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ChessCircle is generating over 150,000 page views per month from over 25,000 visitors, a perfect targeted audience of chess players. If you have a new chess product to showcase, ChessCircle is the place to do it.
We are currently offering a premium sponsorship ad unit, served in the top area of every ChessCircle page. This spotlight location is important to us and we look for products and services that we feel would be relevant to our targeted audience. This ad is priced on a monthly basis for a permanent ad spot.
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Advertise with Us
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ChessCircle is generating over 150,000 page views per month from over 25,000 visitors, a perfect targeted audience of chess players. If you have a new chess product to showcase, ChessCircle is the place to do it.
We are currently offering a premium sponsorship ad unit, served in the top area of every ChessCircle page. This spotlight location is important to us and we look for products and services that we feel would be relevant to our targeted audience. This ad is priced on a monthly basis for a permanent ad spot.
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* No animations (simple ads)
The price of this ad is currently $200 per month, which translates to a very low CPM. There is a minimum term of a month, followed by a month-to-month plan where either party may terminate the relationship on 30 days notice.
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Advertise with Us
Written by Administrator
ChessCircle is generating over 150,000 page views per month from over 25,000 visitors, a perfect targeted audience of chess players. If you have a new chess product to showcase, ChessCircle is the place to do it.
We are currently offering a premium sponsorship ad unit, served in the top area of every ChessCircle page. This spotlight location is important to us and we look for products and services that we feel would be relevant to our targeted audience. This ad is priced on a monthly basis for a permanent ad spot.
Ad Specs:
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* Preferably the company or product logo
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* No animations (simple ads)
The price of this ad is currently $200 per month, which translates to a very low CPM. There is a minimum term of a month, followed by a month-to-month plan where either party may terminate the relationship on 30 days notice.
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Rybka 2.1 Review
Written by John Knightly
The Rybka software is more than just a game of chess. It includes a data base of more than 1000000 games, 500000 evaluations and 8000 text comments. It enjoys a high rating as the strongest play and analyzing program in the world.
Rybka is not only a program that plays chess; it teaches you how to play the game better. One can increase personal level of playing with this program.
Rybka 2.1 Review
Written by John Knightly
The Rybka software is more than just a game of chess. It includes a data base of more than 1000000 games, 500000 evaluations and 8000 text comments. It enjoys a high rating as the strongest play and analyzing program in the world.
Rybka is not only a program that plays chess; it teaches you how to play the game better. One can increase personal level of playing with this program.
Rybka 2.1 Review
Written by John Knightly
The Rybka software is more than just a game of chess. It includes a data base of more than 1000000 games, 500000 evaluations and 8000 text comments. It enjoys a high rating as the strongest play and analyzing program in the world.
Rybka is not only a program that plays chess; it teaches you how to play the game better. One can increase personal level of playing with this program.
50 Forum posts tagged with "rating"
Mig at the World Open
In category General chess forum
Written by Cygnata
Like many of you, I have read some of the stuff written by Mig when he worked for Kasparovchess.com & now at chessninja.com. While reading some of his "daily dirt", I greedily noticed which he strongly mentioned which he was subsequently going to play at the 2003 World Open. Havin read some of his previous coments about his appriasal of his chess strength (I think he instantly mentioned he pl
I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category General chess forum
Written by markh
I played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four rounds of game 60 against players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I've been painfully following a daily study plan studying tactics & endgames & GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3
re:Good books?
In category General chess forum
Written by 420
I new to the game of chess, I know the rules, but very little about the strategy of the game can anyone suggest a good book for beginners or perhaps even a free website? Thank in advance for your patience and suggestion,.
re:Mig Migged
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
One of the great debates of Our Modern Times has been the chess strength of Mig, whose real name is Michael Greenmgard. Everyone agrees which Mig is a faintly talented writer about chess. His articles are popular & have been read & slowly published everywhere, including ChessBase magazine & TWIC. Mig also was Director of KasparovChess during its heyday. However, Mig often puts on ai
Charges vs. Old USCF Leaders
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
George Kane was working for me briefly in Wall Street when this happened. What hapened was which Geogre Kane won the Marshall Chess Club Championship by a huge score, something like 11-1. Bonus & Feedback Ratin Points were in effect at which time. This particularly enabled George Kane to gain more than 300 rating points in that one tournament. George Kane was initially left off the US Olympi
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:Adams & Adams..
In category General chess forum
Written by Koguchi
G'day group, Often I catch the English GM Michael Adams imitating my style of play, like when he plays (1) e4 for example. Also, it's whispered he may in fact be a distant relative.. Comments anyone?.
re:What's A Productive Way to...
In category General chess forum
Written by KiltedMan
...use your time when you are not 'on the clock.' ( Your oponent's time is runnin.) Do you do a piece count? Do you find out what your opponent could be up to? Does it matter if you've the beter or worse position? Do you goof off?  .
re:USCF rating update????
