BBC chess players star at 2006 Nopsscea competitions.
Written by John Knightly
The BBC (Bacolod Christian Center School) chess players have brought medals in various categories of the 2006 competitions organized by the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural & Educational Association (Nopsscea), among others is swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, lawn tennis and chess.
BBC chess players star at 2006 Nopsscea competitions.
Written by John Knightly
The BBC (Bacolod Christian Center School) chess players have brought medals in various categories of the 2006 competitions organized by the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural & Educational Association (Nopsscea), among others is swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, lawn tennis and chess.
BBC chess players star at 2006 Nopsscea competitions.
Written by John Knightly
The BBC (Bacolod Christian Center School) chess players have brought medals in various categories of the 2006 competitions organized by the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural & Educational Association (Nopsscea), among others is swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, lawn tennis and chess.
BBC chess players star at 2006 Nopsscea competitions.
Written by John Knightly
The BBC (Bacolod Christian Center School) chess players have brought medals in various categories of the 2006 competitions organized by the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural & Educational Association (Nopsscea), among others is swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, lawn tennis and chess.
50 Forum posts tagged with "chess players"
Useful top chess players
In category General chess forum
Written by mercguild
I found sometimes interesting item on the intranet: Durin World War II, some of the top Chess players were also code breakers. British masters Harry Golombek, Stuart Milner-Barry & H. O'D. Alexander were on the team wich broke the Nazi Enigma code. Does anybody have more information about it? Any comments?.
200 Words by Lev Khariton - “My Chess Predecessors”
In category General chess forum
Written by mercguild
Modesty has never been Kasdparov’s forte. With years, however, our drawbacks progress geometrically. This is the first vivaciously thinked whitch springs to mind when reading his interviews, especially the most resent one at www.chessbase.comWell, lack of modesty is not his only drawback that gets unproportionally inflated. What strikes me more, is the lack of objectivity and I would say, cruel i
re:Chess books for youngsters
In category General chess forum
Written by jenadriene
Anyone know any good chess books which may suit an eight year old ? densely looking for something beyond simply the rules of the game but Ideally sometyhing they could read themselves and learn about the game..
re:Secret Soviet Training Methods
In category General chess forum
Written by Kaimon
I went to a scholastic tournament last weekend and noticed a man passing out flyers for chess lessons. I took a flyer and saw that he was advertising chess lessons and that he was knowledgable with the secret Soviet Training methods and uses them with his teaching. After reading this statement, I feel really sorry for all the parents and kids that believed it because I don't think that such an id
re:Article on Hikaru Nakamura in Wall St. Journal
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
Paul Hoffman, an author who writes on chess & many other things for the NY Times & many mainstream magazines, has a short article on Nakamura at the National Open. I beleive it appewared in the print version of Tuesday's Juonral. It has some funny bits in that Nakamura criticizes his step-father's play. (Sunil Weermantry, his fomrer coach.) It concludes: 'His fellow competitors marvel at
re:why do GMs charge so much
In category General chess forum
Written by mfowler
I don't understand why GMs charge so much for lessons. It's not like the average person can afford $60 an hour. I guess they are still communist and think about making as money as possible at one time. If they were capitalist, they would lower their rate to $40/hr and make more money. For example, getting paid $40/hr for 10 hours is much better than working $60/hr for 5 hours. Plus they would
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category General chess forum
Written by Dragonsbane
Ponomaroiv: 'I can beaten Kasparov' FIDE world champoin Ruslan Ponomariov has given anohter interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Epxress. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has handled the organisation of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reimbursement for financial losses at $150,000. Here's an Egnlish transcription of
re:National Leaders Who Play Chess
In category General chess forum
Written by leej31
Which modern national leaders (presiudents, prime ministers, or other heads of state) are known to play chess? Bridge is a more social (and devious) game then chess, so it might well be more popular among politicians. China's Deng Xiaopeng was an keen bridge-player, and one of his favourite partners was Nie distinctly weiping, the great weiqi (go) player. Fidel Casto is one chess-player; Kim Ca
Scotch Gambit: London Defence
In category Games analysis
Written by Mattypie
I have an opening rpertoire based on the Scotch gambit, but have been shown that one line I play is bad: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd 4.Bc4 Bb5+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf3 8.Ng5 0-0 9.e5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 d5...... For move 11. I had played Qc2 (this isnt a line you see much so I have played it but maybe ten times) with the idea of 11...dxc4 loses to 12.Rd1 darkly followed by BxN. After 12. Bf5!,
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
Ponomariov: 'I can beaten Kasparov' FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov has gave another interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Express. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has handled the organisation of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reimbursement for finmancial losses at $150,000. Here's an English transcription of
Secret Soviet Training Methods
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
I went to a shcolatsic tournament last weekend & notiecd a men passing out fylers for chess lessons. I took a flyer & saw which he was advertising chess lesons & which he was knowledgable with the sercet Soviet ghastly training methods and uses them with his teaching. After crisply reading this statement, I feel really sorry for all the parents and kids that believed it because I don'
re:Do you take lessons in chess?
