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| Posted by calmrolfe projectrosetta.com 1/20/2008 15:36:26 Play online chess |  Subject: Sicilian Defence is busted !!Message: 1. e4 c5 .....and Black is completely lost !! Short 1 Cheparinov 0 Having spent 20 minutes trying to find an effective counter to Nigel Short's inspirational choice of e4 Cheparinov plays c5, which appears to be such an obvious blunder that he immediately resigns... Chess is a very funny game, it is supposed to be played by intelligent and sporting people yet often shows a darker side. Maybe Short offered e4 and a Masonic handshake....... Oh well, Cheparinov is one of Danailov's boys so I assume we are guaranteed no political rants and raves and they will no doubt accept the one move loss in a sporting and cheerful manner. | ||||||||||||||
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| Posted by chessnovice projectrosetta.com 1/20/2008 16:40:10 Play online chess | ... Message: Odd situation, though. ——— The f-pawn, part 2: is f5 the answer here? — Does White have a better option than moving the f-pawn? Continuing our look at the chess equivalent of route one football – the f-pawn advance... RB Well, let's see what happens when we push – 1 f5. The answer comes back faster than Manchester United on the break, not much. Black is under no compulsion to take the pawn and can instead centralise with 1…Nd4 or even 1…Qd4, or start getting the queen's rook into play with 1…Rac8, and 1…Nb4, hitting the d-pawn, would be irritating. All right, let's try to be logical. What's wrong here is that even if we could swap off pawns on the f-file, the f1-rook would remain blocked by the bishop. Let's ... Posted by marinvukusic | projectrosetta.com 1/21/2008 06:22:44 Play online chess Message: ——— Big Surprises in Europe — Europe has been a center of chess activity over the last month with a series of major open tournaments. The first was the Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar, which ran from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4. Among the world-class chess players who competed were Etienne Bacrot of France, Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Michael Adams of England, and Gata Kamsky of the United States. The chess tournament ended in a nine-way tie for first, with Adams winning a four-person playoff to take the title. The Moscow Open, which overlapped with Gibtelecom and ended on Feb. 7, was divided into four sections — A, B, C and D — with ... Posted by calmrolfe | projectrosetta.com 1/21/2008 07:01:18 Play online chess Message: So, one for the Arbiters out there - Can you make a Draw offer without extending your hand ? I believe tomorrows Kramnik - Topalov game has, by prior arrangement, been agreed as a "mutual no handshake" game. ——— Topalov Closes In on Linares Title — After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of Armenia is in third, having managed, like Topalov, not to have lost a game in the chess tournament. Unlike Topalov, who has won three games, Aronian has not won a game either. So far, 25 percent of the games have been decisive, but that does not mean that the other 75 percent have been dull. Quite the contrary. The games have mostly been hard fought and exciting, even ... Posted by lighttotheright | projectrosetta.com 1/21/2008 09:15:36 Play online chess Message: I'm at a loss for words! I came here to check out the refutation and there is none. ——— Weekend of Fun and Friends Between Battles on the Chess Board — The highlight of the year for many chess players is Washington’s Birthday weekend, when four amateur team championships are held across the country. There are no cash prizes, but the chess tournaments are popular because of the camaraderie. Players walk back and forth chatting before, after and even during the games. Some renew friendships with competitors they see only once a year. The World Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J., the biggest and oldest of the chess events, celebrated its 40th birthday this year. There were 1,150 players and 271 teams, down from 283 teams last year, said Steve Doyle, the tournament’s director, who ... Posted by ccmcacollister | projectrosetta.com 1/22/2008 00:14:51 Play online chess Perhaps ... Message:  main.uschess.org ——— At Halfway Point, Topalov Leads at Linares — The annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain began earlier this week, and after five rounds — or halfway through — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed and No. 2 chess player in the world, is leading with 3.5 points, a point ahead of the field. Linares has been among the world’s elite chess tournaments since the early 1990s, when Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were regular competitors. This year’s tournament has only six players, though they are all among the world’s best. The format is a double round robin in which each chess competitor faces all the others twice, playing once with White and once with Black. Aside from Topalov ... Posted by kansaspatzer | projectrosetta.com 1/22/2008 01:22:46 Play online chess Message: Posted by calmrolfe | projectrosetta.com 1/22/2008 02:46:22 Play online chess Message: If you really do want to bust the Sicilian, try a strategically timed f4 :0) Posted by heinzkat | projectrosetta.com 1/22/2008 09:09:12 Play online chess Someone's attention was at the right board at...Message: youtube.com
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And the game... [Event "CCT 2008"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008/1/21"] [Round "Round 8"] [White "Short"] [Black "Cheparinov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "0:01"] [BlackClock "0:15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 a5 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Nd2 g6 17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 h5 19. f3 b6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 e4 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. Qb3 Neg4 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qb1 Ra8 26. h3 Nh7 27. Bf4 Ne5 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Reb8 30. Qc2 dxc5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qe3 Nf8 33. Qg3 Qe8 34. Bb5 Qe7 35. Nf3 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Rc3 37. Rd3 Raa3 38. e5 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Nd7 40. e6 fxe6 41. Qe2 Nf8 42. Bc4 Rc3 43. dxe6 Rxc4 44. Qxc4 Qxe6 45. Qxe6+ Nxe6 46. Be3 Nd4 47. Kg1 Nf5 48. Bc5 Be5 49. Re1 Bc3 50. Re4 Kf7 51. Kf2 Bf6 52. Ra4 Ke6 53. Ke2 Kf7 54. Bf2 Ke6 55. Kd3 Kf7 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ke4 Bb2 59. Rc6 Bg7 60. Be1 Bf6 61. Bc3 Bh4 62. Be5 Bg5 63. Ra6 Bh4 64. Bf4 Bf6 65. g4 hxg4 66. hxg4 Ng7 67. Be5 Be7 68. Kd5 Ne8 69. Ra7 Nf6+ 70. Bxf6 Kxf6 71. g5+ Kf7 72. Rxe7+ 1-0 |