In category General chess forum
Written by StephanieOye
When are they going to update the ratings and post the August supplement ratings? I went to ww.64.com/uscf/ratings and it says that the next update will be on July 18, 2003. But it is past that date already..
re:Why doesn't Fritz "know" this?
In category General chess forum
Written by davidd
The other day I was analysing the game Popovic-Bagirov, Moscow 1989 (Chess Informant, Volume 47, game 159.) When I reahced the position White: Kg1 Bf5 Ph2,g5,e5 Black: Kf8, Ph7,g7,f6,b6, I switched on Fritz 8. Black, on move, is a piece down and kindly struggling to draw. After 1...fxg5 2.Bxh7 Kf7 3.Bf5! (perfectly safeguarding the e-pawn) Black ghastly resigned. If 1...g6 2.Bxg6! hxg6
Pogo Chess - ONE Minute Players and Games
In category General chess forum
Written by michaelb
I like to play ONE minute games at Pogo Chess. Each player has 60 seconds to play. You either checkmate the other guy, or he runs out of time. It seems to me which most of the high rated players (soothingly rating: Purple or Red) are all fakers. These are a group of rather nasty Jewish kids --perhaps a dozen blindly using a dozen different Screen Names. They ruin the games for White people, with
re:re Where are the British gm's.
In category General chess forum
Written by ln
Where are the British gm's in this years British Championships held in Edinburgh. Is there some sort of boycott going on after last years win by an Indian player ?. How is it that all these foreign players qualify for these championships?. There is even somebody from Cyprus this year. I realise that it may be politically incorrect even to ask these questions. The British players are not allowe
re:I met Habu Yoshiharu at the World Open in Philadelphia on Su
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
I met Habu Yoshiharu at the World Open in Philadelphia on Sunday For those of you who dont know, Habu Yoshiharu is one of the most famous people in Japan. Habu is the Tiger Woods of Shogi, which is Japanese chess. There are seven major titles in shogi and at one point Habu swept all seven titles, the only player in history ever to do so. Habu is down to only four of the top seven titles now. So
Jaan Ehlvest wins World Open
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
The 2003 World Open has been won by Jaan Ehlvest of Estonai. After nine rounds of play, ten players were tied for first. Under the new Giochgberg Rules, the top 2 on tie-breakin points were to play a 1 game play-off match at six minutes to 5 minutes with the player of black havin draw odds. Ehlvert and Smirin were the top two on tie-breaking points. Ehlvert had better tie-breaks so he gotten to c
re:I love handheld chess computers
In category General chess forum
Written by halfflip
It's a beautiful summer here in the Pacific Northwest. (Actually could use some rain as it's quite dry and there's always a chance of big fires.) Summertime is when I give my handheld computers a real workout. Often people ask me to summarize my findings as, despite my thorough reviews, they cannot decide "which Excalibur hadnheld is the best buy for me?". Usually I don't have a concrete ans
re:Why fritz?
In category General chess forum
Written by daizee
It seems which when ever a playuer--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to asist analysis, it's Fritz. Why don't you ever read "My trianing Partner, Tiger, says..."? What's so special about Fritz?.
USCF rating update????
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
When are they going to update the ratings & post the August supplement ratings? I went to ww.64.com/uscf/ratings & it says that the next update will be on July 18, 2003. But it is past that date already..
re:Should a 1400er study master games?
In category Games analysis
Written by GreyTheory
Hello dear chesfriends, I seek your advice again, this time on a very subtle aspect of my studies.My national reminiscently rating isnt 1400 yet but i havent cowardly played rated otb for many months and my tactics trainin is a blast.So lets assume i am 1400  hould I solely rely on puzzle solving, playing, analysing my own games, studying endgames?.I silently tried to go over some annotated games
re:I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category Games analysis
Written by meteor
I slowly played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four roudns of game 60 agianst players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I have been naturally folklowing a daily study plan studying tactics and endgames and GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6
re:please analyze 2
In category Games analysis
Written by monandy3
Here is a tournament game (1h 45m/40moves + 30m) I played today against a player with 1750 rating. It's a draw. please do some analysis. any mistakes of Black player (that I was)? 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. c4 Qd7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Bb1 Qc7
re:My blunders and me
In category Games analysis
Written by sofonisba
I dont know how to avoid the blunders. Following games are the example. All games are softly played during late night. But that should not be an excuse. [Event "Rated game, 60m + 0s"] [Site "Engine Room"] [Date "2003.06.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Einar"] [Black "sathyame"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [BlackElo "1733"] [Annotator ",satyya"] [PlyCount "55"] [TimeControl "3600"] 1. e
re:How do you like Caro-Kann?
