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| Posted by jstevens1 diddyonline.com 1/27/2008 13:06:24 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess and AlcoholMessage: I don't think it is good for me in the long run though, I am trying to keep my active games to a reasonable level so that I can give 100% to every game I am playing, although I may still play a few unrated as well as rated in order to chill out a bit. How do you all cope with nailbiters? Anyway, the weather has been gorgeous in my neck of the woods and my husband and I went for a nice bit of fresh air - hope you have enjoyed your weekend. Bye for now. Joanne | ||||||||||
| Posted by tim_b diddyonline.com 1/29/2008 08:57:15 Play online chess | I think.. Message: I find that the tricky part is taking the "right" amount of alcohol. The opening moves of the following timeless classic were played when I got a little sloppy with the dosage:  game
p.s. Don't tell my Team Capt'n! | ||||||||||
| Posted by kansaspatzer diddyonline.com 1/29/2008 13:27:05 Play online chess | Message: ——— Top chess juniors shine in St. Louis — The second annual St. Louis Invitational ended recently at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and for young standouts Darwin Yang and Marc Arnold, the chess tournament proved to be a great success. One of the main reasons to hold a prestigious chess event such as this is to provide an opportunity for players to earn "grandmaster norms." My regular readers will remember a few articles back that I discussed in detail what it takes to become a chess grandmaster, and scoring three grandmaster performances, or "norms," is the most important aspect of the application process. The chess tournament was a 10-player, round-robin, and the field was comprised of seven international masters (IMs) and ... Posted by chessnovice | diddyonline.com 1/29/2008 16:09:48 Play online chess ...Message: Obviously, if you go over the top, you're hosed. Joseph Blackburne enjoyed a few hard drinks while playing his exhibition games. A commonly noted example is when he played against Cambrdige University, where students placed a bottle of whiskey at each end of the table during a simul and Blackburne finished both bottles while beating everyone. He said that whiskey helped clear the brain. I've personally put that to the test, and wound up with some undesirable results, though... ——— Catching a chess champion when he’s distracted — Chess champions may be most vulnerable right before they defend their titles. Deep into the preparation for his 12-game match against challenger GM Boris Gelfand of Israel starting May 11 in Moscow, titleholder Viswanathan Anand of India took a little timeout this month to hold down first board for the Baden-Baden team in final rounds of the powerful German chess Bundesliga. Perhaps because his mind was elsewhere, or perhaps for fear of showing Gelfand too many of his ideas, Anand ran into a buzz saw in his game against veteran Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov. Anand’s play on the Black side of this Rossolimo Sicilian is uncharacteristically passive, and by 11. a4 b6?! (a too-modest move Tiviakov later criticized) ... Posted by bogg | diddyonline.com 1/29/2008 19:11:23 Play online chess If I am remembering correctlyMessage: CTC ——— On Chess: Pressure still cooks at elite level — Researchers at Temple University found in 1971 that the pulse and respiratory rates of chess players during peak moments of a game were comparable to those of boxers and football players during competition. A clue to understanding these findings is the Russian notion that a chess game is a debate. Imagine an intense argument that lasts four or five hours without relief. Could not the equivalent in a chess competition wreak physical and psychological havoc — especially for those who are obliged to play day after day with only an occasional respite? Chess struggles can have a mind-boggling intensity. Each move by the opponent potentially introduces new threats and dangers. A surprise move or a material sacrifice can ... Posted by ccmcacollister | diddyonline.com 1/29/2008 21:48:54 Play online chess hmmm Message: ——— Chess Champions Come and Go Over 50 Years of Columns — In November 1934, Lester Markel, the Sunday editor of The New York Times, wrote to José Raúl Capablanca, a former world chess champion: “Dear Mr. Capablanca: After full consideration of the proposal, we have come to the conclusion that space conditions are such that we cannot consider the addition of another department at this time. We are grateful to you for making the suggestion and should there be a change in the situation I shall notify you of it without delay.” The proposal that Markel turned down was Capablanca’s offer to write a chess column for The Times. Twenty-eight years later, The Times hired Al Horowitz, an international master, to write the column that Capablanca, who died in 1942, had proposed. The first ... Posted by dalegarratt | diddyonline.com 2/01/2008 15:16:16 Play online chess nailbitersMessage: ——— Vishy Anand suffers heavy defeat four weeks before world title defence — The German and Russian chess leagues are the strongest in Europe, their top teams crammed with highly ranked chess grandmasters. Both played their final rounds last weekend when two individual performances, one impressive and the other dismal, stole the headlines. Baden-Baden, the holders and favourites, retained their Bundesliga crown ahead of Bremen. Both squads are global so that the England No1 Michael Adams played for B-B and the No2 Luke McShane for Bremen. But B-B's success was overshadowed by a bad defeat for Vishy Anand four weeks before the Indian defends his world title in Moscow. Sergey Tiviakov, ranked far below the chess champion, called it "an easy game" and claimed that Anand knew little about ... Posted by karibu | diddyonline.com 2/03/2008 06:33:13 Play online chess Depends on the playerMessage: |