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| Posted by cairo nsa-hitachi.com 1/08/2006 23:52:38 Play online chess |  Subject: New ICCF World ChampionMessage: First time ever a Norwegian is World Champion in CC. Congratulations! More here: -> www.iccf.com Bw. Cairo | ||||||||
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| Posted by nottop nsa-hitachi.com 1/09/2006 16:05:53 Play online chess | Bern Message: ——— Low-key Aronian soars high in Wijk aan Zee chess tournament — Armenian GM Levon Aronian has added another chapter to a chess career that has been both illustrious and somewhat under the radar, capturing the 74th Tata Steel Grandmaster “A” Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Sunday by a full point over Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov. Despite a loss to Carlsen during the Category 21 event, Aronian won going away, notching a quick last-round draw to finish at a very impressive 9-4. The genial 29-year-old Aronian, ranked second in the world behind Carlsen, led his small country to gold in the 2006 and 2008 Chess Olympiads and to a World Team Chess title last year. He also has racked up a slew of firsts in elite chess events over ... Posted by nottop | nsa-hitachi.com 1/09/2006 16:15:06 Play online chess quote from W. SchonMessage: "He was the only player who played his games with the heart, courage and creativity of a champion." Pretty encouraging news is this era of computers and conservative play. ——— On Chess: Game’s peaks, valleys are exhilarating — Chess has been called the “gymnasium of the mind,” but sometimes it is a crucible of the soul. Its vicissitudes lend both elation and dismay but rarely boredom. Chess players think they know what’s around the corner, but their reliable nemesis — the opponent — has different ideas. A good example is a game from the 2011 Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow. The winner — Viswanathan Anand, who annotated the game for New in Chess magazine — was playing Levon Aronian. The encounter had the typical abundance of twists and turns. On move nine, Aronian made a play that he later said he was “unhappy with,” Anand wrote. At move 15, a situation developed that was “not entirely clear.” Three moves later ... Posted by cairo | nsa-hitachi.com 1/10/2006 03:10:16 Play online chess YesMessage: Bw. Cairo ——— Chess notes — Chess has always been a game in which votaries prefer to play rather than watch. Instead, of a stadium in which there are just a few players on the field and hundreds or more in the stands, chess usually found the field full and the stands reasonably empty. Nor could chess players get anywhere with persuading television producers to follow their contests. Now, however, with the Internet, the play and public attention has greatly expanded in a way that chess organizers have always hoped. At any particular time, there is a major world chess event going on. Chess is not seasonal like sports; so, anytime fans all over the world can tune in on the live tournaments, watch videos, and look at the positions - and as ever ... Posted by drdesoto | nsa-hitachi.com 1/10/2006 03:34:03 Play online chess Interview ...Message: -> amici.iccf.com The new world champion refers to CC as: Advanced chess computer-assisted chess - interesting to discuss! Best, drdesoto ——— Chess No. 2 Overlooked, Except at the Board — Is it possible to be No. 2 in the world and be overlooked? In some respects, that is the situation facing Levon Aronian, 29. Magnus Carlsen, 21, who is No. 1, has been the boy wonder of the game of chess since he became a grandmaster at age 13. Viswanathan Anand, 42, who has dropped to No. 4 after recent poor results, has been the world chess champion since 2007. His predecessor, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, now ranked No. 3, is known as the man who dethroned Garry Kasparov as chess champion. Rising stars like Fabiano Caruana, 19, and Anish Giri, 17, are considered future challengers to Carlsen. Yet Aronian is the reigning world blitz chess champion and was the world rapid chess champion in 2009. He has won or tied for ... Posted by cairo | nsa-hitachi.com 1/11/2006 10:44:12 Play online chess Former World Champions in CC Message: I 1950-53 Cecil John Seddon Purdy Australia II 1956-59 Viacheslav V. Ragozin USSR III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium IV 1962-65 Prof. Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky USSR V 1965-68 Dr Hans Jack Berliner USA VI 1968-71 Horst Robert Rittner (East) Germany VII 1972-76 Yakov Borisovich Estrin USSR VIII 1975-80 Jrn Sloth Denmark IX 1977-83 Tnu O. im USSR (Estonia) X 1978-84 Vytas Victor Palciauskas USA XI 1983-89 Dr Fritz Baumbach (East) Germany XII 1984-91 Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev Russia XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Markovich Umansky Russia XIV 1994-2000 Tnu O. im Estonia XV 1996-2002 Gert Jan Timmerman The Netherlands XVI 1999-2004 Tunc Hamarat Austria XVII 2002-2006 Ivar Bern Norway XVIII 2003-2006 Joop J. van Oosterom The Netherlands Bw. Cairo ——— Levon Aronian crashes to shock defeat by David Navara at Wijk aan Zee — When the world No1 Magnus Carlsen beat the No2 Levon Aronian in an early round at Wijk aan Zee last week, it seemed that the 21-year-old Norwegian would continue his smooth advance towards Garry Kasparov's all-time peak chess rating. Aronian, 29, had a different script. The Armenian caught up Carlsen, who was bogged down by draws, then took the lead in Tuesday's ninth round, where the favourite crashed with the white pieces to Sergey Karjakin. It was a huge psychological blow and the next day Carlsen, whose trademark is to operate with small edges in long chess games, halved out in a mere 21 moves while Aronian won again to go 1.5 points up on Carlsen with only three rounds left. But there was another ... |