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| From | Message | Posted by jstevens1
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7/31/2008
11:58:26
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Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705.
Have a nice evening everyone.
Cheers and bye for now.
Joanne
| Posted by tim_b
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7/31/2008
14:18:09
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Well done, Joanne! :)
| Posted by chessnovice
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7/31/2008
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Congrats!
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On Chess: As his fame grows, Nakamura hopes others take up game — A little more than four years ago, Hikaru Nakamura wrote: "We shall see what the future holds for me, but, as of right now, playing chess professionally is not on my mind." After his astonishing victory last month at the Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands - ahead of stars such as Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik - the 23-year-old American expressed hope that other young U.S. players might see a future in chess because of his success. Nakamura, indeed, is an inspiring phenomenon. He is fearless. As he once explained, "There is no point in taking draws." He is also relentless, quickly putting even painful losses behind him and ...
Posted by cascadejames
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7/31/2008
21:36:51
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:-)
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Chess Music — For absolutely no good reason, I found myself wondering what a chess game would sound like if played on the piano. One can’t help but notice that algebraic chess notation maps almost perfectly to scientific pitch notation… The eight columns of a chess board correspond to the eight audible octaves. E.g., C4 is a middle square on the chess board and C4 is “middle C” on the piano… NOTATION: I know what you’re thinking: the diatonic scale has seven notes “A” through “G,” but the chess board goes up to “H.” So how can we overlay chess notation with pitch notation? Fear not! We’ll simply use the Northern European system of musical notation, where ...
Posted by spurtus
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8/02/2008
13:48:12
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congratulations, but beware every 50 rating points or so now may take years now. so dont be afraid in going down in rating in order to improve long term.
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For Anand, learning is an ongoing process — At 41, Vishwanathan Anand has to keep up with a lot. A whole breed of chess players who've learned the game from computers. Opponents who often call him 'uncle' before building fierce attacks on the board. And 20-year-old chess prodigies like Norway's Magnus Carlsen, with whom he's in constant battle for the world No. 1 ranking. If that isn't enough, the reigning world chess champion, who's virtually patented the term 'whiz kid', now ironically has to battle the ravages of middle age. Life in the 40s, Anand knows, is challenging. "I've been called 'uncle' sometimes! It's amusing but what's interesting is that the sport of chess is getting younger. I understand that I have to work hard to ...
Posted by apastpawn
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8/02/2008
15:28:13
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Congratulations in your achievement.
You have annotated numerous games here at GK. Apparently this has helped. May you continue to improve. When I first met you here your rating was almost 200 points lower. This is a fantastic improvement but you worked hard for it.
If I can be of any further help, please let me know.
Wayne
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Chess: The patience of Anand — The world chess champion might have rushed his attack, but his gradual squeeze gave him the upper hand. Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011. White has just played 1 Qc6-c8. How should Black reply? We rejoin the game from last week, but a few moves further on. Anand has improved his position, notably on the kingside, and remains in control. How can he make further progress? RB: Last week it occurred to me that Ponomariov's queen looked locked in on the queenside, but I couldn't see a way to trap it. Some moves further along, the idea seems even more attractive. What happens if I play 1...Rf8...? Hmm, White has ...
Posted by chessnovice
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8/02/2008
16:23:45
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Annotating probably helped a lot, yeah, but I think the major source of your success is playing well above your rating and asking lots of questions.
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Chess Puzzles: King Tut in Studies — Last week we invoked memories of King Tut, presenting two chess compositions in which the black king is mated, surrounded by eight black pawns. You can find the solutions at the end of this column. This week we present a slightly different "King Tut motif. " Entombing the king in chess studies is usually done at the edge of the chessboard and often leads to spectacular stalemates. It can save draws in tournament games. Puzzle #1: A simple king tomb was created by the Austrian chess master, theoretician and writer Johann Berger in his important work on endgames, Theorie un Praxis der Endspiele, published in 1890. Johann Berger White draws
Posted by ketchuplover
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8/03/2008
10:11:45
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kudos :)
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