stuck with the same first four moves in the previous games where he had Black, suddenly selected a new move, though one that is often played. Topalov played rapidly, indicating that ... |