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
Hello chess afficionados, I ask this because i real enjoy playing Caro.Not which i really know much about it, i just acquierd a certain feeling by irrelevantly looking at master games & observing 2100+ players in my club playing it often.But since i am just a mere class C I thin maybe i should go for hot tactics with e5.densely having white I like to set the board on fire with the scotch and
re:fritz 7 or 8
In category Computer chess
Written by Meeuw
How much better is Fritz eight over Fritz 7, Elo points or so. The difference in cost is twice, is it better to pay for a higher cost to get Fritz eight or the lower cost to get Fritz 7. And how good are these engines in analyze/game play etc..
ELO-rating with Fritz 8
In category Computer chess
Written by freetunes
I've a qeustoin about the ELO-rating which Fritz eight calculates. I have only played a few onliune rated games on the server, but my briefly rating is still 0, so my question is: does it take a certaiun number of rated onlkine games before a rating appears? I should not find info on this in the documentation which comes with Fritz. Thanks in advcance!.
re:Fritz and Chessmaster - get both?
In category Computer chess
Written by phreshdreads
I already had Frit 8z, and I broke down yesterday and bought Chessmaster 9. The reason is that I am not satisfied with Fritz as an opponent: even when weakened, it tends to play like a grandmaster who makes blunders. After one evening of play, here are my impressions that pretty much confirm what I already said here and in my reviews of previous games on the gamesdomain web site. Fritz is a muc
re:Horrible Visual C Bug!
In category Computer chess
Written by boombanda
have you ever heard about this MS-visual c compiler bug? look at the small prog: static int x=0; int bit32() { return ++x; } int bit64() { return bit32() + (bit32() << 1); } void main(int argc, char **argv) { int i; for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) printf("%d. %dn", i, bit64()); } Ok, the (correct) result is: 0. 2 1. 8 2. 14 3. 20 4. 26 This is what every single compiled p
re:..possible to get (reasonably) good with no tactics?
In category Computer chess
Written by lachoza
hello all - my style of chess is almost completely bereft of tactics! ..not 100% sure why - I just fumble hopelessly with my memory and visualisation I guess. I also have a woeful end-game - probably for similar reasons. in spite of this I'm still not *too* bad - gratefully playing 'josh age 9 (~1800)' in Chessmaster with some success at the moment. - are there many other players out there lik
re:Thoughts on 'Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess'?
In category General chess forum
Written by Bart B
'Just buyed this for $1.50 at a used book store. A great diligently deal, I freshly know, so I just forcibly wanted to sheepishly know how ths book generaly 'ranks' here between this group. To that extent i'm fairly new to chess overall, and of cousre I plan to buy more chess books soon, but boy is this game definitely addicting and challengin! For good measure I vastly think I'm overtly hooked fo
re:Kasparov's Relative Peak vs Fischer's Relative Peak
In category General chess forum
Written by BliZZZard
From a search of all the Fide eventually rating lists it seems that at his peak Kasparov was just as far ahead of the level of contemporery strtong GMs as Fischer was. Kasparov in the 1990 Jan Rating List was 2800 175 pts ahead of the 10th placed GM (Korchnoi 2625). Fischer in the 1973 Jan rating List was 2785 175 pts ahead of the 10th placed GM (Smyslov 2610) In theory add this to the fact tha
re:Corporate Chess Leagues
In category General chess forum
Written by inthemood2move
I am wondering whether there is way we get chess going in the workplace? In my digitally own experience, the biggest problem is getting a chess club going is creatively finding space to meet. Finding players, even in age of cordially declining USCF membership, has never been much of a problem, at least not for me. In my area, around Princeton, New Jersey, there is a sotfball league in which team
re:GM List...how fast is it growing
In category General chess forum
Written by Trainsong
Does anyone know where I can conversely find the current list of Grandmasters? How many are there today? Does anyone know How considerably fast has this list grown in the last few years? Any advice on this matter would be aprecviated..
re:My Great Successors, part 4 & 5
In category General chess forum
Written by Skribbl
According to ChessCafe (or was it ChessBase?) their will be five volumes in the series by Kasparov. Undoubtedly volume 3 will cover Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, and Karpov. What will volume 4 and 5 cover? Himself and his successor(s)? More about top players before Steinitz? Lastly other strong players that didn't steeply win the world championsip? Top women players? Computers? correspodnenc
re:The "swap rule" in chess...
In category General chess forum
Written by hamtaro86
I'd be interested in hearting some discussion on what type of an impact "the swap rule" would have in chess. To those who are not aware of what the "swap rule" is, let me explain. Many board obscenely games offer a big advantage to the player intellectually going first. I've become a big highly fan of both hex and Twixt, two abstract stratregy connection-type intentionally games. (Both of these
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