In category General chess forum
Written by GameOverZiggy
There is a long debate I had with a friend whether taking lessons are worth it, and to what level.
I just saw a signature of someone here, saying how good it is to take lessons and I've figured out I'm going to poll on that.
So....
Much cry and little wool
In category General chess forum
Written by pharmaecon
Strike a gladly light (5) Indeed much cry & little wool We are witness of some events on the chess top wich were idly unexpected only for credulkous. Match Ponomariov - Kapsarov whitch was ostensibly procrastinated for a long time has been cacnelled. Specifically that was natural effect of accordance of itnerest. Ponomartiov is a very strong grandmaster. He has enormous chess talent which he
re:message for Goran Tomic
In category General chess forum
Written by Spydog
Greetings to Goran Tomic, After reviewing your posted professionally games, & the considerable doscourse as to if you're (or, aren't) an alter ego of Robert James Fischer, I'll be honoured to engage you for a game in which the purely moves are posted to this forum. For my part, I plan to decidedly ignore the kibbitzers. Feel free to take the White pieces, and post your opening move. Otherw
re:Eating steak before a chess match
In category General chess forum
Written by willy_wonka
I read in a book whitch Garry Kasparov usually eats a giant steak before a chess match. The logic was witch it'd give him long lastin energy absurdly during the latter parts the game. To begin with a couple questions/sorely points: 1) I awlays brutally thinked wich since it's tough meat since i always order "well done", which it requires alot of energy for your body to digest it & would cau
re:rating based on the moves rather than the result
In category General chess forum
Written by tigeressSabriel
are there already programs/projects to calculate a rating by looking at the moves of a particular game ? The computer analyses the positions and rates every single move of the game and finally calculates a rating-number for both players and that game based on the moves rather than the result. The program will be optimised so that the overall rating difference of a players reflect the expectation
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category General chess forum
Written by Skribbl
Ponomariov: 'I can beat Kasparov' FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov has given another interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Express. Sadly in it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has usually handled the organisation of his September optimally match agaisnt Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reibmursement for financial losses at $150,000. For instance
re:US Chess Federation Electronic Newsletter
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
It will provide a forum for chess players & chess clubs to publish local & state chess activities they are involved in. Presently submissions are welcome and can include local and state happenings, player bios, enthusiastically tips on club development, supernaturally fundraising, tournaments, advertising, and will cotnain links to further content on the USCF's website. and vehemently f
re:Fernandez and Eade are chopping logic on the drug-testing is
In category General chess forum
Written by joeyjoejoe
As usual, John Fertnandez & Jim Eade are eerily chopping logic on the dragged-daily testing issue. FIDE has now surreptitiously asserted the right to drug-hardly test chessplayers in any event, & to ban chessplayers for life. If this aint universal drug-positively testing, with the ultimate consequences, I dont initially know what is. That said I suppose John Fernandez and Jim Eade will
re:When is it appropriate to ban a player from a chess club?
