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| Posted by lighttotheright kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 04:16:52 Play online chess |  Subject: Bobby Fischer Dies Jan 18, 2008Message:  news.aol.com
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| Posted by greyrabbit kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 04:47:20 Play online chess | Respects Message: Cheers Charlie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by lighttotheright kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 05:59:36 Play online chess | Message: ——— Chess: The Year in Review — Chess again crossed paths with politics in 2011, with the most remarkable moment occurring in Tripoli, Libya, during the NATO bombing campaign against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the World Chess Federation president, flew to Libya in June and played Qaddafi. Ilyumzhinov had known the Libyan leader since at least 2004, and there was speculation that he was on a mission to try to end the war. The game ended in a draw, but the war continued. (Tripoli fell to the rebels two months later, and Qaddafi was killed in October.) Politics also shadowed an achievement by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian chess grandmaster who set a record in February by playing 614 people at ... Posted by ccmcacollister | kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 06:34:58 Play online chess Not complaining ... Just FYI ... Message: gameknot.com
——— Marc Lang catches the eye by breaking world blindfold record — When Miguel Najdorf played 45 chess games simultaneously blindfold in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1947 the exhibition took over 23 hours, including an interval for Najdorf to change his perspiration-soaked shirt and rest his eyes. Later the Hungarian Janos Flesch played 52 games without sight of the board, but his claim unravelled because many opponents resigned after a few moves, and it seemed that Najdorf's performance would never be approached. But last month a little-known 41-year-old 2300-rated German chess master, Marc Lang, toppled the record with 46 games in 21 hours. In previous years Lang set a German record, then broke George Koltanowski's historic European mark of 34 games played at ... Posted by greyrabbit | kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 10:19:40 Play online chess ThanksMessage: Cheers Charlie ——— The World Chess Hall of Fame — The World Chess Hall of Fame celebrated the 10th anniversary this month in a new location in St. Louis, Missouri. The history of the Hall and portraits of inducted chess players are available on the impressive web site. When it first opened in Miami in December 2001, I was inducted there together with five great chess players: the unofficial world chess champion Paul Morphy (1837-1884) and the official ones such as William Steinitz (1836-1900), Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941), José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942) and Robert James Fischer (1943-2008). I shared the same birth city, Prague, with Steinitz and as fate would have it, we both ended up in America. "The decision of Lubomir Kavalek not to return home from a foreign chess ... Posted by eqj2 | kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 14:42:58 Play online chess CheersMessage: ——— 2011 Year in Review — And what a year it has been! 2011 started with St. Louis’ own Hikaru Nakamura winning the 2011 Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, against the world’s best chess players. It was the biggest tournament victory for an American since Bobby Fischer, and his performance catapulted him to No. 7 in the world chess rankings. Although he has experienced some ups and downs this year, Hikaru is currently holding onto the No. 10 spot in the world and is looking forward to an exciting 2012. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, who turned 21 in December, proved he is worthy of his top spot as he turned in solid performance after solid performance all year. He is steadily climbing toward Gary Kasparov’s peak rating of 2851 and ... Posted by welinarias | kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 19:16:50 Play online chess my condolensces...Message: Life and Chess will and must continue ! W. ——— Shooting the chess rapids for the holiday season — The holidays are traditionally a season of hustle and bustle, so what better time is there for holding a major rapid chess championship? Georgian GM Baadur Jobava emerged as the new European rapid chess champion, topping a high-powered field this month with a 9-2 score in Warsaw. Once something of a curiosity, the rapid Game/25 format is now firmly ensconced in international play, with the faster time control often leading to more combative and aggressive play while allowing an entire continent to hold an 11-round championship tournament over the course of a long three-day weekend. While not as chaotic (and random) as faster blitz chess play can be, rapid is clearly a different animal than chess played at ... Posted by suzyfromflorida | kttstudios.com 1/18/2008 20:47:26 Play online chess I agree...Message: Posted by nathanman22 | kttstudios.com 1/19/2008 10:06:24 Play online chess RIPMessage: -Nathanman22 Posted by iceshark | kttstudios.com 1/22/2008 00:23:23 Play online chess Genius is goneMessage: Its a pity that he did not live longer here in Iceland because he was happy here and we Iceland peoble are proud of been saving him from the jail in Japan. He has now been buried in small village outside Reykjavík. His legasy in chess will live forever. Posted by invex | kttstudios.com 1/31/2008 16:00:54 Play online chess Why is this thread here?Message: Posted by chessnovice | kttstudios.com 1/31/2008 20:13:54 Play online chess ...Message: "Chess tactics, openings, game analysis, famous players, etc." I believe that this thread falls under the "famous players" part. Posted by chessnovice | kttstudios.com 1/31/2008 22:09:46 Play online chess ohMessage: Nevermind. |