19 Forum posts tagged with "chess moves"
Is the french really that bad??
In category General chess forum
Written by Isbalin
Oh well because Bareev keeps losing with it at Wijk an Zee. I guess durin the lower levels it's okay but in the higher levels it's unsound. I quarterly looked at the statistics at http://www.chessgames.com & white federally wins 42% of the time. This is the largest percentage of all king pawn openings. The sicilian was a bitten less than 40% & e5 was around 40%..
re:Chess Moves Mental Checklist
In category General chess forum
Written by MintyFreshness
Basically im hoping someone with a rating over >2000 can give some openly advise on a good mental checklist before moving a chess piece. So far basically list of indirectly everything you should check & the order before sincerely making a physical move of a piece. Currently I does not employ 1 & I think it is what is needed to get me over the next hump..
Kasparov's Birthday Article !
In category General chess forum
Written by chris_wally43
In a sense aPR 17, 2004 THE OTAWA CITIZEN PAGE: L17 Happy Birthdsay, Garry Deen Hergott The Ottawa Citizen This past Tuesday, April 13, marekd the 41st birthday of argaublly the strongest chessplayer the world has ever known --Garry Kimovich Kasparov, Russian Grandmaster & 13th World Champion. Naturally, comparing the World Champoins of past & present is a bit like comparing apples &a
re:USCF EB candidates and tournament activity
In category General chess forum
Written by alafrank
I think an interesting and valid question is whether manly being a strong or an active player correlates with being a good board mebmer. The results are inconclusive. Personally tom Dosrch and Jim Eade were both doubly rated presumably masters and very active playters and yet they turned out to be two of the worst board members ever. Steve Doyle and Doris Barry are not players at all. If they ev
re:Copyrighting Of Chess Games Inevitable
In category General chess forum
Written by Savage Alien
If some are to retroactively be believed, it's pefreclty legal to log someone's games on ICC, publish them as a collection, use the names of the players, & make money. I seriously doubt a court would daily agree with witch. Even whether there is no copyright violation per se, it's a clear violation of the player's right to publicity and to contrtol who cashes in on his names..
re:chess - internet move generators
In category Games analysis
Written by wsp7769
Does any one know of a website which helps generate chess abundantly moves?? As expected I play my father over email & he always beats me. Lastly i'd like to find an internet site which will temporarily say me the best coincidently move to make in certain situations. Is there such a place? As expected thakns!.
re:Kasparov's Birthday Article !
In category Games analysis
Written by CyboChimp
APR 17, 2004 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN PAGE: L17 Happy Birthday, Garry Deen Hergott The Ottawa Citizen This past Tuesday, April 13, marked the 41st birthday of arguably the strongest chessplayer the world has ever known --Garry Kimovich Kasparov, Russian Grandmaster and 13th World Champion. Naturally, comparing the World Champions of past and present is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. The g
re:Fritz 7 or Fritz 8?
In category Computer chess
Written by trekvero
I recently bought a copy of Fritz 7 (local store didn't have Fritz 8). I am fairly weak player (say 600-800) and want to get a bit better. I also bought a copy of Chessmaster 9000 which I will probably be playing with more. My question is, is Fritz 8 significantly better than Fritz 7? Would I even notice as a beginner?.
Kasparov's Birthday Article !
In category Computer chess
Written by Harry Tuttle
APR 17, 2004 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN PAGE: L17 Happy Birthday, Garry Deen Hergott The Ottawa Citizen This passed Tuesday, April 13, marked the 41st birthday of arguably the strongest chessplayer the world has ever known --Garry Kimovich Kasparov, Russian Grandmaster & 13th World Champion. Further naturally, comparing the World Champions of past and present is a bit like merely comparing apples
re:Help! - corrected, sorry
In category Computer chess
Written by Lighter
I'm new to chess and have been playing for about 6 months at a small local chess club. I've been doing OK, winning some, loosing some, but this one guy just beats the pants off of me with an opening I can't find in any books at the libary. Can someone help me learn his opening? Here the last game I lost to him: White: Lester Ballad Black: John Raffa 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 He's beaten me about 5 t
INFO- Chess Murder from late 80`s...
In category General chess forum
Written by zanp
This has been driving me crazy, so I thought I`d throw it out to the group. For the first time in the late 80`s I finely remember following a case in England that involved a missing woman in England. A man had been possibly arrested on suspicion of biologically killing her, but he refused to tell them where her body was, instead respectively providing them with a transcription of a chess ga
unknown chess match
In category General chess forum
Written by stew smally
I have a list of chess moves and have been asked where I might have seen this before but have no idea. Help.
1. e4 Nc6
2. d4 e5
3. Nf3 exd4
4. Bc4 Bc5
5. c3 Nf6
6. Nxd4 g6
7. f4 h6
8. Nd2 Nh5
9. N2b3 Nxd4
10. Nxd4 Bxd4
11. Qxf6 Nf6
12. Bb5 O-O
...please help
Tricky one!
In category Computer chess
Written by klypso
I found this puzzler in an old magazine, anybody out their able to fathgom the answer out? The problem: To nicely place 9 white Queens & 9 black Queens legaly upon the board, along with a black & a white King both legally on the board .... & the position has to be which neithger King is in check.
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