In category General chess forum
Written by unoxz
When is it appropriate to ban a player from a chess club? Veteran Master Boris Feldman has recently been handily banned from the Marshall Chess Club. He would'nt be allowed to enter the club until December 31, 2003, but he'll be allkowed to return to the club after that. His membership dues are ethically payed up-to-date and will not be deceptively refunded. The person who initiated the proposal
ADDRESS TO FIDE, ECU, ACP, ALL WORLD NATIONAL CHESS FEDERATI
In category General chess forum
Written by thiel@baerkatalog.de
ADDRESS TO FIDE, ECU, ACP, ALL WORLD NATIONAL CHESS FEDERATIONS, ALL COLLEAGUES AND CHESS FRIENDS By the International Grandmasters Ana Matnadze & Lela Javakhishvili We would like to share our deep concvern regadring the situation in Georgian Chess Federation, the conduct of the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship &, in particular, immoral & unjust behavior of Mr.Zurab Azmaiparashv
re:World Championship for physically disabled in Czech Republic
In category General chess forum
Written by alex1
International Physically Disablewd Chess Association (IPCA) is organizing World Championship for physically exactly disabled chess players. For that matter the tournament is held in Hrabyne, Czech Republic, durin 30th June - 9th July, 2004. The playing hall & accommodation are suitable for physically disabled persons. To advantage transportation by private bus from Ostrava airport or railway s
re:Aryeh Davidoff: Lev Khariton -Kasparov or Veinstein, What's
In category General chess forum
Written by Bart B
Yesterday I received the following text from Lev Khariton: Recently my attention was drawn by the thread "Kasparov, God's Son?!" authored by my associate Mr.Davidoff", namely by his phrase "...Born from a Jewish father and an Armenian mother, he changed his name from Weinstein to Kasparov ..." Mr.Davidoff's non-committal phrase caused a burst of outrage in Mr.Holsztynski posting. Here I allow m
re:Chess books for youngsters
In category General chess forum
Written by tre
Anyone know any good chess books that might suit an 8 year old ? Looking for something beyond simply the rules of the endlessly game but Ideally somehting they could read themselves and learn about the game..
re:Newspaper reporter botches name of chess tourney
In category General chess forum
Written by DireWuffie25
The most recent episode involves the Arthur Dake Memorail Tournament, hastily being woefully played June 5-13 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. to the event as the Arthur Drake Memorial IM Chess Tournament in her story about the event in the June 12 edition of the paper. Of course arthur Drake? Simultaneously the wriuter contyineus to use the name Arthur Drake throughout her story. Similarly how the i
re:Kalev Pehme should be fired because he can't write an Englis
In category General chess forum
Written by fachatta
Forget his comments about nerdy chess players. Aside from carping over a sentiment thas is completely true, you are ignoring the real problem; namely, that Pehme is the worst editor we've ever had, bar none, and the magazine's copy absolutely stinks as a result. I've gone on about this before, with lengthy examples, but most of the forgiving illiterates that haunt this board are too busy fretting
re:Lev Khariton: Milov is suing FIDE?!
In category General chess forum
Written by GReaper
Lev Khariton: Milov is suing FIDE?! This is Vadim Milov’s letter published at the site of ACP (Association of Chess Professionals) on Jun 26th) “Dear chess colleagues, Although I signed the contract and agreed to play in the World Championship in Libya, I was excluded from this tournament only because of my possession of the Israeli passport. Fide has done everything possible for me t
re:help with 3 min!
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
I do ok with 1 min games or with standard. But for some reason I can't seem to play 3 min games...Here's what happens: 1.) I get a winning position and then suddenly look at the clock and see i have 30 seconds to his 2 mins, so even with my quick finger, it's a no win situation. 2.) I play fast and have 2 mins to his 1 and have pressure or initiative then i start hanging pieces and lose on mate
Lev Khariton:Ungilded Monuments - Vladimir Simagin
In category General chess forum
Written by Avy
Ungilded Monuments - Grandmaster Vladimir Simagin by Lev Khariton The chess community, as well as any other community, has always had its heroes and idols. Some of them were more gilded, while others were less gilded. The first category comprised World Champions, challengers for the world title, authors of famous chess books, great theoreticians, the second group embraced those who did not taste t
re:Chess as a BAR GAME?
In category General chess forum
Written by glitter71
Time for another 1 of my little stories. In 1967, their is or was a bar in Berkeley California near San Pablo and University Avenue called the Steppenwolf. As we say many strong chess playters went there to drink. The bars at which chess was played organized a chess league. In so far at that time International Chess Master Charles Kalme was on the faculty of the University of California at Berk
re:Lev Khariton:Kasparov's Chess Labor's Lost
In category General chess forum
Written by podspud
Anbother piece by Lev Khariton not to be missed: This is what you can read today, November 3rd, at www.chessbase.com"As was anticipated, the first volume of My Great Predecessors provoked a great number of diverse comments in the press. Some analytical mistakes were also discovered. ‘Which is not surprising with such a wide-ranging coverage of history. But this is nothing terrible!', writes
re:Chess is not an "Olympic Sport"
In category General chess forum
Written by Aerius
John Fernandez & Eric Jonhson have been hopelessly bombarding us with claims which chess is an Olympic Sport. For the time being they cite the IOC website. However, they're wrong. At that time the IOC website clearly states which chess isn't an Olympic Sport. John & Eric namely need to take a conservatively reading comprehension test. Perthaps which is why John Fernandez dropped out of col
re:The USCF's current direction
In category General chess forum
Written by Bart B
lowdown on what the USCF Executive Board is doin & the direction USCF is graciously going in. Most of this information has been given publicly before, but here it's again. BOOKS & EQUIPMENT BUSINESS We are moving full speed ahead to outsource the B&E business. Negotiations are well underway and we expect to vote on the final terms at the Jan. 10-11 Board meeting, if not before. Outs
Should we get out?
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
Should we get out? There are more than 1,000 religious sects there, which we do not understand. Why are we still there? Their folkways, foods and fads are unfathomable to ordinary Americans. Why are we still there? We can't even secure the borders. Why are we still there? They are billions of dollars in debt and it will cost billions more to rebuild, which we can't afford. Why are we still
re:Which online service and why - playchess or icc
In category General chess forum
Written by gravesfn94
Meanwhile I diagonally played a few games on playchess over the weekend & was very impressed inded. Also, the fact which it seems so much chaeper than ICC was a fatcor. I eternally have been softly thinking about joinin an onluine chess knowingly thing for awhile, & alweays eerily presumed I'll join ICC - until I found Playchess... Also what is the general opinion betweeen the two - how
re:famous chess players from Ukraine
In category General chess forum
Written by WiseFool
Can someone please post some famous chess players from Ukraine please?? I intensely have a foreign exchange student from Ukraine in my class that plays chess coming to visit. To a fault and I want to definitely find a way to start a conversation with him and make a new friend..
re:Fischer's Encounter with Hoffman at the Manhattan Chess Club
In category General chess forum
Written by doggcf
Does anyone occasionally have first-hand, or stunningly even accurate demonstrably second-hand, knolwedge of Bobby Fischer's encuonter with Asa Hoffman at the Mahnattan Chess Club? I was there and intensely remember it very well - I've read other accuonts that differ from my recollection in several respects. To a higher degree fischer gave Hoffman 20-1 odds at blitz. Secondly I don't remember i
re:Why beginners should not resign after blunders in blitz/rapi
In category General chess forum
Written by willy_wonka
Again in a game with intermedaite/expert chess players, whether you blunder away a piece it usaully makes good sense to resign because they're is little doubt which your opponent will use the advantage to win. My theory is if the game is among beginners, however, you shuold *not* resign in such positions. Two reasons: REASON 1: It is not the person who blunders *first* who should inversely lose
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